Category: 100 Things To Do In Wales
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Ty Hwnt I’r Bont – Welsh 100 #63
What else is there to do on a cold and wet day in June? Hmm..let’s think. I know let’s find somewhere interesting to eat! And we’ve not done a Welsh 100 for sometime, especially one involving food. So off we went to Llanrwst to see what was on offer at Ty Hwnt I’r Bont (House…
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Sand Castles
There can’t be many places in the UK where you can look down on a Norman castle from the top of a sand dune. You’ll have to look closely at the main photo above to see the castle among the trees. Candleston Castle may not be a major fortress, but as a fortified manor house…
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Fish and Chips on Barry Island – Welsh 100 #62
It has seemed to be a long, long week staring out of my home office window at the sun. Finally Friday arrived and what better way to start the weekend than making a dash to Barry Island and have a Fish & Chips supper on Barry Beach. Apparently the place to go is O’Sheas and…
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Dive the wrecks off Dale Peninsula (sort of) – Welsh 100 #61
One of the Welsh 100 activities is ‘Dive the Wrecks off the Dale Peninsula”. There are hundreds of ship wrecks off the coast of Pembrokeshire, and the Dale Peninsula is a rich area for wrecks, the water is crystal clear and it’s an easy place to get to. For a full list visit the Dive…
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Afternoon Tea in Abergavenny – Welsh 100 #59
Now this is one that I really enjoyed. One of my favourite pastimes involves eating. And it is even more of a pleasure when you can do it with old friends, and even more so when Aunty gives me full permission to indulge myself. The last criteria is as rare os hen’s teeth. It was…
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Lido Ponty. Welsh 100 #58
As I write this I am looking wistfully outside as the rain spatters the window creating random river flows down the glass. It seems a long time ago now since Aunty and I visited the Lido Ponty in glorious sunshine earlier in the summer. Outside swimming pools have had had a hard time over the…
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Wild Swimming – Welsh 100 #57
What can yo do after walking 10 or more miles along the Welsh Coastal Path when it is 27C? Go for a swim of course. But, and this is the crux of the matter, according to Aunty you don’t go just anywhere. For this small exercise it had to be a wild swim in a…
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Llangollen International Eisteddfod – Welsh 100 No 56
Where else in the world can you come across more than 27 different nationalities in a small town with a population of just of 3500 souls outside of a Untied Nations Convention? Llangollen is the place you need to be! Every year since 1947 this small, beautiful town has played host to musicians and dancers…
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Worm’s Head – Welsh 100 No 55
May and June this year has been almost wall to wall sunshine – except that iOS when we stayed on Gower for a few days with the intention of joining up a few sections of the Coastal Path in this area. Well the best laid plans of mice and men were scuppered by the weather…
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Penarth to Barry – Cliffs, dinosaurs, wireless and coal.
The guidebook for the Wales Coast Path claims the total length is 896 miles. Quite a distance in anyone’s book, and probably one we won’t manage in it’s entirety, but Aunty and I are plugging away with determination. Early September is always a good time for a walk, especially if it’s not raining. This stretch…
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