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Wales
Left Newport and started driving to the north coast of Wales to Llandudno on the coast of the Irish Sea, the largest resort town in Wales. We were going through Pontypool on the way, G stopped at the Pontypool Rugby Club as one of the players who used to represent Wales and play there is a favorite of his. He was able to pack down with the wooden front row standing outside the club, his technique was a little rusty. We drove on ...
Bus Rides and Brocken Spectres
... that a couple of people were prepared to claim that the £1 bus fare was the best value for money they'd had for some time!
Sunday morning was bright, but with plenty of showers around. After driving to Croesor, we walked (pretty slowly!) up the west ridge of Moelwyn Mawr, getting into the cloud near the top. As there looked to be a chance of the clag clearing, we had lunch just beyond the summit, in a sheltered spot. No clearance, but some ...
Land of Our Fathers
A quote from a famous Welsh anthem, sung by massed choirs. The Welsh are famous for their voices - think Ric*********** and opera singer Bryn Terfel.
Barmouth nestles among the steep hills of Snowdonia on the estuary of the River Mawddach.
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A drive to Anglesey
I seem to have lost the first entry in this blog, which mentioned that we left home on 11 October and flew to UK to spend some time visiting family in Colwyn Bay North Wales before embarking of our cruise to Egypt, Jordan and Dubai on 26 October. We didn't do much sightseeing there, except for this one day out. It was quite sunny although very windy, so we decided to take a trip ...
Return to Neverland
The trauma of trekking to K2 had nearly left me. Those many hours strapped to a donkey in an arid, freezing high-altitude desert had left their mark, and despite swearing I would never again put myself in such a position, a little trot around the Rhinogs on my own two feet seemed fairly safe. Steve, Vince and a new member of the BMC, Paul, picked me up and we drove down to within a few miles of Barmouth, where we met ...