A sunny day greats me as I head out to explore Cardiff, as I am staying directly opposite the castle it is here that I go first, the castle has been changed multiple times and has become a bit of a folly but it is still an interesting building to walk around. It backs on the Byte park which is a lovely expanse of open grassy spaces and tall trees, this park use to belong to the castle and it is nice to see that it has been retained. It is lovely walking around looking at the changing colours of the trees and flower beds as squirrels scamper about hiding…

Today is the first of October, it started raining yesterday and hasn’t slowed up all night, this is a pity as Tenby is a pretty place and would be lovely with the sun out. The hotel I am staying at has been flat out with bus tours of German tourists proving the popularity of this seaside town. Tenby has a wall that was built by the Normans to keep the Welsh at bay, it is a very impressive wall and has 5 entrances into the town which is a typical medieval layout of small twisting streets, the town is laid out around a beautiful harbour. So with raincoat and brolly…

A sunny start to the day as i head out into the Snowdonia national park, as I climb into the mount though the clouds roll in and the showers become intermittent. The countryside is very spectacular though the valleys are lined with pines, elm and oak and the mountain tops are windswept and covered in grass and ferns, the steep sides are the playground of fluffy white sheep who appear on every exposed slope.  Today’s drive is long and passes through many towns whose names I will never be able to pronounce, there is castles and picturesque seaside towns and green fields full of sheep and dairy cows. If you…