The Maesllwch Arms Hotel
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Brecon Beacons Day Walk
... better condition than the one we used on the way up. Despite a brief pause in the rain, it's coming down even harder when we get back to the road. The Mountain Rescue have assembled here in force - it's just an exercise at the moment, but who's to say they won't be needed for real before the day is out?
The whole "day walk" has taken less than two and a half hours. No photographs (not by me, anyway). But at least we've got a decent lunch spot, sheltered from the weather. In the ...
Getting ready to roll!
Tickets are booked, Visa accepted and only 3 weeks and 4 days to go (not like i'm counting the days, hours and minutes down....)
Decided to write my first blog before I leave so I can look back on my travels and remember how scared/excited I was about the whole experience.
Plans are still not in place, all I know is that I've got a ticket to New Zealand and I'll go from there. Which is not like me at all, I like to have a plan (could be interesting). ...
The Frenchman and the farmer's daughters...
... the light was super bright and the roads completely deserted. Just as well.
We went over the top and down to Lake Vyrnwy which was a little disappointing after the magnificent vistas we had seen whilst driving over the mountains of Snowdonia itself.
A place which breathed history, we walked round it. Unfortunately the Bell Museum was shut, but there was much to ponder upon.
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The Land of Tom Jones
... of Charles I and was taken by Parliamentary forces in 1646. In the aftermath, the castle was slighted, or deliberately put beyond military use; after the restoration of Charles II, the Somersets declined to restore the castle. Raglan Castle became first a source of local building materials, then a romantic ruin, and is now a modern tourist attraction. - Wikipedia We had our dinner at a local pub - The Pandy's and found our way back much to our ...
Lost in Translation
... It seems that they are sent out mid morning to run laps just to burn off some energy. However, they do not stay on school grounds, instead they run out of the gate and go along the pavement. Well, they must be supervised? Oh no. Just left to it. To add a little more danger to the whole activity many of them do this in bare feet. I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw it.
We spend many an hour at Parent and ...
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