The weekend before last, we had FUN !<\/strong><\/p>\n I turned 40 round about this time last year, give or take a\u00a0week.\u00a0 I know, you can’t believe it right? I don’t look a day over 50.\u00a0 Aaaanyway, my Other Half invested in a Red Letter Day for me, white water rafting.\u00a0 With this, I was very very happy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Last weekend was the day I chose to enjoy my experience.\u00a0 The two of us packed up a bag each, a bike each and left our troubles at home on Saturday morning.\u00a0 We drove to Bala, to find our B&B, Cwmtylo<\/a>, about 3 miles outside Bala and within striking distance of the rafting centre.\u00a0 Cwmtylo is a 400 year-old farmhouse and family home to Dylan and Craig.\u00a0 I’ll be honest, it’s not the easiest place in the world to find, even by Welsh standards.\u00a0 But it’s worth the drive and it’s only 10 minutes from the main A-road that passes Bala Lake – unless you take a wrong turn, in which case you’re way into murderer country (in your mind<\/em>).\u00a0 Cwmtylo is still a working farm.\u00a0 In fact, Dylan only made the place into a B&B in response to the local tourist board’s appeal in 2009 for more B&B beds.<\/p>\n After leaving our bags at the B&B and enjoying Dylan’s cuppa with a nice cherry bakewell, we drove down to Bala Leisure Centre and parked the car for a few hours.\u00a0 Unhooking the bikes, we got ourselves wrapped up against the Welsh wetness, which was drizzling slowly from the grey skies.\u00a0 But, as Clive <\/a>says, there’s no such thing as bad weather – just the wrong clothes.\u00a0 We had the right clothes.<\/p>\n Eleven or so miles and some fantastic views later, we’d circumnavigated Bala Lake and we’d loved the undulations along the eastern bank.\u00a0 From that side, away from the A-road which skirts the west side of the lake, the views of Snowdonia are simply stunning.\u00a0 If you ever find yourself in Wales with an hour or two to kill, I recommend you try it.\u00a0 It’s not a hard ride by any means, and if your legs aren’t up to a few little hills, they’re easily short enough to trudge up and roll down!<\/p>\n Nobody was looking, so we got changed in the Leisure Centre car park.\u00a0 A quick scoot into town and we found Plas-Y-Dre restaurant, which translates as Dr Dre’s Place. Coool!\u00a0 We had a steak each and I treated myself to a cake of cheese for dessert, along with a nice pint of Brains.<\/p>\n Dr Dre didn’t put in an appearance, but I bet you never see Ramsay when you go to his restaurants either.<\/p>\n We slept like logs.\u00a0 We got up when the alarm went off.\u00a0 Dylan made us breakfast.\u00a0 It was delicious. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nThe Water Cycle<\/h2>\n
Dr Dre’s Place<\/h2>\n
White Water Rafting<\/h2>\n