Travelog for: Bobi

Today there is a little country fayre at Whaplode Drove, a few miles from where we are staying.

There are vintage cars on show.

And other vintage things.

Not so vintage is this jelly!

These jellies will be thrown and hopefully caught!

The reason for all that Jelly - the World Jelly-Throwing Championship

Hi Mum,
On our way back home to Wales, we stopped off in Nottingham. A shop my host wanted to go to was closed, and the caves her husband wanted to see were also closed.

Instead, we had a brief wander around. Could that be Robin Hood?

Back in the centre, there was something unexpected. A beach!

They also had a mini funfair, and a permanent water feature.

They also have trams.

The weather hasn't been all that great so we've stayed indoors. Tomorrow, the weather may be good enough to go out somewhere

Hi Mum,
We've come out today to Spaceport, in Seacombe on the Wirral.

Here, I am learning about our planet Earth.

This is a model of Beagle 2, the mission to Mars that unfortunately got lost.

There was a table with Star Wars replicas.

Yoda I met.

And R2D2.


Upstairs, they had a Wallace and Gromit exhibition. This rocket is from A Grand Day Out.

Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

A Close Shave


An Aardman rocket.

We could get our hands on modelling clay.

What is that?

What are these we've created?

I'm learning about satellites.
I've had a grand day out!

Hi Mum,
After going to Spaceport, we went for a drive on the Wirral. We came to West Kirby. The tide was out and we started walking to the little islands.

I'm at the little island looking back towards the mainland.

The view to another island.

This is the middle island. Can you see the mainland through the gap?

It seems a long way out.

That building is on the third island, Hilbre but we didn't make it that far. It was getting late and we had a long walk back to the mainland.

Hello Mum,
Today, we went to the Sea Zoo on the Isle of Anglesey.

These fish swim too fast to get photographed clearly.

This is a flatfish.

More fish!

These are sunstar starfish

Sea anemones and things.

Sea anemones can be quite pretty.

A happy fish?

There are seahorses somewhere in the picture.

This is a board for visitors to draw their favourite sea creatures.

The big aquarium has spiny crabs, and more fish.

What have we here in this box?

Hello Jellybean

Hello Mum,
My host took us out for a bus ride or two.

We sat on the top deck at the front of the bus.


The weather looks a bit grim.



It is a bit of a bumpy ride.

Hello Mum,
Today, we went to the allotment.

My host has a new pond on her plot.

What is my host going to do with those pumpkins?

Doesn't this green broccoli/calabrese look yummy?

Hello!
To celebrate Clyde's arrival and also to wish some of us who are travelling to pastures new

we shared a doughnut!

Hello!

I am off travelling to pastures new! Be in touch soon, when I arrive!

Hi mum! Guess what! I'm in Chile!

I was welcomed by many smiley faces, they were Timothy III., Fiona Yenien, Petunia, Sweet Mimi and Chrissi
Chrissi was with me in Wales and came to Chile just a few days before I did, how cool is that! 



I gave Leslie the postcard I brought her, she liked it very much!



I can't wait to start exploring around!

Kisses
Bobi

Ciao mum!

We came to relax to Leslie's summerhouse for the long weekend!  It's in a small fishing village called Queule which is surrounded by beautiful hills and beaches!

This is the view from the balcony! Very nice isn't it? You can see the whole river mouth of Queule river and back there is the ocean!



In the garden there were many plants, but I'd never seen this one!
It's called nalca (Chilean rhubarb) and it's very big!
Leslie told me that some people eat their stems with salt! But she didn't let me try it, she said she wouldn´t break her plants' stems. 



The nalca was surrounded by some very nice forget-me-nots.



These are the flowers of a plant called chilco. They're the hummingbirds' favourite meal!



Then after lunch we decided to go to the beach! To get there you have to walk for about 40 minutes up and down the hill! So we started walking!





Can you guess the name of this rock? A clue, it's the king of the jungle  ...king of the jungle with some trees on his back!





This is the beach we were walking to! It's called Ronca beach. The word ronca means "snore" and the beach is called like that because of the loud sound of its waves! They really do sound loud!





We went down to beach and walked next to the sea foam and the waves 



I smelled this big seaweed from faw away so we came to see it! It's called cochayuyo and guess what, it's edible! Although it didn't smell very inviting to say the less... 



Then I found a perfect shelter to rest for a while I did some decoration around and it looked like a perfect house for me! What do you think?





Look what the wind has done to the trees in front of the sea!! 



Leslie told me there was a fire in this forest some years ago... but as you can see nature is recovering nicely 



There are many burnt tree trunks still standing.



It was a very nice day!

See you!
Bobi

Hola a todos! 

Today after lunch we went down to the waterfront to see the old docks and the fishing boats from closer!







Then we went to a view point called "el tope" from where you can see the whole peninsula and see the vultures flying right in front of your nose!



Behind me is Los pinos island. The beach is called La herradura (the horseshoe) because of its shape and it's 9 kilometers long! 



That's almost all Queule! It's a very small town, see? Nice and quiet



When we started walking to the beach through the hills, a trumbril just passed next to us!! 





After about half an hour of walking up and down the hills we got to "agua de las niñas" beach, which means "water of the girls" in Spanish, what a funny name! I think its called like that because of the shallow depth of the ocean here, which makes it very safe for kids.



There was a big rock full of holes everywhere! Do you know what might have caused them? Maybe the aliens! ...or just the erosion. 









A little later we moved to one of the hills nearby to eat some of our halloween treats watching the beautiful view! Quite perfect! 



And later on we walked back to the summerhouse.



What a nice day!

See you!
Bobi

Hello!

Today I visited the most important hill in Temuco, Ñielol hill. By the way, I like the way the "Ñ" letter sounds, it's somewhat between N and I
Some people say that Ñielol hill is an extinct volcano I hope it isn't, because I would not like to see it in action since it's right next to the city!

We went up (by car - we were feeling a little lazy) to the main viewpoint from where we could see a big part of Temuco!



A little close there were this four very tall Mapuche totems! 
They are called "chemamulls"
In the middle there is a "canelo" tree, a sacred tree for Mapuche people. 





Near there was a fallen one, he was too old and was kind of rotten  poor guy.



Then we moved to a lower viewpoint from where we could see a little more of the city to the west.



Do you see the closest roof? That's a small natural museum



In the museum there was an embalmed condor! It is the national bird of Chile and also the largest flying bird in the world!! It has a wingspan of about 3.2 m (10.5 ft) and can live up to 100 years! What an amazing bird!



This is a south american rodent called Coipo, it's like a mix between a beaver and a rat, a giant rat





This is a map of the 9th region of Chile, "La Araucanía" which where I am now.
I learned that just in La Araucanía there are 7 volcanoes! And in Chile, more than 2,900!!! which is the 15% of all the volcanoes in the world



Here I am inside of a "piñón" which contains hundreds of seeds of Araucaria tree (monkey puzzle), the national tree of Chile 



And some ugly vulture...



I hope you're having a good time!
See you mum!

Your Bobi