Cardiff; Friday, 11 February, 2005

Due to the delay leaving Paddington & speed restrictions along the line we eventually arrived in Cardiff 7 minutes late.

I walked the short distance from the station to my hotel & checked-in, just in time to avoid the spectacular downpour that started as I stepped inside the hotel!

Once the rain had stopped (or so I thought) I left the hotel to have a wander around the city centre.

I wandered up to the castle, only to find that it's not floodlit at night. I carried on wandering and eventually found myself walking down to Cardiff bay just as the rain returned (accompanied by a strong, biting & rain lashing wind)

By the time I actually got to Cardiff Bay station I was soaked and decided to get the train back, unfortunately the next train wasn't for another 50 minutes, so I got the bus back to the city centre and then went back to the hotel to dry off.