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Otherwise known as the A4069, this road runs from Llangadog to Brynamman over Black Mountain; the western portion of the Brecon Beacons. It’s a high, winding road where sheep run wild and winds are strong. It’s a great driving road, as long as you’re not afraid of the drop! 🙂
The Red Kite is Wales’ favourite bird. Every Easter when we travel up to Talley keeping an eye out for their forked tails and rusty plumage circling over the fields is something we always do. Apparently they used to steal clothes from washing lines to make their nests, referenced by Shakespeare in King Lear; “When the Kite […]
A couple of weeks ago we went for a late walk and saw bats. Back when we lived in London we used to see them whizzing around at dusk down by the river – they’re really easy to confuse with a small bird and the first time that Sunny saw one he thought it was a […]
If you’re not a Welsh speaker then allow me to translate. Fforest Fawr means “Big Forest”. Well, whoever was given the honour of naming the vast woodland that sprawls and stretches out beyond Castell Coch (much like me in bed on a Sunday morning) got it spot on. If anything it’s fawr iawn (very big). You could get […]
I love those long summer days when you spend the day whole day out in the sun and then stay out long after it sets. Saturday was one of those days – definitely my favourite so far this summer. In the evening we went down to Barry Island to see the return of Isle of Fire; the promenade […]
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