Sept 12 A Day of Rest (Day 351)
Coffee needed!
Sept 11 Castell Dinefwr (Day 350)
Time to look for a Welsh Castle! We headed to one of the closest in South Wales.
Newton House at Dinefwr Park.
Oops, not the ‘castle’, but the newer estate house built in the 1660’s and remodeled during Queen Victoria’s reign, 1837-1901.
On the grounds of the estate is this painting of a cattle breed developed here about 1000 years ago!
The White Park cattle were not out in the fields that we could see anyway. So we went looking for the castle ruins.
We walked up the hill overlooking the Newton House estate, through what we dubbed ‘Sherwood Forest’.
We found the castle ruins at the top of the hill with commanding views over the valley.
The round turret is where the master of the castle lived.
This castle has ancient origins and was built and rebuilt through the centuries. This version is from medieval times.
Sept 10 A Rainy Day Walk (Day 349)
A rainy morning didn’t deter us from a walk in the nearby woods.
We tried walking into the woods on this narrow path, but it quickly became too muddy, so we returned to the gravel road through the managed forest.
We turned around at this point where the road dipped down into the valley this oak overlooks.
The afternoon weather cleared up and we were able to get a nice photo of our accomodations.
This renovated barn has two apartments, we are enjoying the 2 storey one bedroom on the right named Field View, with the upstairs balcony at the end of the building.
Sept 9 A Trip to the Welsh Coast (Day 348)
The morning view from our bedroom balcony over green fields dotted with happy cows!
A beautiful day for a drive to the Welsh coast on winding narrow country lanes!
We arrived at the blustery shore in the town of Aberaeron.
A brisk walk along the waterfront led us into town past these colorfully painted town houses.
We continued our tour to the town of New Quay.
We walked uphill and found a path that follows the coast and got a few photos from above!
Back in town we had lunch and walked out on the ‘new quay’ the town grew up around.
Looking back at town from the end of the quay.
Sept 8 Way to Wales (Day 347)
I said goodbyes to family and boarded the plane in Dublin for the short flight back to London. Robert met me at the airport and we made our way to pick up a rental car and started the drive to Wales. We stopped in Cardiff, the capital and largest city of Wales, for dinner at Tiny Rebel Brewery.
We had delicious lamb burgers!