Last day on the Lleyn
Our last stop on the Lleyn peninsula was at Nant Gwrtheyrn on the north coast. This heritage centre is home to the National Welsh Language Centre as well as having some… Read more »
Category: Countries
A Parcel of Pinnipeds
Pinniped means ‘winged feet’ and is the name applied to animals with flippers, such as walruses, sea lions and seals. Our next stop gave us multiple opportunities to watch common seals… Read more »
Strong Currents
Next it was back to the original plan, and so we headed back down to the northernmost ‘toe’ of the peninsula. Mynydd Mawr (literally Big Mountain) overlooks Bardsey Island and… Read more »
Food Slamming
We needed to make a decision for the next stage of our journey – stick to the coast on the Lleyn Peninsula or spend some time in the mountains of Snowdonia…. Read more »
Shell Island
It’s been a week since we were in Shell Island, but we’ve had limited 3G/4G signal so it’s been difficult to post. This was also the last day of the… Read more »
Downhill in Coed y Brenin
The weather was still very warm, but we decided we wanted something to do other than sit under our awning, so we took advantage of the campsite facilities for one… Read more »
If you cant stand the heat…get up a mountain
The weather was settling into heatwave territory, even Snowdonia expecting temperatures of 27 degrees, so we decided we needed to find a campsite where we could stretch out the awning… Read more »
Up the Estuary
As we headed for our next stop – Fairbourne, just across the estuary from Barmouth – we had to pass through the lower slopes of the mountains of Snowdonia. Beautiful… Read more »
Borth
Morrissey once sang about the ‘Seaside town they forgot to shut down’, and that’s what came to mind when we arrived in Borth, a town on the coast of Wales north… Read more »
Midge Attack
Never let it be said that midges are a Scottish phenomenon. Our next stopping point was the reservoir of Nant-y-Moch, by the head of the dam was a wide parking… Read more »
Ystwyth yomp
We fancied doing the cycle trail alongside the Ystwyth river so scouted round for a parking spot, something that we could access easily with Bertie and would place us on the cycle… Read more »
An embarassment of kites
In my head, the Red Kite is a rare and infrequently seen bird, but here in mid wales that certainly is not the case. And in fact, reading the RSPB pages about… Read more »
Something different?
Our search for something different took us inland to Newcastle Emlyn where we visited the Wool Museum and a local food festival. I found the Wool museum very engaging for… Read more »
Cooking on Gas
We left the Pembrokeshire coast looking for something a bit different to do while the rain continued to fall on us. We drove to our next wild camping spot a… Read more »
When the sun shines
It’s still raining as I write this, but I thought I’d share the sunny side of the last seven days, as there was quite a bit of sunshine and it… Read more »
When it rains…
Since our last post we’ve now had a whole week staying in coastal locations. Not time travel, but up till now I have been running a little behind the current date. During… Read more »
Castles and Coastline
Our plan was to head west to the Pembrokeshire coast, we’ve missed the sea since we left Exmouth. First though we needed to find somewhere to stay the night after… Read more »
Gardens and Greenhouses
We moved on from Rhandirmwyn on a grey and miserable morning, not sure what we would do to fill our day. We had thought about going to the Welsh National… Read more »
Enjoying some peace and quiet?
We made our way down from the Brecons to spend a couple of nights in a campsite, we had a few sweaty garments to wash and a few tweaks to make… Read more »
To the Brecon Beacons
Off to the mountains for us next. The Brecon Beacons are supposedly named after the practice of lighting fires ‘beacons’ to warn of impending danger. The road to the Brecons… Read more »