Well we had our first bank holiday (cause we have been working so hard!) in Wales with Fi, Andrew and Sophie.
We started off by driving accross to Wales and stopping off at the waterfalls (?Sgwd yr Eria) and walking along the valley for a way. Heaps of bluebells, some squirrels and lots of welsh countryside. From there we spent the night in a tiny wee backpackers near the Black Mountains (up and along some teany we one way roads I might add! - the names of these are unpronouncable in Gaelic so I won't bother). Fantastic pub meal at a family owned pub who were very obliging in feeding us after the kitchen closed as we were late - opps. Still very very good and very cheap. Have decided that cider here is a very good thing too!
Sunday we headed on down to Skomer Island to see the Puffins. Wandered on out to the heads, ate some lunch with the Welsh ponies (very hungus and wanting to be fed) with some simply stunning views (photos will come I promise). From there we headed on out to the island on a ferry cruise (they island had already reached the limit for foot traffics so we viewed from the sea instead). They are pretty cool/funny looking little birds. We got to see them up close on the remote web cams , some of the burrows and other birds later on from the information centre. After that we headed out to Dale for icecreams on the beach and a wee run around the forts and squiz at the harbour and sailing boats (big and small). Accom that night was Talybont-on-Usk in the Brecon Beacons. Despite being much earlier than last night we still were late for dinner as everything closed early on the bank holiday - still like last night the small rural pub pulled through with the best sunday (literally) roast dinner we have ever come across (sorry Mum). We almost needed wheelbarrows to get our bellies home again.
This morning we hiked up some pretty steep hills near Pen y Fan admiring the peat and bracken on the way. This meandered along the ridge way with some lovely panoramic sights, before we off trailed it down the valley - for furure reference anything not on a ridge in Wales is usually boggy. Still it wasn't bad at all and lots of fun. Picinic by the stream then back to Fi's place in Bristol.
We will stay here the night and repack before heading to Liverpool and catching the ferry to the Isle of Man on Wednesday. It will definately be good to get the bike out for a ride and to get in to earning the pound for a while.
Till next time
KN
We started off by driving accross to Wales and stopping off at the waterfalls (?Sgwd yr Eria) and walking along the valley for a way. Heaps of bluebells, some squirrels and lots of welsh countryside. From there we spent the night in a tiny wee backpackers near the Black Mountains (up and along some teany we one way roads I might add! - the names of these are unpronouncable in Gaelic so I won't bother). Fantastic pub meal at a family owned pub who were very obliging in feeding us after the kitchen closed as we were late - opps. Still very very good and very cheap. Have decided that cider here is a very good thing too!
Sunday we headed on down to Skomer Island to see the Puffins. Wandered on out to the heads, ate some lunch with the Welsh ponies (very hungus and wanting to be fed) with some simply stunning views (photos will come I promise). From there we headed on out to the island on a ferry cruise (they island had already reached the limit for foot traffics so we viewed from the sea instead). They are pretty cool/funny looking little birds. We got to see them up close on the remote web cams , some of the burrows and other birds later on from the information centre. After that we headed out to Dale for icecreams on the beach and a wee run around the forts and squiz at the harbour and sailing boats (big and small). Accom that night was Talybont-on-Usk in the Brecon Beacons. Despite being much earlier than last night we still were late for dinner as everything closed early on the bank holiday - still like last night the small rural pub pulled through with the best sunday (literally) roast dinner we have ever come across (sorry Mum). We almost needed wheelbarrows to get our bellies home again.
This morning we hiked up some pretty steep hills near Pen y Fan admiring the peat and bracken on the way. This meandered along the ridge way with some lovely panoramic sights, before we off trailed it down the valley - for furure reference anything not on a ridge in Wales is usually boggy. Still it wasn't bad at all and lots of fun. Picinic by the stream then back to Fi's place in Bristol.
We will stay here the night and repack before heading to Liverpool and catching the ferry to the Isle of Man on Wednesday. It will definately be good to get the bike out for a ride and to get in to earning the pound for a while.
Till next time
KN
I can tell this blog is going to provide a unique perspective on the world, looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteI particularly like that photo of Neils gooch in the previous posting.
Take care aye
J