North Wales

Conwy, Beaumaris, Llanberis, Caernarfon, Betws-y-Coed (none of which are pronounced the way they are written!) ~~~~~ You never conquer a mountain. You submit to it respectfully and request the elements to be in your favour that day. Mount Snowdon Height: 3560ft, highest point in Wales and England Most taken path to the top: 9 miles RT,…

Cardiff, South Wales

Umm. Cardiff was a rude shock that I live in the reality of the 21st century. After waltzing down roads flanked by 17th century monuments, parading around palaces and standing still at battlegrounds that still echoed distant cries, Cardiff was like a jarring wake-up call on a Sunday morning. I took off into the countryside, escaping…