Tag: Welsh 100
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Lido Ponty. Welsh 100 #58

As I write this I am looking wistfully outside as the rain spatters the window creating random river flows down the glass. It seems a long time ago now since Aunty and I visited the Lido Ponty in glorious sunshine earlier in the summer. Outside swimming pools have had had a hard time over the…
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W is for Welsh Chwisgi. Welsh 100 – No 39

At the moment we are beginning to feel a little jaded with the weather as it is this winter. I am no longer a “Man from Wales” but feeling more like the “Man from Atlantis”! It’s bl****dy well raining still! What can we do on yet another wet weekend? Let’s go to a distillery, but…
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Water in the sky – Pontcysyllte Aqeduct. Welsh 100 – No 28

After the previous day the morning dawned bright with blue skies. Finally some sun on a Bank Holiday Weekend. The original plan was to try and get into a barge trip and float/sail/navigate across the Pontcysyllte Aquaduct. What do you do in a barge? Navigate I suppose, as there are no sails. You do float…
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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…
