56. Cardiff - House and Pet Sitting - Episode 9

 After Daniel saw us off at the station, we caught the local underground train which connected us to the two-hour overland train to Cardiff, the capital of Wales. After leaving the train station and recognising the square as being a regular recent Doctor Who location, we caught the local bus to the house sit.

As the bus got closer to the destination, we were wondering where we'd come. The land of "How Green Was My Valley"?. Um... no. Definitely elsewhere.

We arrived in Splott, pronounced as you see it. (In Welsh, it's Sblot.) Sprawling terrace houses as far as the eye can see with little sign of life. Below is a pic of our accommodation this time around.  They're called two up two downs as they have two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs.  Has anyone seen 'The Four Yorkshiremen' sketch done by the Monty Python crew?

Our place is the yellow bit.

Both cats seem to have some neurotic issues and, after reading the care instructions (Chapters 1, 2 and 3) from the owner, we knew why.

For the first two days, we never saw the cats at all as they ate their food in the middle of the night.  Every time we wanted to go out, we had to be sure they were inside. You'd think it wouldn't take long to find them but they had many hiding spots and kept finding new ones! 

Suri       and      Millie

It took about a week but eventually both cats decided to grace us with their presence. Suri is now a lap cat and Millie is just weird.

We have had a good run with accommodation and it seems we were due for a reality check. It's all part of the adventure!  Having said that, the next one's a doozy! Woohoo!

Now that the contractual stuff was taken care of, we were off to explore Cardiff and its surroundings.