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May
21
Posted on 21/05/10, filed under activity holiday | 2 Comments
Tags: activity holidays, bridges, Wales, welsh
When Tiger Woods heads to Wales to conquer all in the 2010 Ryder cup, he will be stepping onto a £2 Million bridge built for the contest. It will allow him and other contestents to get to practice grounds without having to walk on water. Celtic Manor golf course is host to the 2010 Ryder ... continue reading "£2 Million Golf Bridge built for Ryder Cup"
May
04
Posted on 04/05/10, filed under General | 1 Comment
No, it’s not an Icelandic bakery speciality!
The fires of Eyjafjallajokull are not required to make this delicious foodstuff. Lava bread (sometimes referred to as Laver Bread or Bara Lawr in Welsh) is a seaweed (Porphyry Umilicalis) that’s boiled for several hours until it’s a gelatinous paste that is then rolled in oatmeal ... continue reading "Lava Bread is Hot Stuff!"
May
04
Posted on 04/05/10, filed under activity holiday | 8 Comments
Activity Holidays in Wales don’t need to be hugely expensive to be extreme fun!
Depends on how you define an activity holiday of course: hard aggressive physical activity, leisurely strolling or simply doing something that inspires and relaxes. Let’s take the ultimate budget route and break it down into where to stay on a shoestring ... continue reading "Welsh Activity Holidays On A Budget"
Apr
26
Posted on 26/04/10, filed under General, activity holiday | 4 Comments
Tags: activity holiday, mushroom picking, mushrooms, Welsh food, wild food
Mycophagy. No, it’s not a quaint village in Wales. It’s the practice of hunting and eating mushrooms! Edible fungi have featured in our diets for hundred of centuries. Preserved mushrooms have been found in 13,000 year old ruins in Chile and using mushrooms for foodstuff and medicine dates back to ... continue reading "Mushroom Hunting In Wales"
Apr
15
Posted on 15/04/10, filed under General | 6 Comments
Tags: welsh history
Blaenau Ffestiniog Guarded The National Treasures
Immediately prior to World war II Winston Churchill was determined protect the nation’s artworks and paintings but keep them all in the country. When France fell in June 1940 there was strong pressure from many quarters for the National Gallery Collection to be evacuated by sea to Canada. Given ... continue reading "How Wales Guarded the National Treasures of the UK"
