Marc Rees's Blog – June 2009 Archive (13)
Day 5 road trip
After the disappointment of the Victoria Pier we didn't want to leave north Wales without a visit to Llandudno and the promise of a fully working pier. We were not disappointed. It's in immaculate condition and the glistening silvery towers inspired us to dream up a performative intervention… Continue
Added by Marc Rees on June 20, 2009 at 1:31 — 4 Comments
Day 4 - Road Trip
Added by Marc Rees on June 18, 2009 at 22:31 — No Comments
Day 3 - Road Trip
The visit to the island will have to wait but in the meantime here are a few images of the interior we found on the web.
So onwards to Barmouth via Fishguard through horizontal sheets of rain. We stopped for lunch at Melin Tregwynt and met with Mill owners Eifion and Amanda - the Welsh woolen wunder duo who have reinvented the traditional Welsh blanket, making their beautiful new designs (blankets,… Continue
Added by Marc Rees on June 17, 2009 at 22:05 — 2 Comments
Day 1 pics (properly uploaded this time!)
Added by Marc Rees on June 17, 2009 at 18:07 — 2 Comments
Road Trip - Day 2
Met up with Graham Fry at his sea front hotel The Royal Lion, a sturdy statuesque figure who greets us on the doorstep with a tray of home made scones slathered with proper Welsh salty butter.
Graham has owned St Catherines Fort for the last 40 years.
He immediately reports an incident from the night before, bizarrely enough two people were arrested for trespassing on his island, the first time in forty years that the police actually charged someone. We… Continue
Road Trip - Day 1
On driving into Porthcawl Sian and I immediately fell into nostalgia as we both as kids spent many a summer’s holiday there. Our very red Vauxhall was transformed into a green half-timbered Morris minor packed with five screaming children, a drooling dog, Sian’s mam and dad, beach paraphernalia (including essential stripey wind breaker as Rest Bay was always windy) and a pressure cooker full of steaming stew!
No beach visit yesterday but to the… Continue
Added by Marc Rees on June 15, 2009 at 21:23 — 19 Comments
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