After a very restful sleep and a shower it was down for breakfast on some of Eric's fresh-baked bread - very nice.
We set off from Nottingham just before 10am heading south and after a bit of messing about ended up on the A42 towards Birmingham. We managed to get off that at Ashby-de-la-Zouche and managed to find some smaller roads with more interest as we continued south. After a while, however, we came to a point where there was obviously some holdup ahead so we followed a truckers example and diverted eastward through a village. Unfortunately our first attempt to turn south was thwarted and we had to continue further east until we got unto a road heading in the right direction to get us onto the A5. Following the A5 got us to Shrewsbury where we lunched at a pub at around 1:30pm and had a bit of a look around. There is a lot of old/medieval architecture in Shrewsbury and a lot of the streets are cobbled and very narrow.
We had decided that today's destination would be Brecon on the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales so we headed off from Shrewsbury through Welshpool to Newtown and thence down through Llandridod Wells and Builth Wells. The weather wasn't too great with rain showers interspersed with brief sunny spells.
Arriving in Brecon at about 5:30pm we drove through and around and ended up at The Castle Hotel which is, surprise, just behind the Castle. We secured a room which looks out over the Brecons and then went for a walk through the town. There is a strong army presence here and as we drove through we had spotted The Ghurka Restaurant so we made our way back there to see if they had Momos on the menu. To our delight they did so we just went straight in and had inner there, accompanying the Momos with a nice Lamb Curry.
