Last camping trip of the year

I am very blessed in many ways.  

One of those is that my son now has a roof top tent, so sometimes I get to enjoy his company whilst we go camping in our respective vehicles.

So for my last trip out in the van for the year we headed to Brecon to the first campsite I went to as a solo camper.

I knew it would be perfect not too big and the facilities are first rate, this is the site if you'd like to take a look Bryndu Camping.

 

We were lucky as there were barely anyone else staying so we got to pick where we wanted to park.

After a good night's sleep we headed off to Botanic Garden Wales.  But we did stop off briefly at Llandovery. 

 

 

We then arrived at the gardens.   I had been previously a couple of years before twice in one week and still hadn't managed to see everything, but knew I would loved it third time round. 

So I decided to invest and buy a year's membership as I will be visiting again next year. 

The Annual membership is really worth it as I can also visit Westonbirt Arboretum, Birmingham, Coventry and Oxford Gardens all in the price. 

 

I took some pictures for you to see some of the gardens.

 

 

 

 

The tropical house was amazing with the Bananas growing. 

 

 

I love walking around the grounds too and it was so lovely to see the autumnal leaves against the water. 

There is a big sculpture that from one direction it looks like a seat and another it looks like an apple. 

It was a long day so it was nice to settle in and snuggle down with the fairy lights in the van. 

The next day we headed to Hay on Wye, famous for once a year having a Literature Festival spread over 11 days and attracts over 100,000 people.

The town is so refreshing, not only is it surrounded by beatifult coutryside, but it has so many small indepentant shops.  

Along with knitting and van life I do also enjoy reading so to walk around the incredible amount of bookshops of which there are over twenty was amazing.

 

For the final part of the trip we stopped off for an hour at Weir Garden which I wrote about here
Again it was a short trip and we did not get to see everything, but it was a garden's will definately visit again and the drive home was very pretty too.

 

 

I thought I would finish the blog with this great plague I saw.

 

Time to reflect

For almost all my adult life I have been in a relationship.  This meant having someone their when you were away.

So for the first time I had a week completely on my own when I went to stay in a cottage in North Wales. 

Solo travelling has it's ups and downs.  The positives you can go when and wherever you want.  Downs having someone to share the experience with.

So here are some of the highlights to share with you of my trip

Llyn Ogwen Lake 

Find me knitting Betws-y-Coed 

South Stack 

Perfect match 

Amazing name for a train station 

Porthmadog 

Porthmadog 

Porthmadog 

Company 

Criccieth yarn bombers 

Llanberis Lake 

My travelling companion 

Bodnant Garden National Trust 

The Great Orme Llandudno 

Love the cloud just hanging 

Llandudno 

Snowdonia 

 Beaumaris cafe 

Holyhead harbour 

I would love to hear any comments you many have. 

Betws-y-Coed and Llanberis

 

Some interpreters say the Lady of the Lake received King Arthur’s sword here