Road Trip 9 - Martin Rhodes

This is Martin Rhodes with his metal detector on Barmouth beach. Martin has been detecting metal for 42 years. I asked him if he had ever found any treasure, he said he had never found anything considered treasure under the treasure act, but put together over the years he has found more than enough to get by on. Roman coins, arrow heads, jewellry, not to mention all the lost cash. "I'm going to finish off for the day now, see if any kids have left me any pounds."

Road Trip 8 - Steam Train

Barmouth Beach has a train track running right through the campsite upon which a steam train chundles by twice a day.

Road Trip 7 - Barmouth Beach

We spent the night at Barmouth beach playing Hillbilly Darts and watching the tide come in. It were loverly.

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.