Paul Harris of SeeWales.com spoke to me about his company’s sightseeing tours while we were at the Brecon Beacons National Park Visitor Centre. During the Cardiff leg of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour, I went on the SeeWales Mines, Mountains and a Single Malt Whisky day tour. Our first port of call was the [...]
I visited the Big Pit National Coal Museum during the Cardiff leg of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. The Museum tells the story of the coal mining industry in Wales with interactive displays and an underground tour. It’s free of charge to visit the Big Pit, so it’s a winning combination of a really [...]
One of the many pleasures of travelling is to try out local produce and specialities of the area you’re visiting. Not only can you guarantee it’s at it’s freshest and best but there’s something about the food, wine and ambiance of any region that makes a harmonious whole and never seems quite the same when [...]
I spent a few hours in Brecon Beacons National Park during the Cardiff leg of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. We had lunch at the Visitor Centre Tearoom and even mananged to sit outside to eat (quite a feat this so called Summer). I had the chicken pie with potatoes, carrots and red cabbage, [...]
During the Cardiff leg of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour, I spoke to Stephen Davies, MD of the Penderyn Welsh Whisky Distillery. Penderyn is the only whisky distillery in Wales and one of the smallest in the world, producing one cask of single malt whisky a day. The Distillery opened in 2004 and is [...]
I spent a couple of days in Newquay on the Europe a la Carte Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour, arriving on 24 July and staying at the Pure Shores Boutique Lodge. I spent most of the next day, 25 July, walking the coastal path from Towan Beach to Watergate Bay, discovering several lovely beaches along [...]
The Stockholm archipelago is full of islands dotting the Baltic Sea. Many of which offer a wonderful day trip away from the city center. Some allow you to escape completely into nature. Others throw you into a flock of tourists enjoying the Swedish summer. Vaxholm is that island. A beautiful island full of classic Swedish [...]
I stayed at the Parc Hotel during the Cardiff stop of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. It’s a recenly renovated grand Victorian building, right in the middle of the city centre, literally a stone’s throw from M&S. I wasn’t disturbed at all by external noise during the night. It’s only a few minutes walk [...]
You may be questioning my wisdom at naming the Victoria Square shopping centre as one of the best free attractions on the Belfast stop of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. This is not becuase I’ve morphed into a shopaholic but because it’s an interesting recent construction with great views from the free observatory platform [...]
I had planned to walk around to find a restaurant for lunch during the Belfast leg of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. However it started raining and I was in the Victoria Square shopping centre where I’d noticed several restaurants so decided just to eat at one of them. I selected the Spanish Tapas [...]
