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Holiday 2023 day 1: Hailes Abbey, Witley Court, Stokesay Castle

We’ve just got back from holiday so it is time for me to start processing and appreciating the wonderful time we had! The first day was the only day I had actually planned out completely. We were traveling to Wales with the dogs who were staying at a kennel quite near to our holiday cottage. […]

#Project365 2023 week 30

Holiday week in Wales so very tricky to choose just one photo per day! Day 204: the weather forecast wasn’t great and our first day was very wet! This pic is from our first stop at Hailes Abbey before we dropped off the dogs at their kennels and headed to our holiday cottage in Groes. […]

Goodbye summer and thanks for the memories!

Well, September is here, the kids start back at school so summer must be officially over. And what a summer it was! THINGS WE DID I am now a wife, woohoo! Grew new teeth (well, the kids did but still none lost!) Got a new phone and a plan with data Fed the dinosaur addiction […]

Wales 2018: Castell Coch, Tintern Abbey and Chepstow then home!

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 […]

Wales 2018: Carmarthen (castle and museum) and Dryslwyn Castle

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 […]