By bus to Penarth

Blue sky and sunshine all day but the easterly wind was colder. I cooked pancakes for breakfast with garlic mushrooms. Later in the morning, we decided to go to Penarth by public transport. First a bus into town, then a 92 from the bus station to Penarth town centre. We had a tasty hummous and salad lunch in a place run by the Waterloo Gardens teashop chain, then walked through Alexandra Gardens down to the pier. We didn't stay long on the pier as the foreshore wind was strong and chilling in its effect. 

We waited for the 305 bus to Cardiff at the stop opposite. An eight minute wait turned into a twenty minute wait as the bus was late, and not surprisingly. The forty five minute journey back into the city centre took us down to the Marina, around the Sports Village, Grangetown and Mermaid Quay on its way back to the bus station, and that was only half of its circular route apparently. Plenty room for delays from traffic congestion. By train it's just over ten minutes. That's what we'll do next time. We took the 122 Tonypandy bus back as far as Llandaff Fields. On board, a couple of families with a large number of excited young children between them. It was as noisy as a school bus. I think they must have been on an excursion to something special.

After a cup of tea and a slice of cake, I walked in the park for  over an hour. The wind was warmer and not quite as strong inland fortunately. After supper, I finished watching the rest of 'Arctic Circle'. Not only was the mystery solved with a few dramatic twists and turns, but also resolutions of relationships making for a feel-good happy ending. It's the third series under this title. There is a fourth series out there somewhere, but it may be a while before it is broadcast on Channel 4. And now to bed.