May 24, 2016 | Wales 2015
i forgot to post this video after the entries about the day. I took some video as we drove around, and i think it’s kind of scenic. Too much driving! But we arrived safely in Glendalough in the late afternoon. it’s funny that the screenshot for the...
May 19, 2016 | Wales 2015
we’d reached the summit of the mountain in Glendalough, Ireland, and felt good about reaching it. but there was a long path down, and a gentle rain was falling, that crazy soft rain that i described before – we passed a big group of french people who were...
May 18, 2016 | Wales 2015
we started our morning at the charming Riversdale House B&B, happy that there would be no driving at all today. instead, we’d be doing a lot of hiking. the weather looked a little gloomy, but that was OK. kevin had healthy oatmeal… but i opted for a...
May 14, 2016 | Wales 2015
and looking back on it, that first day was a little bit crazy with the many different things going on, driving and castle and walking around Kilkenny and then on to Glendalough. Here’s kevin in front of our lovely Riversdale B&B. they didn’t serve...
May 13, 2016 | Wales 2015
we started our day with a delicious breakfast at the charming Archways B&B, conveniently located right up the road from Rosslare Harbour. they have their own animals and garden and everything, so it’s all homemade. i had both black and white pudding, a...
May 9, 2016 | Wales 2015
lots of travel today, from St. David’s to Marloes by bus, from Marloes to Pembroke Dock by car, by ferry across to Rosslare Harbour, Ireland, and then one more rental car. to our B&B.
May 7, 2016 | Wales 2015
once i came back inside on the Irish Ferry, there was a four-hour ride ahead of us, so i decided to run all around looking at things. it’s funny, because it was a large ship, but nothing like the grand Queen Mary 2. This is an historic moment, because kevin is...
May 5, 2016 | Wales 2015
we had to get up early to catch the bus to get back to our b&b in Marloes where we’d left the car. but first – a delicious breakfast at our lovely Coach House B&B. eggs benedict with spinach instead of ham. dang, i need to review on trip advisor...
May 4, 2016 | Wales 2015
finally, finally, another video of our Wales trip. my new goal is to get everything posted before a year has passed since we went. i think this is attainable. i did take photos of St. David’s Cathedral, and lots of photos of the Bishop’s Palace ruins...
Mar 30, 2016 | Wales 2015
after touristing all around st. david’s, and resting a bit in our nice room, we decided that we’d take a hike. this was our last chance to go on the pembrokeshire coast path, and even though we’d looked forward to not hiking, by the afternoon we...
Mar 27, 2016 | Wales 2015
after we left St. David’s Cathedral in the morning, we walked over to the mediaval bishop’s palace ruins next door. it had started to get a bit busy over at the cathedral, but not so many folks at the ruins. it was impressive, and we had a good time...
Mar 1, 2016 | Wales 2015
we were looking forward to a day of not hiking on the coast path; instead, we got up and headed over to St. David’s Cathedral, hoping to beat the crowds. first, a hearty breakfast of poached eggs on toast. mmm, it was a tasty start to the day. we walked over to...
Feb 25, 2016 | Wales 2015
This video starts after our encounter with the wild horses. another glorious day of hiking the Pembrokeshie Coast Path!
Feb 17, 2016 | Wales 2015
it was a leisurely day, with only six miles to cover. here’s what the trail looked like behind us, after we’d had our encounter with the wild ponies. we saw this funny guy when we were almost to st. david’s. the beach is down the road from St....
Feb 16, 2016 | Wales 2015
this was our final official hiking day – six short miles from solva to st. david’s. here’s the first part of our hike – we ran into some wild ponies, and i videotaped them, and so the video is at the very end of this post. first, breakfast...
Feb 13, 2016 | Wales 2015
here’s the video – it includes a guy parasailing, somebody wind surfing , and some wild ponies! a beautiful, sunny day in the south of Wales. ok then, g.h.
Feb 3, 2016 | Wales 2015
we made it to solva, yaaaay for that! we made pretty good time, and next time i swear i WILL NOT WORRY SO MUCH about not making it! in the description of the hotel in solva, it said that there was a good restaurant there, and we should make a reservation if we...
Jan 28, 2016 | Wales 2015
we were a little tired after our hike across the sands at newgale sands, and the path ahead of us went up, up, up. when we got to the top, the view was, of course, beautful. and then down, on the conveniently-placed stone steps. what if it’d been raining? i...
Jan 23, 2016 | Wales 2015
that last set of photos took us from a little before seven in the morning up to…about 10:30. yes, picture-taking took up a big portion of our hike. here’s the next three hours, all the way up to lunchtime. this was a lotta steps to climb. another...
Jan 22, 2016 | Wales 2015
that’s a lotta miles! well, not so many for experienced hikers, but a lot for us. we woke up early on saturday morning, before 7 a.m., and it was another beautiful day. here’s the view from our window. breakfast was fresh everything, so delicious....
Jan 15, 2016 | Wales 2015
here’s a video of our second day of hiking. watching the video just now, i saw how close i was able to zoom in on the baby seal way down on the rocks, as he made his way out to the water. there’s also some pretty good footage of a guy parasailing; once...
Jan 14, 2016 | Wales 2015
we arrived at Little Haven at around three in the afternoon, and were pretty sure we knew where our b&b was, but once we actually got into town we couldn’t quite find it. so we wandered around a bit, finally climbing a steep hill to arrive at the Pendyffryn...
Jan 13, 2016 | Wales 2015
my first set of photos of this second day of hiking only got us one and a half hours into our days’ hike – here are the next bits along the way. here we are, about a half hour past the castle. it’s funny how the castle already looks soooo far away....
Jan 10, 2016 | Wales 2015
This was our second full day of walking, nine miles, from Marloes to Little Haven. because we’d only walked about five miles our first day, and it took such a very long time, i was a little nervous about making it nine miles on this second day. how will i ever...
Jan 6, 2016 | Wales 2015
I shot a little bit of video on the 2nd day of our wales coast walk – this day wasn’t an official “walking” day, but we did hike around the hills in Martin’s Haven. we then went on a boat ride near Skomer Island, but for some reason i...
Dec 18, 2015 | Wales 2015
which, as i mentioned in the previous post, didn’t involve walking at all! well, not walking on the pembrokshire coast path, but we did hike around the area around Martin’s Haven, where we took a boat ride out to Skomer Island. we had gotten to...
Dec 11, 2015 | Wales 2015
it’s totally crazy, but on the second day of our walk in wales, we took a break from walking! i don’t know why they scheduled the walk like that, but they did. i guess they figured that after 11 or 12 miles, we’d need a break right away? it was...
Dec 8, 2015 | Wales 2015
so that’s all the christmas present i need, an extra hour today when i was supposed to be working but i’m not! i got up early and cut together this video of our first day of walking; it appears i’ve gotten better about shooting the video so i...
Nov 24, 2015 | Wales 2015
now that’s a wordy title! it was a very, very busy day. We hiked all around the Dale Peninsula, which may have only been 5 1/2 miles, but maybe it was more than that – however far it was, it took a very long time, as i’ve said. we’d made the...
Nov 18, 2015 | Wales 2015
At the crack of 10 a.m. on wednesday, august 12th, we finally made it to the first gate onto the coast path. This was the path along the Dale Peninsula; as I’ve probably mentioned, Dale is such a tiny town that people I talked to in Wales who lived in Wales...
