The Travelling Duo: Wales - Queen's Jubilee weekend 2

Another long weekend was upon us and we now had our home away from home (the van) so we thought why not head to Wales for a nosey around! Our first stop was Cardiff where we wandered the streets to see what it had to offer. We walked past the Cardiff castle which looks very impressive however we didnt make it inside. The night we chose to go to Cardiff there was a rugby game on and the streets were pumping, as the stadium is right in town. After a bite to eat we decided it was time to find somewhere to stay so made our way to a campervan park for our first sleep in the van!

Cardiff main centre

Cardiff castle

On our way to the campervan park - unfortunately the weather wasn't the best

In the morning we found a campervan store that sold all the stuff required to set up the little van. We bought the essentials so we could cook breakfast and have a nice cuppa! Off we headed to Swansea to have a look around. After having a look around Swansea, we headed down to the water for a walk along the breakwater. Unfortunately the weather was crap and very windy so we headed back to the van to warm up a bit.

First breakfast in the van!

Swansea

Nice statue down by the water

Me in Swansea - weather wasn't the greatest!

Onwards and upwards, or slightly further around the coast, we made our way to Gower Peninsula. The Gower Peninsula was declared U.K's first area of outstanding natural beauty back in 1956, and I would have to agree with that. The beaches reminded me of the ones back home, in fact a lot of Wales reminded me of N.Z. Thankfully the weather picked up and we could go for a nice walk along the cliffs and look out at the magnificent view!

Beautiful view from our walk

At the beginning of our walk

Threecliffs bay

After visiting some of the coast, we headed inland where we made our way towards the Breacon Beacon National Park. On the way we stopped in at the Aberdulais tin works to learn a bit about its history. The tin works date back to 1584 and are currently being reconstructed to show how it would have looked when it was in full working order. There is also a waterfall at the site which is now used to produce energy for the community. It has the largest electricity-generating waterwheel in Europe.

The tin works and the reconstruction taking place

Ashlea standing in front of part of the waterfall

The waterwheel

Lovely afternoon tea to celebrate the Queen's jubilee

On the road again towards our final destination, the Breacon Beacons National Park. One of the roads we drove on didn't have any fences to keep the sheep in, so it made for a very stressful drive as you try and miss the sheep. We found a campervan park to spend our last night at and it had a little pub on site which we went to for dinner and a drink. On this particular night there was also some live entertainment which wasn't too bad! We looked into going horse riding and were lucky enough to find one right outside the campervan park, so in the morning we headed off on a nice ride through mountains and captured a nice view of the area. All in all it was a great trip to Wales and we look forward to seeing more of what it has to offer.