Following my first fight with breast cancer in 2009 where I was brought face to face with my own mortality - we purchased a Mini Cooper. My dream car since losing my first original Mini which I learnt to drive in and had many adventures. We took delivery of "Cooper Trooper" which is the name I gave him and had a blast. Now he has gone. Basically we have outgrown him and our circumstances have changed so he has gone. Our replacement is a more practical Nissan X-Trail. Many adventures with Cooper Trooper though, many great memories too!
We took Coops to Rhuddlan Castle and then again to the historic Rhuddlan Rocks with The Alarm, Mike Peters. There we actually filmed the crowd end scene to his film "Vinyl".
Coops took us to quite a few Gatherings
He took us to Snowdon Rocks 2012 to raise money for the Love Hope Strength Foundation.
Coops has seen my boys outgrow him - not much room for teenage boys in the back
Coops inspired my friend to make this for me on yet another of our adventures
Outside my home
Our final adventure in him was last Monday to the Albert Docks in Liverpool
South Wales road trip to see 4th Street Traffik at their Halloween bash Its been great having Mini Cooper but its time to move on.
The other day, as part of my sons birthday treat, we took him and his friend to the Crocky Trail. The sun was shining, it really was a beautiful day!
We stopped off at Salisbury's for a few goodies to eat (we had to keep energy levels up)!
It was so nice at the trail, lots of happy faces, smiles and laughter. It was a complete tonic for me to see Harry animated and happy. I haven't seen him play like that for such a long time, it was definitely worth the admission price to witness this transformation.
I am not really into adventure trails at the moment. I am far too stiff and achy with my ailments so for me, it was a treat just to people watch and enjoy the happy atmosphere.
I happened to walk over to a hedgerow for a nosey and as I did so, I noticed a tall nettle moving in a peculiar way! It was definitely not being blown by the wind. Curious.... I decided to stay and watch, to see if I could make any sense of this peculiarity. After a couple of minutes, I realised that it was a mole, busy digging and eating insects. As he busied himself I actually caught a glimpse of him but then off he went tunnelling away under other nettle bushes.
I have never in my life seen anything like that and I must say I did count it as a blessing, one of those once in a life time moments which I will treasure for the rest of my life.
