Mid Wales

In January 2009, we gave in to our mid-life crises, jacked everything in and left behind our lives in London to travel around the world for a year......

We have started this travel blog for two reasons; it is to keep our family and friends in the USA and Australia (and beyond) informed of our whereabouts and share our experiences and adventures with photos along the way. The second reason for this travel ...

 Winter sheep at 'home' - Great Gwernybwch Farm, Radnorshire, Wales This photo was taken by a walker one winters day, it was later printed on postcards to help raise money for the local village ...

... like brown of home. We found a deer made out of cane and did some obligatory stupid photos and just moseyed our way through Mid-Wales. Stopped at an old pub and had a Welsh Black Beefburger along with a pint of the local Snowdonia Ale. The burger was ...

Hey alright I had another whirlwind day of travels...we went through from South Wales to mid Wales to North Wales...all the while I have been impressing :p people with my one word of Gaelic "Dioch" which means thank you... we had lunch at an ruined castle ...

Well I'm currently still in the middle of wales. I'm going back to thailand next month for maybe 6 weeks maybe more I am going alone this time but meeting up with friends around various places there I've spent pretty much the whole summer having very ...

... car and climb. Fantastic country. Too bad the weather is so crappy, as I really want to go hiking. I end up staying in mid south Wales, at a youth hostel set up for hiking the Pen-y-rith, the tallest moutain in the area. The plan is to hike it tomorrow ...

... he was 6 months.  That makes it 1972.  right. Met office site //ends] Naturally, I have been to Wales since.  It was in the mid-eighties, and the rain came down in so many buckets, we were almost trapped there by the floods.  ...

... (Was there anyone the English weren't at war with back then?) Conwy was one of a series of castles established in North Wales to secure the newly conquered principality. Anyway, I have added a few more details along with the photos if you are ...

Wales- Menai Straight, Anglesey, 10th August 2010 Anglesey is an island separated from north Wales by a tempestuous stretch of water called the Menai Straight, and for Holyhead at the south west corner of the island to become Britain's main route by ferry ...

... . Although they are on the eastern side of the River Conwy (the natural boundary between north-west and north-east Wales), the ancient parishes of Llandudno, Llanrhos and Llangystennin (which includes Llandudno Junction) were in the medieval commote of ...

... accidentally stumbling on the A40 and speeding off through the rain towards Ross-on-Wye. The downpour had ceased by the time I entered Wales and the sun was shining when I drew into the Park and Display in Abergavenny. This medium-sized town, made famous ...

... we were in Sydney, apart from our last two days. Apparently the two weeks prior to our arrival it had been in the mid thirty’s. Most of New South Wales had been in a drought for the past 7 years and all the media had been saying it was due to ...

... than hearing your family history directly from your family. We left Alf and Joan and were closing in fast on New South Wales.  We had spent far too much time with interesting and friendly folks and that time was quickly catching up with us. Lloyd and ...

... gold rush towns in the mid 19th century. In 1870 Hill End had 8.000 inhabitants and was the biggest city in New South Wales after Sydney. Nowadays there are only 150 people living here, but the little town still boasts a hotel, grocery store / bakery, ...

... in the famous Mrs Macquarry's Chair, her governor husband had it carved out for her to sit and look over the harbour - mid-19th century I think.  Mrs Macquaries Chair, also known as Lady Macquaries Chair, provides one of the best vantage points in ...

... it happened on the last day of the holiday :).  Rhayader: Rhayader (Welsh: Rhaeadr Gwy) is a market town and community in Powys, Mid Wales. It has a population of 2,075, and is the first town on the banks of the River Wye, 20 miles (32 km) ...

... Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over River Dee Mawddach Trail cycle way Mid Wales Mawddach Trail cycle way Mid Wales ...

... of tea. The Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys is made up of a range of peaks stretching from the borders of Herefordshire into mid-Wales. The highest peak is Pen y Fan at 886m (2906 feet) which is surrounded by a host of lesser peaks. Our friends ...

... warm and sticky.. and me and the R6 have come back covered in millions of flies!! Decided to had a ride upto North and Mid Wales... The route I did was .. Home - Bridgnorth - Much Wenlock - Shrewsbury - Dinkys Diner - Llanfyllin - Lake Vrynwy - Snowdonia ...