Category: Wales
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Saundersfoot to Tenby
Well spring has hit us with a bang. After weeks of cold easterly winds, temperatures dropping regularly to 1C over night the weather has changed. Instead of 6C during the day it’s now 20C – scorchio! We are now filling in some gaps along the Coastal Path in Pembrokeshire. So today was a shortish walk…
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Oxwich to Rhossili
Aunty and I have now completed a major section of the Coastal path this weekend after finishing off another missing bit between Oxwich Bay and Rhossili. This now means we have completed the Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower sections of the path. Our intention was to do this stretch all in one go, but the ‘best…
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North Gower Coast
Aunty and I are still plugging away at the Wales Coastal Path, and still filling in a few missing bits along the south coast. This time it’s third time lucky with our attempt to complete the North Gower Coast, the last two times were rained off. So as part of our first outing with the…
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Swansea to Briton Ferry – Wales Coastal Path
Another in-fill section of the Wales Coastal Path that needed to be completed. This time it was a short section from Swansea to Briton Ferry that essentially joined up with the walk we completed a few days ago between Baglan Burrows and Port Talbot. This section fo the path is certainly not the prettiest, nor…
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A Garage Worth £2 Million?
On our New Years walk from Baglan Burrows to Port Talbot Aunty and I made a brief detour to visit Tai Bach’s newest attraction. Just before Christmas the news was full of the story of a piece of street art that had appeared overnight on the sides of a concrete garage. Now this wasn’t just…
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Baglan Burrows to Port Talbot – Wales Coast Path
We still have a few bits of the Glamorgan coast to fill in as part of the Wales Coastal Path, and todays 9 mile trek was one of them. In fact it was only 4.5 miles of the path but it was a there and back type of day. The sun was bright, even if…
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Talybont Reservoir – Blowing Away the Boxing Day Cobwebs
Boxing Day dawned dark, misty but dry, and the day called for a walk. Our first thought was a walk around Llandegfedd Reservoir, but the walks were closed until March next year. Oh well on to Plan B and Talybont Reservoir, nestled in the centre of the Brecon Beacons. This is a relatively new Reservoir…
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Llandanwg Church
Earlier this year in July as I was recovering from my heart attack, Aunty and I undertook a walk along a stretch of the Wales Coastal path in North West Wales. This was to be walk from Llandanwg south along the beaches towards Barmouth, but it was so hot that we cut it short and…
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Sgwd Gwladus
It’s been raining a lot around here so far this December, and there’s a lot of water around. But Aunty spotted a break in the clouds and smelt the sun and so we escaped the Christmas build up and headed for the hills. Water plays a central part in many Welsh tales, many tinged with…
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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…
Travels With My Aunt 