The Swan Hotel
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Cardiff, Brecon, Tintern and Oxford
... Wye Valley. We paused at the ruins of Tintern Abbey. I went in, took a few photos and recited a few lines from Wordsworth's poem. We continued on our journey, getting slightly lost near Chepstow (Pete had a small freak out when we hit some dead ends while the GPS messed up). Hit up another Tesco for petrol and food. Drove over the original Severn Bridge into England again. Fed Pete ice cream. Arrived at Oxford in the dark. The YHA was particularly pleasant I ...
Bath
... finally purchased the voucher then we followed the loads of coach passengers up into town. I thought being winter it would be quiet, WRONG, their were people everywhere, a vast Christmas market was running and probably twenty coaches lined up. We had not had breakfast thinking we would do brunch in Bath, I think everyone had the same idea. After much searching found a little bagel restaurant with seating and had a very nice meal. ...
Day trip while on vacation!
... people and they travel along the backroads. The tour we picked would not only take us to Stonehenge but also to Windsor Castle and the historic Roman city of Bath.
It ended up being a fabulous day. Stonehenge was all that we had hoped it would be but the highlight, at least for me, was Windsor castle. This is the Queen's 'country' home and touring it was really a treat. ...
An Abbey & yet another Castle
... was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches. - Wikipedia
This was quite an interesting as quite a lot of the old deco can still be visually seen in this castle. The river below as just thick mud when we saw it but it still had a majestic presence about ...
Mind The Guard Ducks!!
... as Wotton-Under-Water as they do live in a converted Grist Mill and the bedroom we are using is actually below lake level! This peaceful setting is so wonderful that we decided, after a night in Wales, that we had to come back. Actually there's more to the story which involves a pair of forgotten boots and a yet unopened bottle of champagne. However, I will get back to that (and the ducks) but there is more to our journey ...
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