Day Two

After breakfast we went to the Reception desk to pay our bill and the owner of the Hotel was busy working on the computer. We told him how we had been interviewed the day before and that we had appeared on the Web site. We explained that we hadn't seen it ourselves and please was it possible for him to show us. He immediately brought it up on screen and also printed it out so that we had a copy to keep. This was an example of the kindness shown to us throughout our Trip.
We left the Hotel and made our way to the Bus station where we were catching the bus which would take us to Cardigan. While we were standing at the bus stop a lady came along, and after a while she asked us if we had been shopping or were we going on holiday. We told her what we were doing, and immediately she said that she had a Bus Pass too and could she come with us. Her name was Annie Phillips and she was catching the bus to a Garden Centre where she would have a coffee, have a walk around the Centre and then catch the bus home where she lived in Sheltered Accommodation; but where she lived an independent life and where she looked after herself. Annie was 92 years old.
The bus came and we soon arrived in Cardigan having again travelled through more beautiful countryside. We were met at the bus stop by a Soroptimist, President Kitty, who took us to the Mwldan Theatre where we had coffee with four ladies. During the conversation I discovered I was related to one of the ladies - through her husband Dick Jones the famous Welsh Bard, who is the present Archdruid of Wales. Jean called him immediately on the phone, and we had a long conversation. I was delighted.
We then caught the bus to Aberystwyth. What a pleasant journey - the sea on the left and fields and hills on the right, and what a beautiful leisurely run.The bus didn't keep to the main road only - it went to different villages; down the steep hill to Aberporth, and then down another hill to New Quay, on to Aberaeron and eventually to Aberystwyth. Travelling on the local buses we saw so many little villages throughout Wales which we would never have seen otherwise. When we arrived in Aberystwyth we had a taxi to our B&B Hotel on the sea - front and so ended an enjoyable day. Margaret was as enthusiastic as I about all the events and experiences and neither of us really felt our ages. We were thoroughly enjoying ourselves.