After arriving safely back in England on Thusday 16th, getting over our jet lag and visiting a few people I headed over to Clydach near Swansea in Wales to catch up with my good friends, Chris, Irina and family. I drove over with mutual friend Seb leaving Mat to follow on the train later on Tuesday. After a few delays we finally arrived at around 10pm and bless Chris, he had waitied til we arrived to have his birthday cake; it was his 30th birthday!
Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Chris, happy birthday to you 
On Tuesday evening I drove to Port Talbot train station to pick Mat up after a days work chopping trees. It was great to finally introduce him to some of my friends and we had an enjoyable evening and following day catching up. Wednesday afternoon we all took a trip to Port Talbot beach. It wasn’t quite like Avalon back in Australia, the wind having quite a bite to it, but it was good to get out for some fresh air and Gwen had a good run around with the other dogs on the beach.
Mat, Seb, Gwen, Irina, Anna (in pram) & Chris.
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It was really good seeing you (again), and Mat (for the first time). Sorry we didn’t get up to a lot, but I hope we’ll meet up again soon.
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