Wales 2025

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Across
  1. 2. The town we finally found Jeff and André's wonderland (a Charles Tyrwhitt store)
  2. 3. The hometown of the friendly non-Dutch speaking (shame) half-Dutch chap that came to our rescue speedily, just kidding - it took over 2 hours
  3. 5. Location of our first stop
  4. 9. The endboss of mega events of the day (it was an eventful day) that left us ample time for the majority of us to reconsider our life choices, and André to reconsider putting Ayvens on speed dial
  5. 10. Our established UK entertainment, which we sometimes still get entertained by. Because it is that great
  6. 12. Our Cotswolds cottage, which looked incredible, but all that glitters is not gold (unfortunately in this case)
  7. 16. The trading company that appears to have a marketing contract with our welsh cottage - their products were everywhere in our lodging
  8. 17. On the welsh border, there was something in the air... not love - maybe for Linda though
  9. 18. The one thing in the welsh cottage André did not vandalise, but for which the cottage owner's husband had to come - twice
  10. 19. We drove to Llyn Brianne to marvel at an aquatic structure only to find it without aqua
  11. 21. Name of mode of transport to England
  12. 22. An item that evidenced how André turned a friendly game of hitster into property vandalism
  13. 23. This hotel had the best sticky toffee pudding of the trip - André even graced everyone with a little happy dance
  14. 26. Location of the Morrison's where Julia had the displeasure of meeting her inevitable fate on every trip: experiencing other Germans on vacation
  15. 27. The landrover model the owner of white hall escorted André in to the damaged Volvo at the repairshop
  16. 29. Our welsh cottage came with farm animals on the property for extra authenticity
  17. 30. The animal associated with the 700 year old inn that just wanted to make Jeff sweat
  18. 32. We ate at the Castle hotel a second time, because the first time was great (and quite cheap in general!). But as with our other restaurant visits, the second time ruined our experience - there's something worse than encountering hair in your first course
  19. 33. The welsh word for "welcome"
Down
  1. 1. André and Julia were enjoying this at the cake lardery, where we celebrated Julia's end of the burnout reintegration
  2. 4. The second mega event that happened at buck&bell pub. "It was the dog" is a valid excuse here
  3. 6. The mega event that happened at buck&bell pub, which also bewildered pubgoers nearby
  4. 7. Number of cocks that signalled we were at the right garden center
  5. 8. Jeff was so excited about this landmark in the Brecon Beacons, but we had to be careful on our walk to the viewpoint - in the worst case scenario it would not be in je broekie...
  6. 9. Linda was in wonderland in this city - cards... cards everywhere
  7. 11. This one village that is only famous because of literally one street
  8. 13. Reason to cross the channel again - this time not by ferry obviously
  9. 14. Name of the overworked head of the house we stayed in - she did encourage child labour very openly one day - didn't help her much with her workload though
  10. 15. A nice item Julia bought in Worcester
  11. 16. André's addiction of the vacation
  12. 20. The comfiest part of our stay at white hall
  13. 23. The person, Jeff initially called to fix the issue in the welsh cottage, who turned out to be very skilled - just not in the subject matter we needed someone in
  14. 24. Type of food Linda used to try to interfere with wildlife
  15. 25. Typical welsh weather phenomenon underlining a welsh chap's word of welcome in a parking lot
  16. 28. Location of our second stop in Wales
  17. 31. At Cafe Diod we finally saturated our cravings for this british treat