- Its a long way down... and a long way accross
we were just starting over. Would hate to do this on a blustary day. There isnt even a safety rail on one side.....
Posted by PirateDani in My other holiday diary | Oct 24, 2006
- Forest Weaver on the aquaduct
Posted by PirateDani in My other holiday diary | Oct 24, 2006
- Amy
Amy here is showing classic signs of narrowboatitis.
You kinda find yourself sitting outside although it is really cold just watching the world slowly dfirt by. Its really quite hypnotic
[img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/61970/1_116168760 Posted by PirateDani in My other holiday diary | Oct 24, 2006
- Digger!
yes it is a digger
and yes, it is floating on water
Its there for dredging. That peice of canal was very shallow, so, they are scooping all the muck out, reinforcing th Posted by PirateDani in My other holiday diary | Oct 24, 2006
- An M25 pile up
It is a common misconception that canals are quite deep. They arent. Sometimes they are barely a meter deep, occasionally even shallower. Because the water doesnt run fast, its very easy for silt to build up, so then need almost Posted by PirateDani in My other holiday diary | Oct 24, 2006
- Welcome to Wales!!!!
Posted by PirateDani in My other holiday diary | Oct 24, 2006
- To Telford
Yesterday was all about coasts and castles and coldness. Today was about warmth and inland destinations, one of which I managed to fall in love with.
This is the view from my hostel bedroom Posted by NZBarry in Barry in Europe | Apr 7, 2009
- To Aberystwyth
Llanberis has one of the Guardian's Top Ten Breakfasts in the UK, at Pete's Eats, but my hotel fed me handsomely on a big English breakfast and, oddly, watermelon so I decided to head west. Yes, my ultimate destination for Posted by NZBarry in Barry in Europe | Apr 3, 2009
- To Llanberis
My flight from Grenoble saw me back in Birmingham in time for lunch, which turned out to be a humungous roast chicken dinner in the pub under New Street railway station. Of course, by evening I was hungry again, and Posted by NZBarry in Barry in Europe | Apr 1, 2009
- A short Spring trip
What a gorgeous day yesterday (and today). But, yesterday I was able to spend some of the afternoon walking the route of the new history and heritage trail in development in Dare Valley Country Park (http://www.darevalleycountrypark.co.uk ). The Posted by damadge in A winters trip | Mar 17, 2009
- Around Bristol
I got back from York late on the Monday night; Tuesday afternoon I was off again. This was just an overnighter, down to Stratford-upon Avon. Some may know this as being the birthplace of a fellow who wrote the occasional Posted by NZBarry in Barry in Europe | Mar 10, 2009
- Swansea Homestay
I apologize for the lack of updates, but I've been basically running non stop for the past three weekends, and am finally slowing down to catch my breath! Anyway, it all started three weeks ago with my home stay Posted by kcl in The Curious Case of Benjamin Ren | Feb 10, 2009
- Film online now
After all of the filming in Rhondda Cynon Taf (http://www.destinationrct.co.uk ) and the surrounding valleys areas of Merthyr, Caerphilly, Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent, the resulting video can now be seen on the [url=http://www.britainsbestbreaks.co Posted by damadge in Filming for DestinationRCT | Jan 22, 2009
- A winters trip around Rhondda Cynon Taf
In the dying moments of 2008 and I took a trip around the South Wales Valleys to take some pics of Destination Rhondda Cynon Taf (http://www.destinationrct.co.uk)in the South Wales valleys and to do some research on Visitor Centres and interpret Posted by damadge in A winters trip | Jan 19, 2009
- The big day
We were filming. It was next Wednesday. And it was October. In Wales.
What a day! Glorious weather and views for miles and miles.
We met the film crew at Dare Valley Country Park (http://www.destinationrct.co.uk/attractions/1142) in Aberdar Posted by damadge in Filming for DestinationRCT | Oct 13, 2008
- Greetings from Cardiff!
We have had such an interesting day. Spent the morning on a ferry travelling up the Plymouth Sound where the First Fleet set sail from and all of the convict vessels that followed. It was also where the pilgrim fathers Posted by Glanfields in UK TOUR 2008! | Sep 30, 2008
- A Wales of a time...
Well, its actually been a while since we went to Wales the last time but we thought it necessary to upload our entry for this awesome weekend adventure anyway...
We headed off in mid May for a weekend on the road Posted by StephenJen in Stephen & Jen | Sep 1, 2008
- Greetings from Wales!!!
I left Windermere on Wednesday morning for a rather long day of hopping on and off trains and waiting in freezing windy and rainy stations for the next one. I had a brief stop in Liverpool but as I was Posted by clarebare in Clare Bare | Jul 11, 2008
- Some facts and figures about my trip...
Sooo I got a working holiday to the UK and just before settling down in London, I decided to first do a little backpacking trip to Wales, in fact it would be my first solo backpacking trip! And what a Posted by eurotoby in WALES, September 2007 | Dec 1, 2007
- hello/
pls i am a nigerian and iam through wi9th my secondary education can u help me come over to were u are and finish my education Posted by uchenna in travel | Nov 22, 2007
- Cardiff 1/4 final
Well, this will be a short entry so as not to relive the pain of the game.
We managed to get tickets (from my cousin, Stephen) on the Thursday before the game and promptly 'booked' two seats for the drive down Posted by Di and Cam in Di and Cam | Oct 31, 2007
- Touring Britain - Week 3
15 August
We were lucky enough to be able to pack our drenched tent between showers this morning before driving to Stratford-upon-Avon. We are not sure what the difference between 'upon' and 'on' (as in Walton-on-Thames) therefore we developed Posted by snchall in Europe Adventure 2007 | Sep 4, 2007
- WALES, YOU SO REMIND US OF HOME!
We love this wonderful country, and its made us extremely homesick, then happy to be here seeing its outstanding natural beauty of dramatic mountain peaks, national parks and forests, unspoilt coastline and clean green countryside. It has so reminded Posted by houghts in Houghtons on Tour | Jul 31, 2007
- BUGGAR THE JOBS - ESCAPING TO THE COUNTRY!
We didn't make much progress in the job hunting, we seem to have hit brick walls in all directions, getting very despondent and decided to rent a car and hit the road southwest! First stop, Stonehenge then joined the Posted by houghts in Houghtons on Tour | Jul 23, 2007
- Having a Wale of a Time
Our next adventure began with a four hour train ride from Totnes to Cardiff, in the southern part of Wales. We were met there by Claire's second cousin, aka Aunty Jilly. We went to her place and hung out for Posted by TnC in Claire and Taylor's European Odyssey | May 22, 2007