Trivia Night

We went to the Old New Inn for Quiz night, and, well, we came DEAD last! We started off splendidly in the general knowledge, science and geography categories, but our lead deteriorated horribly when sports, history, cinema and entertainment came up - we got zeroes in these categories.

We were also a little handicapped as our only other team-mate left early, before the categories we were hopelessly deficient in, came up - it was just us 2 foreigners against local groups of 4 each. We'll try to strategically join a better group next time.

It was a fun vibe though. Each Trivia night supports a different charity - this one benefitted Crohn's & Colitis UK and raised £255 from the trivia teams and raffle tickets. Barman and owner, Dan, and his team won. Here are some of the winning team, holding up the quizmaster.

Pic from The Old New Inn Trivia

Garden Delights

The seeds from the willow herbs (Fireweed in the U.S.) look beautifully ethereal and delicate before they disperse.

After a long summer drought, it rained hard (torrentially) for three days, so much so that our conservatory roof began leaking again!

This gorgeous hoverfly and hibiscus think it's still summer.

Trains and Tucker

We boarded the Cambrian railways iconic 1980s Pacer commuter train as the only passengers, to the next stop, Weston Wharf, where we dined. I was perturbed to find out I was regarded as a 2nd class adult:

While we waited for our ride, we watched all the comings and goings from the platform.

The Stonehouse brewery and distillery where we had dinner, sports a very rustic look - cutlery stands in tin cans at each table. The cider was really delicious.

     

This was served as nachos! Intriguing take on corn chips. No melted cheese either. It tasted fine, it just wasn't what I'd recognize as nachos.

It was a fun outing -it's been just over 10 years since we visited a train exhibit, from what we can recall!

Railway Museum

The Cambrian railway museum in Oswestry (England) offered some simple and down to earth displays of railway memorabilia for us to peruse. There were no high tech displays or videos, just real-life stuff to touch.

There were some lovely paintings and posters from long ago

This poster made me laugh - so proper!

This little prophesy was included on a tourist map