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Category Archives: Wales

Panorama of the columns at the ruins at Tintern Abbey in Wales

The Ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales

June 18, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

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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The leaning lighthouse on the Gronant Dunes in northern Wales

Arriving in Northern Wales Way Too Early in the Morning

March 1, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

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 […]

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Road Trip, Wales
Pentre Ifan Standing Stones in Wales

Pentre Ifan Standing Stones in Wales

February 8, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

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 […]

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Wales
A pot over the fire inside a thatched hut in Henllys Iron Age Fort of Wales

Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort in Wales

October 23, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

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 […]

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Wales
Abandoned building with home-made signs near Penmon on Anglesey Island, Wales

Backcountry Roads on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales

July 28, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

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 […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Road Trip, Wales
Rafters attempting to negotiate the 'falls' part of Horseshoe Falls in Llangollen, Wales

Horseshoe Falls and a Hidden Church in Llangollan, Wales

July 20, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 15 Comments

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 […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Road Trip, Wales
Botanical painting of 'English Stonecrop' or 'Sedum Anglicum' at Anglesey North Stack in Wales

Wild Flower Paintings at an Outdoor Gallery in Anglesey, Wales

July 16, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

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 […]

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Friendly Friday Photo Challenges, Wales
Market Day in Mold: Steak & Ale Pie for sale

A Trio of Tiny, Perfect Towns in Northeast Wales

May 29, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

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 […]

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Road Trip, Wales
Llandudno Pier in Wales

The Pier at Llandudno in Wales

November 19, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

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. […]

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View of Conwy Castle in Wales from the beach beside the castle

Conwy Castle and its Medieval Town Walls in Wales

May 18, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

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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