Bute Park Cardiff

... long weekend, the weather, and the goings on in the city. There was a big two day music festival on adjacent to the city in Bute Park, and also Wales vs France in a Rugby Union World Cup warm-up match. I had no idea that the Welsh were so into their ...

... a lot of symbolism carved and painted into the walls, so that made it worth while. The heart of Cardiff, to me anyway, lies in Queen street and Bute park.  Queen street is a lively pedestrian mall in the middle of downtown.  Just sitting on ...

... the death of the 4th Marquess of Bute, the family decided to give the Castle and much of its parkland, known as Bute Park, to the city of Cardiff. For 25 years, the Castle was home to the National College of Music and Drama and since 1974 has become one ...

... world’s first Fair Trade Capital City. Cardiff is also known as the City of Arcades - this is Shopping Central! Big, urban Bute Park was being well used in the warm spring sunshine when I was there. I saw only the exterior of Cardiff Castle, ...

... , just took photos from outside and then explored the surrounding gardens. I think the gardens that surround the castle is that of Bute Park and the river Taff runs through it. We thought about walking the river Taff trail but thought better of it, ...

... - a soft cookie with spices and sultanas....these became a repeated treat throughout my visit. I ate my pie alongside the river in Bute Park. I ended up bringing a few meat pies and welsh cakes as treats for some of the mathies later in the week. An even ...

... and unhorsing my opponent on the jousting field would have to wait for another day, another castle. After exploring the extensive Bute park we then finished our day by attempting pub trivia at the Beverley. We scored appallingly bad. We visited ...