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Offa’s Dyke: Llandeglar to Moel Arthur
If yesterday was about Llans then today it’s all about Moels. There are lots of Moels in north East Wales, and is a common part of the name for many hills in this area. A Moel is a treeless or bald hill. We started off just underneath Moel y Waun (Waun is a moor) and…
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Offa’s Dyke: Llangollen to Llandeglar
A fantastic days walking on so many accounts, with such a wide variety of landscapes and wildlife to marvel at along the way. We started just outside Llangollen, with the wide Dee Valley at our feet, where we had finished last night and finished almost 15 miles later on the moors above Llangdeglar. For those…
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Offa’s Dyke: Moel Arthur to Rhuallt
We woke to rain on the caravan roof this morning, and hoped that it would clear up. Luckily it did, and the rain held off for the rest of the day. But the cloud cover was low, and the light didn’t lend itself to sparkling photos, so thee aren’t too many in this post. If…
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Offa’s Dyke towards the end. Pontcysyllte to Llangollen
I’ve left Aunty behind for a few days, and traded her in for a brother in law and a grumpy old jack russell. I driven the caravan to North Wales to finish the Offa’s Dyke long distance path. We started this in South Wales five years ago, but other things got in the way of…
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Skomer Island
I’ve wanted to visit Skomer Island for so long now, and finally we made it. In fact I’ve an ambition to visit all the islands around Wales. I’ve been to Anglesey, but that is too easy and so perhaps doesn’t really count. But Skomer is a real island. Skomer lies off the southern peninsula of…
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Worms Head
The sun finally came out at the end of the weekend, and what a difference it made to the rain soaked weekend. Rhossili Bay has been voted as one of the Top 10 Beaches in the world, and when the sun shines as it did today you can really understand why. The views along the…
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We’ve turned into Gypsies
After picking up our caravan last weekend, this bank holiday weekend was the first time we really used it. Work finished on Friday, Aunty and I jumped into the car and drove to the caravan storage park to collect the van. The connection to the towing bar went relatively smoothly, once I had remembered to…
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Bluebells
Well we’re now back in the UK, but the beauty we have here at home is just as spectacular as anywhere else. Aunty has recently found a list on-line “100 Things to do in Wales Before You Die” (http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/100-things-wales-before-you-6503970). Now we don’t intend to shuffle off the immortal coil yet, and for me there are…
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Footprints in the sand
This is our last day here at the Hotel Anise. We’ve been treated like royalty being the only guests all this time. Last night, Neville the handyman took us in his jeep along the Coast to the Grand Rivière to see nesting leatherback turtles. This is another thing that I’ve always wanted to see, and…
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Say good bye to the rainforest
Yesterday we said good bye to the rainforest and moved on to our next destination, Hotel Anise on the Grand Rivière on the north coast of Trinidad. Though not before I was once again entranced by the hummingbirds at Asa Wright. And I can’t resist including a photo of a White-chested Emerald below. We drove…
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 