Welshgirl's World

It was very hot, humid and still in work today. A colleague and myself went outside at about 1:30 pm for a cigarette. Suddenly a huge blast of wind came from nowhere and within a few seconds we saw a mini tornado pass in front of us, it was a swirling mass of dust about 18 foot high and it passed at quite a speed picking up stuff from some skips it passed and throwing the stuff out further along before diappearing into the distance! For a moment we looked at each other in disbelief "did that just happen?" There were several dozen witnesses to the event but as yet we don't know if anyone caught it on a mobile phone as a still or video.

This happened on the outskirts of Bristol today at lunchtime.

Never thought I would see something like that!

Anyone know what happened to them? They were both prolific bloggers and I felt I knew them both.

Where are they now?

Whatever happened to Molt?

Whatever happened to Lonemum?

Any news welcomed

Those who know me know that I long to be in north Tenerife "Costa del Norte" where I have been holidaying since 1995!

The first time I went was by winning the holiday on an online auction and it was a case of allocation on arrival and I am never going to be able to believe my luck that I was not herded with all the other Brits to Playa De Las Americas or Los Cristianos but instead put into a German hotel in Puerto De la Cruz.

A very pretty and green part of the island with an abundance of flowers everywhere and the home of the Canarians. There are incomers living there but they are mainly German and Irish and they far outnumber the small amount of Scots, English and Welsh in the area.

Over the years I have made some lovely friends there and through them made new friends. The pace of life is much slower and nothing changes too much meaning that the same staff are present in the hotels, bars, cafes and shops year in and year out and I can even boast some friends amongst these.

A friend I made in September 2007 introduced me to a German friend of his (Frank) who has lived on the Island for 14 years having left his native Berlin following a holiday in the Canaries which inspired him to find a job there and settle which he did 2 years after his first visit.

At Christmas 2007 I was fortunate enough that my daughter got some leave and was able to join me on holiday for the second week. I took her and some friends to meet Frank one day and he said to her "I am going to be your new daddy" at which we all laughed heartily.

to be continued...........

Wow - can't believe I am here.

Sometime ago I got a mail proporting to be from Blog.co.uk telling me account had been deleted :-(

Today I get an email telling me there is a comment on one of my posts so I followed it through and here I am.

Anyone else had one of these scam emails?

I see i have mail too so now i must away and read it!

I think I am almost dry now!

Well we got halfway to Tenby on Friday night when the heavens opened and a good deluge followed. Me and mine stopped the bike quickly and got into some wet weather gear and pressed on towards ever darkening skies - this was about 7:15pm!

There were 9 of us in total planning to camp. Luckily the rain stopped for an hour or two and we managed to get the tents up and the bedding sorted so that we would have somewhere to dry to sleep!

We set off into town on foot as darkness descended and being starving we all headed for a fish and chip shop and devoured some hot food.

Then it was into the pub next door for some well deserved alcohol. The doorman remembered us from our last visit 4 weeks earlier and was chatty and friendly.

Later we went into a bar where there was Karaoke on (not my thing at all) I have to say I have never heard such a terrible singer in all my life as the girl that was performing when we got there!

Still we enjoyed a bit of banter and lots more alcohol and finally managed to get 2 taxis to take us up to the campsite where we all had a nightcap before retiring.

During the night the winds were gusting to over 65mph and I wonder we had any tents left!! It absolutely howled - and the rain lashed down. I felt smug because to complement the sleeping bag I had bought an old duvet from the bottom of my cupboard and that extra layer meant we were as warm as toast.

Early in the morning, one of intrepid bikers got up and with his hammer went around all our tents knocking all the tent pegs back to ground - some were out and others perilously close!

Due to heavy rain (and copious amounts of alcohol) we all had a good lie in before filling the kettles and making tea and coffee to revive ourselves.

Saturday at noon we were down in the town enjoying an all day breakfast with unlimited tea and coffee - whilst watching the rain teem down outside the full length windows.

When it finally ceased for half an hour we went for a quick walk to take in the South Beach and the Harbour.

Then a little retail therapy! I found a T-Shirt with "Welsh Girl" emblazoned on it, in a charity shop for £1. Hey hey a bargain!

We took refuge in the British Legion for a while and then in torrential rain we did a supermarket run before getting a minibus back to the campsite.

A siesta, a shower and another taxi and we headed for a restaurant for a proper meal before embarking on another night of drinking!

Returning to the site much later, the clouds had cleared and the wind dropped and there was a partial eclipse of the moon to be seen.

We did not hang about on Sunday. Tea/coffee, packed up and headed to Amroth for breakfast. Then off back to South Wales with lots of muddy boots and clothing. We managed to stay ahead of the rain and got in about 1:00pm.

The company was good and it beat staying in the house all weekend like the previous weekend. But honestly - does it have to rain all the time???

I keep checking the weather forecast in vain hope that we will have a weeknd of blazing sun and blue skies

Tomorrow evening I am off to West Wales with my man and 8 friends. We are travelling by motorbike - so the weather is important

Furthermore we are all spending Friday and Saturday night under canvas and plan to have a "rideout" on both Saturday and Sunday - so please please let it be dry.

I have had another nightmare week at work - 12 hours on Wednesday and a 13 hour day yesterday. Last night I was in bed by 9:30pm I was so mentally shattered.

Tonight I have been rushing around trying to "micropack" - everything a girl needs for a weekend in 1 pannier (box that goes on a motorbike) there should be a prize for achieving it!!

As I haven't seen my man since Sunday morning I am so looking forward to finishing work tomorrow and getting on that bike

So send me good weather via your positive thoughts and maybe I will tell you how it all goes when I get back.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and everyone gets some sun and blue sky.

Wcg xx

After yet another drab day - torrential rain, high winds and a thunderstorm to contend with I was feeling pretty low today. This was exacerbated by 3 more accidents I have to investigate tomorrow including a broken arm - never a moment's peace in this job.

New boyfriend says - lets go on holiday somewhere warm - I suggest Tenerife - he says OK. So mid November we will get some quality time in the sun which will hopefully shorten the winter somewhat.

Happier now cheered up quite a bit actually

Another grey day here - I hope some of you folks actually saw some sun today.

Work was OK - nothing too special although I have been requested to organise a stag night for a colleague and friend! It will of course have to be a Unisex do if I have to run about sorting it all out! So that will be another wild night out on the town to look forward to at least

My darling daughter has done all the gloss painting in the kitchen - she is a treasure.

I have been to the gym and now I am about to eat a jacket potato with tuna and a teeny weeny bit of mayo (light). Starving......