The Ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales
On a tour through South Wales in 1792 the great English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner turned out several sketches of the ruins of Tintern Abbey. Having seen Turner’s romantic watercolour […]
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Arriving in Northern Wales Way Too Early in the Morning
May 27, 2016. We arrived at Manchester Airport at 8:30 in the morning after a nine-hour flight in which we had a maximum of two hours sleep. As the day […]
Pentre Ifan Standing Stones in Wales
June 5, 2016. Something that surprised me from our first trip to Wales was how many Standing Stones and Dolmans there were. On our second trip in 2016 we were […]
Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort in Wales
June 5, 2016. Castell Henllys is a recreated Iron Age village in the area that was inhabited by Celtic tribespeople over 2000 years ago. The Iron Age village was entered […]
Backcountry Roads on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales
May 31, 2016. A drive along a series of twisting backcountry roads on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Leaving the collection of several medieval structures at Penmon, we passed […]
Horseshoe Falls and a Hidden Church in Llangollan, Wales
The Lens-Artists Challenge this week is ‘Getting Away’, and I realize that, although the restrictions of staying in our own region of the province (BC) were lifted June 15, we […]
Wild Flower Paintings at an Outdoor Gallery in Anglesey, Wales
At North Stack on the Isle of Anglesey there is an outdoor art gallery with paintings of many local flora. The yellow wildflower ‘Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil’, the name obviously coming […]
A Trio of Tiny, Perfect Towns in Northeast Wales
May 28, Saturday. (Route map at the end of the post.) A good chat over breakfast with our landlady in Holywell sent us off for a loop drive along secondary roads that […]
The Pier at Llandudno in Wales
The pier at Llandudno in Wales is in the tradition of great seaside holiday resorts in Britain. The white and blue wrought-iron railing of the pier looking over the headlands. […]
Conwy Castle and its Medieval Town Walls in Wales
Conwy Castle, where you can walk along some of the best-preserved medieval town walls in Europe and admire the views of the town and water. Our first view of Conwy […]
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