Day 30 of 52 Days in Wales: Wales’ Waterfall Country

Brecon-Beacons Mar07_21 Originally uploaded by timbobee Wales’ Waterfall Country located on the south western edge of the Brecon Beacons, easily reached within 20 minutes from junction 42 (I think?) of the M4. Best way to experience the Waterfall Country is undoubtedly through Gorge Walking or Canyoning using a specialist company such as Call of the [...]

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Day 30 of 52 Days in Wales: Wales’ Waterfall Country

Brecon-Beacons Mar07_21 Originally uploaded by timbobee Wales’ Waterfall Country located on the south western edge of the Brecon Beacons, easily reached within 20 minutes from junction 42 (I think?) of the M4. Best way to experience the Waterfall Country is undoubtedly through Gorge Walking or Canyoning using a specialist company such as Call of the [...]

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Day 28 of 52 Days in Wales: Scenic drive from Abercrave to Brecon

Pen y Fan, Brecon Beacons National Park Wales Originally uploaded by iknow-uk Well, there’s loads of scenic drives in Wales to explore. Probably my favourite (because it’s in our backyard) is the drive from Abercrave in the Swansea Valley to Brecon. In fact, you can drive and link two great pubs both of whom serve [...]

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Day 27 of 52 Days in Wales: The Sugar Loaf

IMG_6356 Originally uploaded by fswerk One of the most distinctive mountains in Wales, The Sugar Loaf near Abergavenny in the Brecon Beacons National Park is almost 600 metres above sea level. It’s a relatively easy walk, but do take all usual precautions – as the picture shows, the weather is very changeable in this part [...]

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Day 21 of 52 days in Wales: Red Kites @ feeding time

Kite Flight. By Ian Layzell Originally uploaded by IANLAYZELLUK One of the most spectacular sights in Mid Wales, red kites at feeding time. Once rare, now (as you can see), thanks to a remarkable comeback, they are actually quite common in parts – especially Mid Wales. To view a scene like this, you’ll need to [...]

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Day 10 of 52 days in Wales: Scenic drives

Crai from Fan Gihirych Originally uploaded by Franticsmurf Take your pick, there are loads in Wales. The country being predominantly rural and mountainous is ideal for scenic driving. Love the route that Eddie Izzard ran the other day for Sports Relief, passed our house in Ystradgynlais, into the Beacons passing Dan-Yr-Ogof caves and the dramatic [...]

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Favourite Places in Wales: Coelbren

IMGP1307X-0616 Originally uploaded by alanwilliams673 I grew up in Coelbren and I have never seen Station Road looking so good with the Black Mountains and Llyn Y Fan in the background (can’t see the lake from this angle though!).   An excellent shot, have some great memories playing cricket in this field with some great [...]

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