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Damsels and Darters
I escaped from Auntie for a few hours after work on Friday for a ramble around Newport Wetlands Nature Reserve. This meant I was able to take my time and do some really serious fossicing around without feeling under pressure as Aunty waited further up the path. The sun peeked from behind the clouds every…
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An Ice Cream At Cadwaladers Criccieth: Welsh 100 #7
This is the last post of the holiday and covers another item from the 100 List. We’ve managed 6 so far, leaving 94 to go. After we had finished at Nant Gwrtheyrn we drove South to Criccieth to have an ice cream at Cadwaladers. Now I like ice cream so this was one to leave…
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Nant Gwrtheryn: Welsh 100 #6
The holiday is coming to an end all too quickly. We’ve packed in a lot this week, perhaps I’ll go back to work for a rest. But we’ve not yet finished. On the 100 list is the challenge to take in the views or learn Welsh at Nant Gwrtheyrn. Well we couldn’t miss out on…
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Three Beaches and Whistling Sands
The sun was shining though the wind was a little than a breeze, so it was another walk along the Wales Coast Path. The idea was to find one of the little coves, or Porth, that are so common here on the Lleyn. Pouring over the map we noticed a bit of sand at a place…
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South Stack Lighthouse: Welsh 100 #5
After our very wet morning in Caernarfon and Beaumaris we drove to the Northwestern tip of Anglesy for the next target on the 100 List: Watch Birds at South Stack. By this time the weather had started to clear up after lunch and the sun was beginning to shine through the clouds as we arrived.…
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Caernarfon Castle and Beaumaris Jail: Welsh 100 #4 (in the rain!)
The weather this week has not been all sunshine and glitz. This is Wales after all. The rain came down heavy over night and continued during breakfast. “What could we do?” we asked ourselves. And being polite people we answered “Let’s continue with the 100 list”. OK we’ve been to Caernarfon Castle before with Number…
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Ynys Enlli – Pilgrims End
I have grown up watching the light house on Ynys Enlli flashing its light rhythm from Tywyn, a distance of maybe 50 miles across Cardigan Bay to the South. Ynys Enlli has a mythical place in the hearts of the Welsh for a variety of reasons. It is one of the places that has been…
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Aberdaron – Pilgrims Way
We hit many of targets today. Hang on, that doesn’t sound like me, more like a motivational speaker! But that said we did walk some more of the Wales Coastal Path, witnessed some fantastic scenery, sat on a great beach for a few hours, saw some great wildlife and had an ice cream. Well the…
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Tre’r Ceiri: Welsh 100 #4
Tre’r Ceiri is a hill fort dating back to the British Iron Age. The name is believed to mean “home of the giants”, from cewri, plural of cawr, “giant”. This is on the Welsh 100 List, and is somewhere I’ve been hoping to get to for many years, but I must admit I didn’t tell…
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Porthdinllaen: Welsh 100 #1
Aunty has started us on a new quest after finding a great little web site called “100 Things To Do In Wales”: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/100-things-wales-before-you-6503970. So we have started with number one on the list: Have a pint at the Ty Coch Inn, Porthdinllaen. The things I do to keep Aunty happy, I think sometimes I deserve…
Travels With My Aunt
Random notes on the travels of a Welshman who has been allowed out to play after finishing his chores. OK so I don't travel with my Aunt, but I am usually under the adult supervision of my long suffering wife.
Travels With My Aunt 