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The rain continued so we ventured underground at the National Showcaves! Actually we started off with a dinosaur extravaganza to welcome us! There is a real mix of modern animatronics and older static models. Matthew loved the carnotaurus 🙂 The caves are amazingly beautiful and the story is incredible. It was also tinged with an […]

Another wet day so we abandoned the rural delights of Wales and headed to the city of Swansea. We started off in the museum and were greeted by the fossil of a plesiosaur: a great start! There are a number of galleries at the museum: one covers archaeological discoveries, another has more recent history and […]

Oh my goodness, what a night! I was woken up at 2am thanks to the most almighty crack of thunder which shook the whole world (or so it seemed). Then the electricity went out, thankfully only for minutes. Everyone else stayed asleep… The rain stayed with us all day. It tried to trick us by […]

Time to check out of our hotel and head on. First stop was Caerphilly Castle. It was the day of the cheese festival so it was a bit manic! There was the odd spot of rain and the temperature dropped about 10 degrees which was very welcome! We had a quick look around the town […]

We started our day with Zach’s favourite thing in the world: counting steps! It took a long time… We looked around Llandaff Cathedral and admired the Rosetti triptych before heading to the old bishop’s palace. The main part of our day was spent at St Fagans National Museum (no apostrophe!) which has rescued buildings from […]