TREKKIN’ AROUND BRECON After yesterday’s trek through the higher parts of the Brecon Beacons National Park we decided to explore some of the lowlands today with a stroll through the Usk Valley. Compared to the hilly terrain of the Beacons, this was a far more sedate trail that […]
BRECON UP IS HARD TO DO… Hiking up the Brecon Beacon mountains today was awesome! The whole area is criss-crossed with hiking trails and, spoilt for choice, we ended up going for one of the longer walks across the central part of the Beacons. The views were spectacular, […]
HAVING A WALES OF A TIME! We found out today that hugely popular boy band “One Direction” are playing in Cardiff this week. That was enough to make us head straight for the hills – literally! We left the city behind today bound for the Brecon Beacons and […]
CROSSING INTO CYMRU As wonderful as Bath was, we decided it was time to move on today, lest we get too comfortable and end up spending our entire 60 day British Isle sojourn there! Keen to see some of England’s neighbouring nation we caught the train across the […]