A quick post just to mention some of the lads I play football with at the weekends as they found my site and asked me to put their names up!!!  So here you go Gav, Aaron, Tom, Simon and CC.  Happy now?

 As I mentioned previously when I was in Wales earlier this month I found a fantastic Bed and Breakfast location.  It is called Plas Llanmihangel and is located near Cowbridge in South Wales. Plas Llanmihangel has been described by The Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments as “one of the finest and most complete gentry houses in Glamorgan”.  It was a superb change from the run of the mill Travel Lodge and Holiday Inn that I normally find my self in when on work business.  To top it all off it was only £30 per night, this included a full Engligh and Continental breakfast.  More images can be found on my gallery.

Well I have returned from the WRC Wales Rally GB 2007.  After a brilliant stay in a ‘find of the year’ B&B (more to follow on that one) we made our way up to SS 9/12 Halfway.  On route to the stage we took the A4069 right through Brecon Beacons National Park, how the three of us wished we were in our own cars, Focus ST, Golf R32 and Golf Anniversary MkIV instead of the Vectra 1.9 diesel!  We were passed by Seb Loeb and Petter Solberg, which was superb for one of my mates as it was his first WRC.

Once at the stage we decided to scramble up and sit on the side of the famous quarry section for the first run through, it was lashing down with rain and very very slippery, how no-one fell I am not sure.  There were many photos and much video footage taken. I have now got the gallery online, you can view the photos by clicking on Photos menu link at the top of the page.

For the 2nd run through we decided to locate to an alternative viewing location nearer to ground level, this turned out to be a smart move.  The view we had was excellent, no obstructions and the feeling that you could reach out and touch them.

All in all even though the weather was terrible it was not a problem because we were well prepared with water and cold proof clothing and there was a lot of conversation all the way back home about the day, including all the good, bad and stupid things we had done (trying to out run a WRC car at full tilt!)