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After a day’s delay, we briefly returned over the border into England to visit Liverpool. The kids (ok, and us adults too!) were very excited to enter the city via a tunnel 🙂 Our first stop was the World Museum with exhibits from all over the world and periods of history. The museum is reflective […]

We had planned to drive to Liverpool on day 5 of our holiday. But Anya wasn’t feeling 100% so we decided to stay closer to our cottage in case we had to head back quickly (thankfully she was fine!) Our first stop was St Asaph’s Cathedral which we had driven past several times already.   […]

Another day, another castle! This time: Conwy Castle. We tested the strength in our legs once more to deal with all the spiral staircases and enjoyed the beautiful sights from the battlements. We then found the smallest house in Britain. Incredible to believe that anyone ever lived here! Our next visit was to Plas Mawr, […]

We struck out further afield on our next day of the holiday. Our first stop was Caernarfon Castle. It is a Cadw site so we had free entry with our English Heritage membership. There were plenty of spiral staircases, towering turrets and dark passageways to explore and admire. I liked the ‘wizard chess’ reminiscent of […]

Day 211: we waved goodbye to Wales, picked up the pups and headed to Bosobel House and the Royal Oak Day 212: first day back at home but no rest for the wicked! A run to set me off then cooked a roast for 7 people (including an awkward gluten free vegan: me!), interspersed with […]