Category: 100 Things To Do In Wales
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The North Pole in South Wales! Welsh 100 – No 24
Aunty had promised me an ice cream for being a good boy at Clyne Gardens, and never one to miss an opportunity of an ice cream I immediately accepted. Just along the coast from the gardens is another of the Welsh 100 thing to do in Wales – “Have a North Pole From Joe’s” .…
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Clyne Gardens. Welsh 100 – No 23.
The weekends expedition was a short drive along the M4 to Swansea. The weather forecast predicted sun along the coast, but it didn’t look very promising as the rain splattered on the windscreen. Then as we passed Port Talbot the clouds cleared and the sun came out. Perfect for fossicing about in the Clyne Gardens.…
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Bridge Over The River Mawddach: Welsh 100 – No 22
Still catching up with all the activity Aunty and I managed to get through over the Easter Weekend. We have certainly pegged up the list for the Welsh 100s. Easter Sunday was a day for bridges, rivers and fantastic views. There are a number of bridges that cross over the Afon Mawddach, but today we…
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Portmeirion: Welsh 100 – No 21
This is another place we managed to fit in during our Easter Weekend stay in North Wales. I’ve had to go back to work for a rest. Portmeirion is a strange place. Fitting when you consider the magical myths and legends that abound in Wales. Today it is a mishmash of Italianate buildings that…
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Castell Harlech: Welsh 100 – No 20.
Harlech Castle. What can I say about it? This is a real and proper castle. One we all imaged a castle should be when we were kids – young or old. Sitting on top of the crag, it seems to grow out of the rock itself, with plunging cliffs on the seaward side, making it…
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The Albion – Welsh 100: No 19.
Well once you’ve travelled on a Victorian Tramway up the Great Orme and explored a Bronze Age copper mine, what do you do next? Have a pint or two of course. The Albion Pub in Chapel Street, Conway is a proper pub that serves a great choice of beers. Besides the usual big…
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Hills and Trams. Great Orme Tramway – Welsh 100: No 18
Aunty and I are up in North Wales for the Easter break. Unfortunately the weather is not as good as one would hope, with temperatures below 6C, a bit of a gale during the night and a lot or rain. Putting up the awning in the caravan was a little challenge but it was still…
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Castell Carreg Cennen – Welsh 100: No 17
A fantastic day out to Castell Carreg Cennen. We were last here before Number 1 daughter was born, so at least 23/24 years ago. The sun was shining and the castle remains as craggy and remote as ever. We took a slightly circuitous route towards the castle as the satnav was determined to take us…
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What have the Romans ever done for us? Caerleon on the Welsh 100 – No 16
There were only three legionary fortresses in Roman Britain: Caerleon, Chester and York. Caerleon was the permanent garrison base for the II Augustian Legion and was the main base for the subjugation of the Silurians, the tribe who resided in this area. They put up quite a resistance over a number of years…
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The oldest cinema in Wales – 100 Things to do in Wales Number 15
Last weekend we went to the pictures. Not very noteworthy you may say, but there you would be wrong. This trip was to Wales’ oldest cinema in Brynmawr. It has shown films since 1911, and unlike so many other small independent picture theatres it is still drawing the crowds. It is now named after the…
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