Monday 17th July 2023

Reasonably comfortable night's sleep in my single bed. Got up and made tea, then walked into town and breakfasted at Starbucks. Returned to the hotel and called Vince...he promised to go visit Aki later this morning. I set off on inspections, first into the northern and western suburbs of Cardiff, before dropping south-westward to Barry. Stopped for lunch at a garden centre in Wenvoe. Surprisingly tasty Korean pulled beef and cheese toasted sandwich. Finished in Barry, then headed further west out to Rhoose, and St Athan, before turning for Cardiff and the hotel. Managed to get a table in the basement at Giovanni's Italian on the Hayes. It was packed...it's graduation week in the city! I ordered the lasagne, with buttered spinach on the side. It was enormous. I could hardly get back up the stairs! Went back to the hotel for a lie down...