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Oystermouth (Welsh name Ystumllwynarth) – a Busy Little Town
Oystermouth is located in the district of Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, and is a small town with a population of around 4500. It sits alongside the oceanfront, though to be honest when we looked at the colour of the water at the ‘beaches’ there our first reaction was “Yuck!”. I have to say I am a…
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Swansea – Outskirts of the City
Ballas Farm Guest House Our original plan when leaving Cardiff was to stay in Swansea so we could get a feel for that well known Welsh city. However, not finding any reasonably priced accommodation I booked us into a guest house, in other words a bed and breakfast – called Ballas Farm Guesthouse, near the…
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Caerphilly, a Colossal Castle
Gilbert de Clare, who reportedly controlled the Glamorgan area of Wales in the 13th century, had the building of Caerphilly castle underway in 1268 and the majority of the construction was finished over the following three years. Caerphilly is the biggest castle in Wales and only second in size to Windsor castle in England for…
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Tongwynlais, The Lewis Arms, and Castle Coch
The small town of Tongwynlais is located around a 25 minute drive from Cardiff Bay. So what is the attraction of Tongwynlais? Well to be honest there isn’t a great deal there though it is very quaint – but having the surname Lewis which I inherited from my Welsh Dad, the town’s main pub The…
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Cardiff and Cardiff Bay, Wales, – A Must Visit for a touch of Welshness
Driving from England to Wales was quite enjoyable, as our excitement mounted sign by sign, seeing them change from English to many if not most either in Welsh and English or just Welsh. The word “araf” is still burnt into our memories, though it did take quite some time to realise exactly what it meant…
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Cadbury World – Birmingham
Before we continued on our journey out of England and onto Cardiff in Wales we paid a visit to Cadbury World in Birmingham. Having lived in Dunedin much of the last twenty years, we of course regularly saw and on two occasions visited the huge Cadbury chocolate factory and Cadbury World tourist attraction. Sadly when…