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A few weeks ago, Sunny and I did a bit of a road trip out west to Pembrokeshire to see the puffins on Skomer Island and decided to make a little pit-stop in Tenby. I totally forgot how pretty Tenby is! From the painted Georgian Townhouses, massive harbour and beautiful sandy beach – it’s kind of criminal that I don’t head down there more often!
I finally managed to tick off the top spot on Welsh Bucket List over the weekend and went to visit the Puffins on Skomer Island. It was a really early start and involved a lot of driving back and forth between the hotel and the dock along narrow country lanes just to get a ticket – but it was SO WORTH IT. Seeing the Puffins (which my Dad calls Welsh Parrots) for the first time was pretty magical – they’re such adorable little birds – and watching them flutter back forth from the Irish Sea to their burrows with fish for their Pufflings was such an amazing thing to see…
I spent last Bank Holiday Weekend walking nine miles around Cardiff Bay and Bute Park and back again. The weather was absolutely beautiful and it was nice to get out and be a bit of a tourist in my hometown with my favorite people… and dog. 🙂
I feel like I haven’t done a photo diary in ages; sometimes it’s nice to throw things back to blogging back in the day – you know, when it was all a bit more low key and just about the things you did on a random day of the week. I did want to put […]
It feels like that festive feeling’s been cranked up a notch, now that it’s finally December. I’ve already heard The Pogues about ten times (…not through choice! I’m not a fan!), the advent calendars are out and… and why the hell am I starting every single blog post at the moment like a bloody Christmas newsletter?! There’s something in the water, or maybe it’s the fact that I’m full of Christmas cheer (read: food and booze) after spending a very festive afternoon up at The Celtic Manor over the weekend.
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