Month: May 2019
Around Conway
Yesterday we travelled to the north of Wales for a two-night stay near Conwy. Today, we pottered around this area in almost continuous rain and drizzle. We keep finding interesting places. We drove through Dolgellau which is reputed to have the largest number of heritage listed buildings in Wales. Just out of that town, we came […]
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Pembroke to Aberystwyth
There are many places in Wales that have difficult to pronounce names, especially for Australians like me. I think that it is almost as difficult as Iceland. Today we visited many of them as we travelled north along the coast to Mid-Wales. The city of Pembroke (where we stayed last night) is dominated by its […]
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Around South Wales to Pembroke
It was raining when we left Sennybridge in the morning and the day looked very dismal. Just up the road at the little village of Defynnog is the church of St Cynog, and in its churchyard is a pair of old Yew trees that are reputed to be around 5000 years old. Apparently these trees […]
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Brecon Beacons National Park
We have spent the last couple of days in and around Brecon Beacons National Park. The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957. It covers 1,340 km2 and encompasses a number of regions – the Black Mountain in the west, the Brecon Beacons in the centre, and the similarly named, but different, Black Mountains in […]
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Cardiff
Cardiff is the Capital of Wales with a population of around 335,000 people. We drove here yesterday via a deliberately circuitous route from Bristol up the very pretty Wye River valley and then across the southern edge of the Breton Beacons National Park. Today, we visited three historical sites in and round Cardiff. Both of […]
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Bristol
Our flight from Perth landed at Heathrow just a few minutes late at 5.10 am after a seventeen hour non-stop flight from Perth. We were through immigration and customs very quickly. Australians can now use the electronic passport gates at Heathrow and this helps eliminate the two-hour long queue that we faced last time we […]
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A Stop in Perth on Our Way To London
We are on our way to London for a visit to Wales and the old Anglo Saxons counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. For the last few days we’ve had a stop en route in Perth to visit David, Yuki and the boys. The weather here has given us sunny days but very cool nights. The […]
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Anzac Day Commemorations (Continued)
When I concentrate on Australian Military history, most of my attention goes to WW1 where my grandfather served and Vietnam, where I saw active service. I don’t often concentrate on WW2. However, my father saw active service in the Pacific theatre when he was posted to several forward supply depots in Borneo and Moratai in […]
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