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Exiting our Isle of Anglesey accommodation the first stop was Caernarfon castle. The castle and town serves as an administrative center for northern Wales with the town walls and fortifications built accordingly. Up and down the narrow circular stairs is difficult for Deb and she requires assistance which Aaron is happy to offer. At the…

In the morning we poked around the Isle of Anglesey and take in some more wonderful scenery. The small country roads from the English countryside have followed us here. If anything they may even be a bit tighter here. We then headed into Snowdonia for Aaron to have a try on the Velocity 2 zip…

The intention was to be up and about early, that didn’t happen, but some sleep did. Aaron down for about 10 hours. We are driving around the coast from Cardiff to the Isle of Anglesey and chose Fishguard as our navigation point. We stopped for a walk on the pier and some lunch. The large…

The boys needed to be at the airport by 6:30, so Deb collected Aaron at 6:00. On arrival at our room he lay down on our bed and crashed. Asking if last night was a late one his reply was ‘they were all late ones’. We had breakfast and then Aaron slept all of the…

First day: woke up, had breakfast and got on a tour bus to see some general sights of London and Westminster. Had a walk around at these sights too then we got off the bus walked to Buckingham palace and saw what there was to see there. Then the boys decided enough sightseeing and went…

Deb and I got up and going early. We took the Hovercraft over to the Isle of Wight just for fun. And then came back again. We went to the Portsmount D-Day landing experience which was ordinary and visited SouthSea castle which was very interesting. The castle was Henry VIII’s vantage point to watch the…

Established in 1732 Portsmouth Grammer School (PGS) is a co-ed independent school with a senior student enrollment of around 1,000. It was founded after William Smith, a former Mayor of Portsmouth, left his estate to the Christ-Church with instructions to establish a new school at Portsmouth. Interestingly the Christ-Church and Second Sea Lord both appoint…

The Thomas Hardeye schools dates back to 1579. Its a public secondary academy school with a sixth form enrolment of 700. The day starts out with a bit of a mix up, after wandering around Bath for the morning we ask google maps to take us to the wrong school. Which it is in the…

The boys have a much needed break from cricket and take in the culture of Bath. The first day in Bath they did some sight seeing in the morning. Aaron crashing in the afternoon and catching up on some sleep. Good look dude – Not. Aaron with James – again. For dinner they all went…

Before todays match the team visited Stonehenge. Impressed, Aaron announced that the rocks were bigger than he thought they would be. Founded in 1552, King Edwards School is 12 years older that Felsted and has a student population of just over 1000. From the look of the boys warming up, bowling with their off hand,…