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A hearty breakfast then a brisk walk to the National Railway Muesum, reliving the scenes frmom York that we remembered from our holiday 3 years ago. Matthew’s train obsession still simmers alondside his dinosaur one and he greeted the engines like old friends (well, they pretended to be chased by Eurostar but that’s the same […]

Two weeks have passed since we went on holiday: how is that even possible?! 1pm and the schools closed, the academic year is over! I picked the kids up and headed home. They got changed and we climbed into the car. Unfortunately, there was an incident and my keys were left in the door on […]

Our final day in Wales dawned cloudy and drizzly. We packed up the car and dropped the keys off before starting our road trip back home. As we headed south towards Swansea and the M4, the clouds cleared and the sun came out. By the time we reached our first stop the sun was shining […]

Staying in Carmarthenshire, it was only right that we visit the county town of Carmarthen itself! We started off with a mooch around the shops before heading to the castle ruins. For history buffs there is a poignancy about the square outside the castle where Bishop Ferrar was burned at the stake in 1555 on […]

No holiday is complete without a trip on a steam train! There are several to choose from in Wales but we opted for the Gwili Railway which was the one closest to our lodge. There was huge excitement from the children (and adults!) and Zach was determined to buy some flags to wave.   We […]