Last summer I spent just under a week driving around Wales.

• To get it out of the way… Number of times it rained (during the day): 1, lightly, and I was driving at the time

Sunshine!!!

• Number of times I got sunburnt: 1

This was on a walk I did – as I went past of my way out, it was warm and sunny and I thought “on the way back, I’ll swim”. On the way back it was cold and grey. I swam anyway.

• Number of times swum in the sea: 3
• Number of other people seen swimming in the sea, per occasion: 2; a dozen; 0.
• Number of people commenting on my insistence on swimming: 2 plus an estimated 10 odd looks.

The air was never all that warm, but the water was lovely.

• Number of times I loitered next to a Barclay’s bank to use the free wifi: 9
• Number of towns I passed through whose names I cannot pronounce: at least 20
• Number of metres altitude gained going up Mt Snowdon on the Llanberis Path: 975

Coming back down Mt Snowdon.

• Number of coffees drunk during the trip: 4
• Number of cups of tea: 10
• Number of packets of paracetamol bought at a fraction of what they’d cost in Italy: 8
• Number of items bought at a charity shop in Cardigan: 2 (1 book, 1 tshirt)

Snowdonia… round the corner from my hostel. Not bad, eh?

• Number of days I wish I’d spent in Wales: at the minimum, an extra week. Next time!