Wednesday 20th Feb

Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor ... (Fiddlers Dram’s c1979); well yes the Perry family did have that very experience today. This was an achievement in more ways than one, not only did we, after much negotiation and planning, get both teenagers to accompany us, but also the sun shone brightly.

Family days out with teenage children are in some ways to be more treasured than earlier ones, firstly for their rarity value, and secondly because you know there won’t be many more. On the way we even managed a spot of fog watching as we drove along the North Wales coast –you see it really is catching on.

One of the things you’ve got to love about welsh parking is how cheap it is. £2.50 for the day in the middle of the city, take that London! Yes Bangor has a lovely cathedral and so qualifies as a city. We wandered around the University where I embarrassed the kids by entering the student cafe/bar and wandering around, it is one of the few dad super powers I retain, that of embarrassment, and I do like to inflict in on the teenagers when I can, the more public the place, the better. We even had time for a walk down the pier, once again, who knew, but there it is stretching out into the Menai Straits. With a lovely lunch thrown in, the Perry family - much like Fiddlers Dram - would recommend Bangor for a day out.

On the way home we even collected the replacement light fitting the youngest and I broke last month (see Monday 4^th Feb), so a successful day out and one for the memory bank.

Yours already reminiscing

Jay