Did you know that the filming and production of Dr. Who is based in Wales? Before coming to Cardiff I certainly didn’t. The BBC studios are located in Cardiff Bay and with all of those props just hanging about getting dusty, the BBC decided to create a permanent exhibition, much along the lines of the…
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2 – 4 June CASTLE #1: CARDIFF CASTLE Cardiff Castle and its vast swathe of parkland can be found in the very centre of the city of Cardiff, with roads and shopping malls obligingly removed to the periphery as locals go about their business. Not many people stop to gape at this impressive, walled fortress,…
Read MoreI’ve just put together an interactive map of my travels so far. Feel free to check it out to get a scope of where I’ve been over the last three months. Here’s the link: http://www.travellerspoint.com/member_map.cfm?user=marita_tm&tripid=472137
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28 May – 1 June All up, I spent five days in Bath, Somerset and nearby Wiltshire. As well as delving into the history of Bath, I also explored Bristol and fulfilled my dream to visit Stonehenge. It was an action-packed couple of days so this is a bit of a lengthy post.…
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25 – 27 May Finding somewhere to stay in Cornwall over a Bank Holiday weekend proved to be extremely difficult. After some desperate internet searching and many phone calls, we stumbled across the Innis Inn, near St Austell. Perfect, we thought. A miracle. We would ultimately be proved hilariously wrong. But what an experience it…
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23 – 24 May The bus journey along the Jurassic Coast to Exeter is one of the most scenic in the UK and it definitely didn’t disappoint. The sea is always in sight, jostled between slanting green slopes and cut-away cliff faces. The roads are narrow and hemmed in either side by hedges, necessitating some…
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20 – 22 May The Dorset and East Devon Coast forms an incredible natural World Heritage Site that simply isn’t too be missed, especially by a palaeontologist (Lyndsay) and a chemist/amateur fossil hunter (myself). Spanning approximately 150 km of coastline, these beaches offer glimpses of the last 185 million years of Earth’s history. Fossils from…
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15 – 19 May Southampton and the Isle of Wight Mid-May found us in Southampton, a stopping point before a much-anticipated visit to the Isle of Wight. It’s a port city and many people have, like me, stopped here by necessity before travelling onwards to their intended destinations. It has a very industrial feel, although…
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12 -14 May Brighton is big, loud and colourful, packed with narrow lanes of shops of all inclinations. My favourite finds included a delicious vegan cafe (VBites) where I basically inhaled a delicious baked potato with vegetable curry and mango chutney; and an incredible whole-foods store, where I found such treats as organic, natural peanut…
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6 – 11th May After the revelry of Cambridge, the coast was calling. This required some backtracking via London due to the scarcity of hostels in the upper eastern part of the country. This detour turned out to be advantageous because it was just long enough to see an extraordinary production of “The Tempest” at…
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