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Red jasper, green chert (a type of flint) and slate being made ready for uniquely local pieces of jewelry.

Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales

April 17, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

May 31, 2016. From the mid-term/bank holiday craziness of Llandudno we headed straight to Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey. The fast road was not without its beauty – In […]

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Road Trip, Wales
The Puffin Island Lighthouse on the Anglesey Peninsula in Wales.

Black Point Beach and Puffin Island Lighthouse on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales

April 12, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

May 31, 2016. Al standing on a rock at Black Point Beach. Electric green seaweed in a tidepool.  The Puffin Island Lighthouse just off Penmon.Someone posted an old photo of […]

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Road Trip, Wales
Lighthouse and Bird Sanctuary at Holyhead South Stack, Wales

Lighthouse and Bird Sanctuary at Holyhead South Stack, Wales

April 6, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

June 1, 2016. From Beaumaris we did a zoomer to Amlwch and a semi-zoomer to Trearddur where we  stopped at South Stacks which doubled as a bird sanctuary . (Map at […]

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Road Trip, Wales
Swallow Falls, a 'private' waterfall in Snowden National Park in Wales

Swallow Falls in Wales

April 1, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

May 30th, 2016. We had a good start to our day-trip with a stop at Conwy Castle and its medieval ramparts, followed by the slightly weird St Grwst Church. After […]

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Road Trip, Wales
Manorbier Castle Ruins in Wales are found on the Pembrokeshire Coast

Manorbier Castle Ruins in Wales

March 30, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Manorbier Castle is an 11th century ruin found on the Pembrokeshire Coast in Wales, a 186-mile path along spectacular and varied scenery. The castle exterior fronted by fuchsias in bloom. […]

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Wales
Posters in Belfast have poems about planting: 'Seeds grow in the cupped hands of patient children and shoot from inside pockets, out of sleeves and collars'

Ireland, a Nation of Story Tellers and Poets (and Pubs)

January 28, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures 19 Comments

‘This is my HOMELAND’, a home on the bleak landscape of the Donegal Peninsula in the Republic of Ireland. Ireland is a nation of story tellers and poets. It started early […]

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Ireland, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
The beach at Berck-sur-Mer on the Normandy Coast of France

Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast of Northern France

January 24, 2023by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Berck-sur-Mer was a famous ‘spa’* town in the 19th Century. The beach at Berck-sur-Mer with a church and the old Sanitorium in the background. The Sanitorium is being torn down […]

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The Wild Rock Textures of Loophead in Ireland

The Wild Rock Textures of Loophead in Ireland

November 24, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

At the Loophead Lighthouse we saw some photos of the nearby rock formations and just had to go exploring the area. The walk from the Loophead Lighthouse to the nearby […]

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Ireland, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Protest House in Fishguard, Wales

Protest House in Fishguard, Wales

November 4, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

June 5, 2016, Sunday. Cardigan to Newport. After an eventful morning going way back in time to the Stone Age at Pentre Ifan (and its associated brewery), we then moved […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Wales
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Treasure Hunt in Spain

October 1, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

This week the Lens-Artists photo challenge, lead by Tina, leads us on a hunt to find treasures. I decided to try to find all the treasures in one country: Spain. […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Spain

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