We carried on along the road and passed the long since closed Little Chef. My step mum used to work here years ago and she used to bring home the Little Chef lollies........ah they were great they were orange and white fizzy lollies D) your tongue would be cut to bits after a couple but you couldn't beat them. Y'know it makes me laugh when you think
when I were a kid Little Chef was considered posh
On we went along the cycle path past the Iron bridge up towards the roundabout where I honestly thought the path would cross the road for some reason best known to myself...I mean as if.....it's a good job I don't work for the Highways Dept
anyway we didn't cross, in fact we couldn't cross as by now there was a 5' wall of concrete protecting us from the really busy road. As we passed the roundabout I began to worry a bit as thoughts like "your joking I'll be in Llanfair at this rate" and " I didn't see a crossing point"
I even contemplated tying Socs to my back and taking a running jump at the 5' wall swinging one leg over commando style and flinging myself over Socs and all....yeah it was a plan..... but a very flawed one as I imagined the reality of my mission would probably end up with me failing miserably suffering from gravel burn having slid down the wall face first into the hard shoulder or more likely on coming traffic and besides I've never been in the Commandos. My next plan of action was to walk down the embankment by the side of the railway tunnel a little further up, this would lead me onto what locals call Dog Sh*t path (pic 2) Panic over we walked along towards Pen beach. What I didn't realise was that the cycle path goes down that way all along
and I had worried for nothing. Pen beach used to be lovely it was all grass and sand now it's all concrete and anti vandal paint....such a shame. The kids love the swimming pool though although it doesn't look to good in the photo.
