Off To Llangranog

It's 6.00am and I'm up drinking my Ginger Tea and putting together the last of my pile because I 'm off to Llangranog with my son's school, Trefonen, today.
It was the most beautiful day yesterday, the sun was shinning, it was warm, the grass grew in front of my eyes!, I spent all day outside (apart from the obligatory shopping, and a few phone calls from the office). I cleaned and hoovered the car (well overdue) I planted some corn and some beans and flowers in the little green house, I began to clean out the large green house. When the children came home James cleaned out the hen house and then went shooting, Jessie cleaned out the Guinea pigs, and Hannah cleaned out the stable and then went riding, they didn't even want tea until 6pm - what a difference some nice weather can make.
So today I've woken up, been awake since 3am actually, have come downstairs, let the cats in- they are terrific mousers now, and looked outside and it's raining!!!!!!!!, so Llangranog is a wet start.

What and where is Llangranog well.........
Llangrannog Urdd Centre was founded in 1932 as the Urdd’s first permanent residential camp. The land was given by a gentleman named J M Howell, and as appreciation for his generous gift, the first building on the site, a wooden cabin food hall, was named after his Mansion - Plas Penhelyg. Penhelyg acted as the focal point, and became the heart of the Centre, Four weeks of summer camp was held during that hot summer for 150 people. One gentleman that attended the camp during the summer of 1932 has written an account in a local newspaper in Cardiff. During the 30s the Centre grew from strength to strength, with Social Services, Council and the Jubilee Trust grants in 1936 providing assistance to develop further the facilities in the form of more cabins.In 1938 the first mixed summer camp was held, where previously two separate camps were held. Also during that summer, a summer camp for adults was held as a change for them to relive a little of their youth on the Ceredigion coastline.In 1939 with the aid of The National Fitness Council a gym was built, which opened the gates for Llangrannog Urdd Centre to develop educational courses for children and schools. This was the start of combining educational courses and outdoor activityDespite the war a summer camp was held in 1940 with many restrictions, one of which saw no tents being erected.The summer camps were cancelled for the next few years until a campaign in 1944 to re-open the summer camps gathered force. Below is a complaint that was posted in the editorial of the Aelwyd that year:"The loss of a year's summer camp isn't only a loss of holidays, but the loss of a part of life, an experience that does more than any other to prepare young people for being leaders and complete citizens in later life."In that year over a 1000 campers were welcomed of all ages, including many from the ‘Young Wales Clubs’, non-Welsh speakers, that spent two weeks at the Centre.

Check out the website at http://www.urdd.org/ but I am certainly looking forward to having a go at Skiing speak to you again soon.