Leevi & Sarahs Travel Blog

To night we celebrated the failure of Guy Fawks gunpowder plot. We bought a bag of fireworks and let them all off over a night of great food and a couple of bottles of wine. Joined by Helen (Sarahs mum) and Julie Fenwick (Helens friend) we enjoyed an organic chicken and mushroom pie finished off with a fresh organic pie.

Anyway enough about dinner….. here are a couple of clips of our fireworks.

UPDATE: Added a new video to the post.

After a false start we were finally made it to the beautiful ruggered North Wales.

It was only a short 3 hour drive with most of the driving time on the M6 making our way out of Birmingham. It also didn’t take long for us to notice the change in scenery. Maybe it was the huge rolling mountains covered in red Heather or simply the Welsh language on the road signs.

We ended up staying in a pub that dated from 1329 which was situated in a small town called Corwen. Corwen is smack bam right in the middle of the Dee Valley. Nothing beats looking out of your bedroom window right onto the Dee River.

Once we had checked in we decided to make our way to the famous Snowdonia National Park. It was only a short but beautiful drive to Snowdonia National Park but once we arrived in the town of it didn’t take long before we were greeted by mother nature and her fog. We couldn’t see 2 meters in front, on the side and behind us so driving up the Snowdonia mountains was a little bit risky. So we turned back around and headed to the world famous slate mines. We felt like we had arrived on a set of a horror movie. To turn up to these mines which were engulphed by fog, alone and to the sounds of horror music (a halloween themed show was on) Once we were set up with our helmets we then descending deep into the earth. What greeted us where huge dark cold caverns full of slate and amazing lakes. I must admit i was very keen to get back up to the top as my feet were so cold it was painful to walk.

Once we were back in town we became well aquinted with many locals - Eryl, Jim, Elvis, Phil and Jill. Who we spent all of our night sharing shouts, stories, jokes and even pickled eggs. We even embarked on a pub crawl with this wonderful people and we enjoyed there company so much we will be going back with mum and Julie in two weeks.

Our last day was spent with the under the wonderful guidance of Eryl. It started with a fantastic walk up a neighbouring hill to visit the old Iron Age Fort . Along the way we became acquainted with some horses, rabbits and sheep that looked like pigs.

After puffing, panting and enjoying the fresh Welsh air we finally made our way up to the fort. All that is now left of the fort is stones but to walk around the site really emphases what was once a huge and impressive fort. After catching our breaths our travels the went on to some organic farmers markets. Here we bought some beautiful cheese, sausages, bread, biscuits and my favourite rice crakers. Then onto the falls, one of Wales top seven wonders. So here we did some more walking up some very very step stairs, through lots of mud to see the top of the wonderful falls. Now after all of that exercise what better way to finish of then to have apple pie with pecan toping and huge scoop of ice cream was the best.

The we managed to be back home by 4pm, to get ready for work the next day… crazy. We loved Wales, for the people, scenery, food and life style. We loved it so much that are taking my mum there and the locals are actually bringing their friends and family down to meet us. Not many places do you get a response like that. Well maybe not if your English!

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