Pupletts in Sweden: UK Trip Pt 5 - Cardiff, Roald Dahl and Crippled Crows vs Wandering Pigs

Wednesday was our next rugby game but the game wasn't until 5pm so we had some time after the team meeting and Kangaroo Court.

We went for a walk around Cardiff and drove to the Cardiff Millennium Centre where there was a 100 year celebration of Roald Dahl (Roald was born in Cardiff).

First stop was the Cardiff Castle - I did this alone on my walk down to the team meeting in the morning. The walls of the castle are lined with animal sculptures:

The Animal Wall of the castle was built in 1892 and altered at the end of World War I in 1920. The animals on the wall are

Additions completed in 1920s:

Pelican

Anteater

Raccoons

Leopard

Beaver

Vulture

Completed in 1880s:

Hyena

Wolf

Baboons

Sealion

Bear

Lioness

Lynx

Pair of Lions

Cardiff Castle

Then we headed down to Cardiff Millennium Centre and Roald Dahl Place:

Town hall

Roald Dahl Place

Millennium Centre (Welsh translates to: Creating Truth like Glass from Inspirations Furnace. English reads: In These Stones Horizons Sing)

There were no photos allowed in the Roald Dahl experience - The Wondercrump World of Roald Dahl, but it was pretty cool. We walked through scenes from several of his stories, like James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and Matilda. There are some photos on this page showing what it was like: Wondercrump

After the Roald Dahl experience it was time for the rugby experience, and we headed back to the University Playing Grounds for our next game.

This game was supposed to be vs the FBI guys we played on Monday, but instead we played the Wandering Pigs from Perth.

It was a fun game and played in usual Old Boys spirit. I made a few decent runs and ended up getting the "Personality of the Match" award from the Wandering Pigs. Here's some of Kris' photos of the game: (I've mostly picked photos showing me as it's our blog, but there were lots of good pics of the others that we'll post on the Crippled Crow's Facebook).