Tag: UK
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Stonehenge and Salisbury
Friday 16th May 2025 This was our last real day of our UK holiday. We got up and left our accommodation at 5 am to get to our Stonehenge Sunrise Tour. If you know me, you will know that I don’t get out of bed at that hour unless it’s for something very special and…
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Wales Day 14: Caerleon Roman Sites, Tintern Abbey and on to England
Thursday 15th May 2025 Today we packed up to head towards Stonehenge, but first we had a few more sites to visit in Wales. Our first stop was the Caerleon Roman Sites. The permanent legionary fortress was built in AD75 and was occupied for 200 years. You can visit the baths, the amphitheater and the…
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Wales Day 13: Pen-y-Fan and Hay-on-Wye
Wednesday 14th May 2025 This morning we had coffee and pastries at Coffee#1 in Brecon and picked up some BLT sandwiches while we were there for a picnic lunch. We were headed for Pen-y-Fan, the highest mountain in South Wales. When we arrived, there was a National Park Warden at the trailhead who let us…
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Wales Day 12: Brecon Canal and Blaenhavon
Tuesday 13th May This morning I did my long run along the Brecon Canal. I did an out and back of just over 21K. The scenery was gorgeous. This was probably my favourite run of our trip, especially since I did not need to think about where I was going because the run started and…
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Wales Day 11: Four Waterfalls Walk
Monday 12th May 2025 Today we checked out of the Priory and headed towards Brecon. On our way to the Four Waterfalls Walk we picked up rolls and water from Pret-a-Manger and fruit and muesli bars from the supermarket for our picnic lunch. We parked at the Cwm Porth Carpark. This walk is in the…
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Wales Day 10: A Couple of Coastal Hikes
Sunday 11th May Today we had a sleep-in then made some phone calls before breakfast. We’d booked in for cooked breakfast at the main hotel and the earliest we could get in was 9:15 am. We both ordered the full Welsh breakfast minus the blood pudding—adventurous eating is not what I feel like in the…
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Wales Day 9: Milford Waterfront Parkrun then Pottering Around St Davids
Saturday 10th May We started our day by driving to Milford Haven to do the Milford Waterfront Parkrun. We got there early so we could use the toilet, but they were locked so we went jogging off along the waterfront looking for an open public toilet. We managed to find one about an kilometer away…
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Wales Day 8: Skomer Island
Friday May 9th 2025 I had been looking forward to our day trip to Skomer Island since I’d found out Puffins would be on the island when we were in Wales. Skomer Island Day Trips leave from Martins Haven (just under an hours drive from St Davids). I booked our tickets in early March, luckily,…
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Wales Day 7: Pentir to St David’s Via Harlech Castle
Thursday May 8th 2025 Today we left our accommodation in Pentir to drive south to St David’s. There’s a few ways we could drive but I wanted to take one last drive through Eryri (Snowdonia). We headed towards Llanberis for our first quick stop at Dolbadarn Castle. This castle was built in the early 13th…
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Wales Day 6: Conwy
Wednesday May 7th 2025 Today was our last day in the north of Wales. We started our dya back at the Lon Las Ogwen Rail Trail for a run and then breakfast at Clio’s again. Then we had showers, squeezed in a nap and headed to Conwy in the early afternoon. After parking near the…