The Beginning Of The New Year....

Today was an adventure and a half. I got up at 8:45 in the morning and got ready to go out for a walk by the sea on the Gower. I thought before i went that it would be crazy and that i was mad for getting up to go. I knew that it would be cold and wet, but i also knew that if i didn’t go that i would be bored all day and would just sit around. So i went...

The walk was incredibly. I was cold, but it was worth it. I did get wet but i dried off. My fingers went numb, but after driving for about 50 mins in a warmed car, they regained their consciousness. We started off at the car park, where we could see the sea. The waves were so big and so many that i would have loved to have been in a kayak if it weren't for the coldness. However, we had more of an adventure on land. I took a picture of the rain over the ocean, and as i was walking towards the others, the rain hit us. It was a lot, but only lasted for about 10mins. When we got to the beach, we started a game of rounders (similar to baseball), half way through the game a wave decided to join in and took out a few players. We all scrambled to the rocks, when it started to rain again. The rain came harder and didn't seem to relent, when it turned into hail. In the midst of trying to find shelter, the organisers of the expedition, realised that they had lost their dog in the chaos of wave and rain. We all started calling for the dog. (The rain and hail had stopped) All of a sudden we looked on the mountainside and saw about 5 sheep leap out of the way of a black and white dog. The dog was our dog. It chased one sheep all the way to where we were. Someone with us thought that the Max the dog was very kind to have brought us some lunch on such a fine day.

Once we had gotten the sheep back up the mountainside, we decided that our day in the outdoors was over and that it was time to go home. Personally i think that today was a great way to start the new year. It was a beautiful starting point for the many more adventures that i will be having in the months to come...
Take care
Alex