Category Archives: Wales 2010

So mom, the kids, and I were stuck in the tiny cottage, cut off from all civilization. Just us and the sheep. Lots and lots of sheep.  Mom and I would take turns venturing out on the long and treacherous … Continue reading →

Erddig I figured my mother was sick of castles (a concept my husband doesn’t understand), so I suggested a nice estate tour. My first thought was the lovely Penrhyn Castle or the luscious Bodnant Botanical Garden, but of course, they, … Continue reading →

Dolwyddelan Castle Llywelyn ap Gruffydd’s big, bad granddaddy Llywelyn Fawr (Llywelyn the Great) built the castle of Dolwyddelan. What you see above is  a restoration of the castle completed in the Victorian era. The original castle fell to Edward I … Continue reading →

Betws-y-coed is a bit of a gateway into the wilds of Snowdonia — like a tiny St. Louis.  The Victorians stopped here on their holidays to the Welsh mountains. This was my second time stopping at the picturesque village of … Continue reading →

I have walked and walked and walked, mostly through muddy fields while being bleated at by annoyed mother sheep. If I could  speak the simple sheep language, I would tell them I was merely looking for a safe passage into … Continue reading →