COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Evening all.

Our second stop for the day was at the National Coal Museum in Blarnavon where you can go down a, now disused, coal mine - free!

Brilliant tour led by a retired miner; really enjoyed it
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Glad you are having a good time Linda and the weather is being kind to you .
Been down Big Pit many times and always something new to learn from the ex miners, they are very entertaining!!
Did they show you the underground cupboard where the Pwll Mawr cheddar cheese is maturing?

 

[Lyn W]

I left the mine with a classic Welsh Male Voice choir tune stuck in my head - it still is

Afterwards we went up on the Brecon Beacons. My phone battery went flat so no pictures, sorry.

Tomorrow we'll be back in England for Hereford and the Wye Valley. Both JoesDad and I have separate childhood memories of this area. In my case: my Dad leading scout kayaking courses, my Mum setting fire to a tent and Leeds United winning the FA cup final (I was a runner between a car radio and the river with score updates )

If you are in the Symmonds Yat area there are some lovely old pubs on the river there.
The Saracens Head on one side of the river and the Ferry Inn on the other. Both sides connected by a hand ferry where the ferryman pulls the boat across a wire stretched across the river. There ferry Inn used to be the only one but I think the Saracens ferry runs on request. Lovely walk from the Saracens up to what my pupils call the Wibbly Wobbly bridge to the Biblins campsite.
Enjoy!

 

[JSWallace]

Small world! I can't imagine why someone would visit Witney haha yep I'm a newbie tort mum!

What sort of tort? I was there for work but a long time ago!

 

[Lyn W]

The weather has been perfect today. We carried on down the Wye Valley, surely one of the most beautiful parts of England, to Symonds Yat which has a hand pulled ferry which is the only way of getting from one half of the village to the other without driving a long way
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Finally we crossed the border back into Wales (just) but still in the Wye Valley to visit Tintern Abbey - a victim of King Henry VIII closing all monasteries after he fell out with the Pope in the early 1500s
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Tonight we're in a B&B in the middle of nowhere near Monmouth with a bluebell woodland view from our bedroom window
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I should have finished catching up before posting all about Symmonds Yat!!
It really is a lovely area!

 

[Lyn W]

The brain abscesses are NOT a frequent occurrence or else this issue would be more widely known.
I hope you can get it resolved soon, for relief from pain, at least!

Thanks Bea - touch wood - I don't have pain - yet!!!

 

[Lyn W]

bust my head again on the same wall!

Never mind John - it won't be there much longer if you keep head butting it!!

 

[Lyn W]

Evening all. Today was mostly about my Aunt and Uncle who live near Llanelli, but we did go on a boat trip round the Gower Peninsula from Oxwich Bay to Worm's Head to see seals and sea birds.

We had to wade out to the boat The sea was somewhat chilly, but it could have been worse.

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I love the Gower!
The walk from Rhossili Bay to Worms Head is one of my favourites!

 

[JaymeFrances]

What sort of tort? I was there for work but a long time ago!

A horsfield, thanks to all of you lovely people in learning and she's (I'm guessing she's a she!) doing well

 

[Lyn W]

Good night from Alaska! We went on a little boat ride here this past week! Out of Seward, Alaska
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Gorgeous area and a gorgeous little daughter you have there too Stuart - she looks full of mischief!

 

[Lyn W]

Hope you don't mind me joining in this thread guys!
Joesmum your pictures are beautiful, I'm uk too but the weather is miserable here!!

Hi Jayme, you're welcome here.
Sorry about your weather, its very unusual for us to have such a dry spell in Wales.
It's all due to change for the worse from Thursday though, we could do with a bit of rain.
There is talk that we may be heading for a drought!

 

[Lyn W]

Today has been fabulous.

Lots of birds to watch, including puffins, but most amazing of all were the wild flowers. So beautiful, so peaceful on Skomer
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Puffins:
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Fish, chips and mushy peas for tea

Totally shattered again as we walked miles

beautiful but although in my part of the world I've not been yet.
Definitely on the 'to do' list!

 

[JaymeFrances]

Hi Jayme, you're welcome here.
Sorry about your weather, its very unusual for us to have such a dry spell in Wales.
It's all due to change for the worse from Thursday though, we could do with a bit of rain.
There is talk that we may be heading for a drought!

Thankyou Lyn ☺ it's been very dry but very dull around here! Bring on summer and get me (and Terra of course!) out in that sunshine!!
Seems like we have a drought/hosepipe van every year... and then we have floods every winter... can't win!

 

[Lyn W]

A late good evening to everyone and hope you are all well.
Just managed to catch up with you and now I have to go again...bloomin' reports!!!!
Hope everyone has a good Weds!!
See you soon.
Nos Da!!

 

[Lyn W]

Thankyou Lyn ☺ it's been very dry but very dull around here! Bring on summer and get me (and Terra of course!) out in that sunshine!!
Seems like we have a drought/hosepipe van every year... and then we have floods every winter... can't win!

Global warming!!

 

[JaymeFrances]

A late good evening to everyone and hope you are all well.
Just managed to catch up with you and now I have to go again...bloomin' reports!!!!
Hope everyone has a good Weds!!
See you soon.
Nos Da!!

Noswaith da Lyn ☺
Don't ask me much more... that's about the limit of my knowledge!!

 

[johnandjade]

i done it again, polished a car invisible!

 

[Moozillion]

Today has been fabulous.

Lots of birds to watch, including puffins, but most amazing of all were the wild flowers. So beautiful, so peaceful on Skomer
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Puffins:
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Fish, chips and mushy peas for tea

Totally shattered again as we walked miles

SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

 

[Moozillion]

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You do AMAZING work, John!!!

 

[maplewood]

Gorgeous area and a gorgeous little daughter you have there too Stuart - she looks full of mischief!

Thank you dearly! She certainly is!

 

[JoesMum]

Glad you are having a good time Linda and the weather is being kind to you .
Been down Big Pit many times and always something new to learn from the ex miners, they are very entertaining!!
Did they show you the underground cupboard where the Pwll Mawr cheddar cheese is maturing?

They did not. Going to have to go back now!

If you are in the Symmonds Yat area there are some lovely old pubs on the river there.
The Saracens Head on one side of the river and the Ferry Inn on the other. Both sides connected by a hand ferry where the ferryman pulls the boat across a wire stretched across the river. There ferry Inn used to be the only one but I think the Saracens ferry runs on request. Lovely walk from the Saracens up to what my pupils call the Wibbly Wobbly bridge to the Biblins campsite.
Enjoy!

My sister and I used to call it the Clanky Bridge... over 40 years ago... I tried to find it but forgot it was at Biblins and had no mobile signal to ask Mum.

I only remember the Saracens Ferry as a kid. Not the other at all.

I love the Gower!
The walk from Rhossili Bay to Worms Head is one of my favourites!

With family in the area, this is my bit of Wales. We spent a lot of time there.