Blogs from Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Wales is still nice, weather still isnt. Drove down through Snowdonia and through Prembrokeshire. Lots of slate mountains. Stayed in Fishguard last night, just about to catch the ferry to Ireland. Hope to catch a lepruchuan.... read more

Another little detour before the big one,which by the way, we are assured by all concerned is stilll happening and we will be in a safe area and looked after. So-this time a little trip for Jane and some 'old!' friends to visit a lovely part of Wales and stay with another 'younger' friend at her B and B,-Bryn Elltyd ,Blaenau Ffestiniog. We had a great time and it didn't rain,the sun shone and we went to the sea-side,mountains,and water falls and eat a lot of ice-cream! I did promise not to put the pictures on here! It is about a month now before we depart and although I know in a couple of weeks time I will probally be in a panic, at the moment I seem to be in limbo and a waiting place! ... read more

Vse zacalo v patek uplne v pohode ... pujceni auticka, nakup potravin a cekani na Radku s Milankem, kteri dosedli na Lutonu s par minutami zpozdeni, ale presto nestihli bus do Bham. A tak prijeli az o pul druhe. Nicmene jsme jeste na par hodin natahli kostry a rano v pohode vyrazili smer Cymru (walessky Wales) ... Sobota Vse slo hladce az do chvile, kdy nam za Telfordem palubni pocitac ukazal, ze dosel benzin a benzinka v nedohlednu. Nakonec ale prece jen Fiesticka vydrzela az k pumpe, kde jsem ale pro zmenu zjistila, ze jsem doma zapomnela doklady od auta, kontakt na pujcovnu i pas. Mela jsem trochu po nalade a od teto chvile jsem se bala kazdeho auta, ktere by mohlo byt policie. Kazdopadne cesta ubihala, Milanek radeji spal, Rada povidala a navigovala, az jsme ... read more

Friday night after work I met up with Vicki, her brother and his mate and we all jumped in a tiny corolla and headed for Northern Wales to do some hiking for the weekend. I had met Vicki in Pai, Northern Thailand and we did a 3 day trek and just chilled out for around a week doing nothing as is the normal in Pai. Her brother is a dead keen hiker and having graduated from boys scouts a long time ago he still loves to hike with his best mate Guy. If I had known they were kind of hard core I mightn't had come on the trip to hold them back but to them this hike would be a piece of piss. We arrived in Snowdonia around 11:30pm Friday night after some heavy traffic ... read more

I'm in Dublin at the moment, having come from Caernarfon (pronouced Car-nar-von) in the northern Welsh county of Gwynedd. For those of you playing at home, Caernarfon is on the west coast of mainland Wales, just across the passage from the Isle of Anglesey. Anglesey is joined to mainland Wales by a bridge and historically significant as it was the Druids last stronghold in the fight against the invading Vikings. But that's enough history lesson for today. North Wales was interesting. I would even go so far as to say it was my first "real" travelling experience - having to cope on my own, not speaking the language and not really having any idea where I was or how to get where I wanted to go. Everywhere else I've been has been relatively easy for me ... read more