Thank you GNHQ

Just to say a huge thank you to you all for the lovely week's holiday DH and I just spent in North Wales.

Some of you will remember that I won a holiday with Sykes Cottages here on GN.

DH and I came back yesterday after a fabulous week in a cottage which overlooked the Menai Straits and, despite the fact that I don't do self-catering , it was fantastic!

I had lived in North Wales when I was a child, in fact two of my brothers were born there, but had never had the chance to look around properly as whenever we had been previously we had children with us . We saw all the sights including Beaumaris (loved it), Bodnant Gardens (fabulous), Penrhyn Castle (strange) and the Ffestiniog Railway (not as good as I remembered especially the man leaping all over the carriage taking photos )

We went to see the hotel my parents owned and wished we hadn't. It has shrunk and looked really rundown .

Luckily, we were within striking distance of Waitrose so the self-catering thing was easily solved.

Again, thank you so much GN - it was great!