Friday, June 3, 2011

May 2011 Trip to Wales by Shirley Scott

Wales – Heritage, History & Handicrafts
Joyce James Tours -May 13-23, 2011
Article by Shirley Scott (Shirl the Purl)

May 13- 23, 2011. It’s finally here! Those dates have beckoned to me from the pages of my calendar all winter long, adding a little ray of hope to the cheerless days. I’ve left my home in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and my dear little cat Frankie in the able hands of my friend Katrin to start on this adventure. Now I’m in Toronto, meeting up with Joyce and some of the gang to travel to Heathrow together. What fun! After an enthusiastic rendezvous at Pearson and the usual restless night over the Atlantic dawn comes pretty darn early to our group . We stumble from the plane and shoot off immediately on the fastest moving sidewalk I’ve ever clung to. We’re in the big city now, I think. No time for ambling along, lost in obscure Celtic thoughts.

I am so looking forward to this trip. Wales is on my bucket list. I’ve loved the Celtic world for as long as I can remember...

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Joyce James is conducting a second trip to Wales:
SEP.1-12, 2011
More Information at this link.

1 comment:

Diane said...

What an entertaining report.
Shirl hasn't lost her touch.
Happy knitting.