Category: Wales
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Llanon to Aberystwyth
If you are planning to walk between Llanon and Aberystwyth make some preparations. The 12 miles from Llanon to Aberystwyth is the most isolated section of the path we have covered to date. There are no towns after Llanrhystud, only 2 farm houses and a caravan park (more on this later). So check the weather,…
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Drowned Lands
A visit to the beach in Wales will always bring up a surprise, usually it’s the view, the opportunity to relax, to feel the scratchy rasping sensation as you push your toes into the sand. Maybe even get wet in the cold water and delight as the waves crash around you. What you don’t expect…
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Bedd Taliesin
High above Tre Taliesin, on a small plateau in the shelter of Moel y Garn lies a small chambered tomb from the Bronze Age. At 220m above sea levels this is an isolated area today with only a few farms this high, but with superb views over the Dyfi Estuary, except of course on the…
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Monknash
The Glamorgan coast is always worth a visit, and where better than to blow away the cobwebs after New Year than a short walk between Nash and Monknash. And believe me it did more than blow away the cobwebs. It was pretty blustery on the cliff top. But first we stopped off at the little…
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Penarth Fossil Hunting
One of my Christmas presents from Karen this year was a fossil hunting kit comprising of a geological hammer, chisels and a stiff canvas bag into which I can stash my finds. Although in jest I think she is already worrying that it could be a gift that she might regret. We’re lucky here in…
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Autumn Water
We’ve had an awful lot of rain so far this October, so much so it is defiantly a case of ‘rain stopped play’. Usually in Wales the rain does stop, but only long enough so it can start raining again. But eventually it did stop, and stopped long enough for us to make it out…
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The Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas
Right next door to the busy A35 between Bridport and Dorchester there is a small stone circle. Despite being so close to the side of the road it was not easy to reach let alone access. We passed it 3 times before I was able to find a small but safe place to park the…
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Fossil Hunting at Charnmouth
30 September The stormy weather continued to be determined to make sure September finished with a howl. The day offered a short window in the morning that didn’t have any rain forecast and so the beach beckoned. Nestled in a narrow valley leading down to the sea Charnmouth is famous among fossil hunters here in…
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West Bay, Dorset
After a warm, dry, sunny and unseasonable first 2 weeks of September this year, of course as we went away for a few days recently Autumn arrived with a passion. Torrential, heavy downpours of rain accompanied by strong almost gale force winds hit as soon as we had set up the caravan. I suppose I…
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Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber
Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber Pembrokeshire is so well endowed with ancient monuments, and you are never far away from one wherever you are in the county. The coast around Sea David’s Head is no exception with 3 burial chambers and an Iron Age Fort what else could you need. On the ridge behind ST David’s…
Travels With My Aunt 