Saturday, 14 August 2010

Road Trip 6 - The Briwet Troll Bridge

While we we're planning our journey, Pete told us about this little Toll Bridge that crosses the sea. He said it was really high and rickety and that when a train passed by the side the whole thing would shake. One wrong turn would send you plummeting to certain death. We thought "yea why not" and accelerated towards it. Its actually just some blokes road/bridge that he charges 40p to cross like a well mannered troll.

Road Trip 5 - Boy Fishing for Crabs


Road Trip 4 - Wish Tree


Every coin driven into the tree represents one wish. These stumps had hundreds of coins in them. That means hundreds of happy people got what they wanted.

Road Trip 3 - Portmeirion


Portmeirion is an Italian style village in Gwynedd. The village is actually still populated which is amazing considering the amount of tourists swarming around. Beautiful as it is, it is very dificult to get good pictures without fat families wandering into shot with camera phones raised high. Not that we were any different, we just had better cameras.







Road Trip 2 - Padarn Country Park.


Next stop, Pardarn Country Park, home of the National Slate Museum. I have never seen so much grey in all my life. Slate is a miserable material. Luckely the museum is hidden by lush greenery and breathtaking scenery.






Road Trip 1 - Bangor


We started in Bangor, Wales and stayed with my aunty Sara and Uncle Pete. Sara Swims everyday, preferably in fresh water, so she took us to this little beach which we had to ourselves for the afternoon.

Thursday, 12 August 2010

Newstead Abbey

We went to Newstead Abbey and tried to barter with the woman selling tickets at the gate. We managed to persuaded her that we were students and got in at a reduced rate. Feeling pretty pleased with ourselves, we walked from the car park to the Abbey only to be told that it was closed. Adam reckons she had kind eyes but i'm not convinced. She knew what she was doing.