Final Wales Update

My Mad Welsh Auntie has 2 staffs,  Tess and Tyson.  These are not generally one of my favourite breed of dogs,  however these 2 are adorable,  completely spoilt and very very loving.

Tyson's second favourite place

Tess and Tyson in their favourite spot,  looking out of the window

Tess snuggled up for a cuddle

How cute Tess is with her head between her paws.  She sits like this often

We spent quite a few days driving around inland - the sights and scenery are completely different from the coast but with their own charm.   Mountains are everywhere, there is the Rhigos, the Bwlch, Craig y llyn  to name a few and we practised saying them too!

We travelled high and low at times right into the very low clouds which is always thrilling!

Villages nestled in the mountains

Turn a corner and a waterfall appears

Very low clouds over the mountains

Looking across to the Brecon Beacons

Well that's it a little visual tour of a little of the South of Wales,  we really did have a lovely time!  So much so we think another short weekend away is called for probably before the end of May,  which is something for us to look forward to.

Finally - both of my cameras are broken  aaaarrrgghh!!  One has a little black spot on the photos and is unfocussed to one side of the photos,  you can probably see this in some of these pics, fortunately this camera is still under guarantee.  My other camera the DSLR is not focussing at all!   This one is now a couple of years old, so I expect it will cost a bit to have it fixed.   Both now have to go in for repair - fortunately I still have my old Pentax camera and although it is a little slow the photos are reasonable.  

Lottie update tomorrow.

Alison x

I'm Back

Back from my little blogging break.  And I have so much to tell!

We spent a lovely couple of days in Wales,  we drove for miles and miles and miles all around South Wales, this was a real treat for me as My Mad Welsh Auntie (I have always called her this!) drove and I was a passenger - how lovely to be able to sit and look out of the window and take in all the sights.

Countryside views on the way to the Gower Coast

Coastal Villages

Village Greens

 Reading the street names was interesting!  All signs in Wales are written in both English and Welsh and depending on which part of Wales you are in sometimes English comes first and other times Welsh is first.

We visited Port Talbot, Swansea, Bridgend, Ammanford,  Porthcawl and Rhosilli, many of these places I have never visited and others are well known from when I was a child.

The Gower Coast was beautiful,  we visited on a day of no rain and some sunshine although it was very very windy!

That's us braving the elements!

We stopped at Rhosilli and walked along the cliff edge,  the scenery was stunning!  We ambled along for sometime and then started to return to the village - we didn't realise how far we had walked or how downhill the outward journey was!  My goodness did we struggle on the upward climb!!

Rhosilli

The distance rocky bit is called the Wormhead

Pathway down to the beach,  we looked and admired, but didn't venture!

Cliffs

Pretty Beaches

I don't think I have been to the Gower before, or if I have I would have been too young to remember and for Mr Milly this was a first,  we did have a lovely day.

More Welsh adventures tomorrow!!
Alison x