We had driven to Avebury to wake up with the lesser known stones. There are a lot more than at Stonehenge (although smaller and spread in several areas around town) but you can walk right up to them. some were in semi circles and some in lines.
Averbury
Next we crossed over to Wales on the longest bridge we've even been on. We drove for a while before stopping at Crickhowell. The Tourist Info hadn't opened so we checked out the local bakery (and shared a welsh cake) and shops before finding out the correct pronounciation for Llanwrtyd Wells (something like Clanoortid Wells). I don't know how we didn't know that! Signs are written in Welsh with English translations underneath and it very different to see. Apparently 'Ll' is a 'Cl', 'W' is an 'O', 'I' is an 'E' and 'E' is an 'A' just to name a few.
Crickhowell
We headed half an hour up the road to Brecon. Geoff enjoyed catching up on some swimming before we walked around the local streets and got some supplies in case the shops were shut on the long weekend Sunday.
We finally arrived in Llanwrtyd Wells mid afternoon and found out what we needed to know for the race, and organised our bed. There is a great atmosphere with people from all over here to do the race. They set up a temporary camping area on the sports ground (bog camp) and the people beside us had a fire, played the guitar and a bit of a sing-a-long (mad Welshmen).
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