Passionate about South Wales - the best pubs, restaurants, hotels and places to visit

The Met Office is forecasting some heavy snow for South Wales over the next few days. You may find the following information useful if you’re travelling through, or around, South Wales:

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Autumn is fully upon us in Cardiff Bay. These trees are alongside the Roath Basin next to the Atradius building, and show some great colours. Across the basin the new BBC studios are currently being built. When finished they’ll be used for Casualty, Doctor Who and Torchwood.

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Last weekend was the popular Abergavenny Food Festival. Dan of the Whither Wales blog has written an interesting post on the future viability of the festival – it’s become so popular that the big crowds on such a small site are threatening people’s enjoyment of the event. It’ll be interesting to see how the food [...]

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Last week we stayed in the excellent Patricks With Rooms in Mumbles.  Mumbles is one of our favourite seaside destinations in South Wales. Patricks is an excellent hotel with a great restaurant. It’s located right on the main promenade only yards from the sea. The hotel has 16 individual bedrooms, the renowned restaurant and a [...]

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Penderyn Distillery is one of South Wales’ home-grown successes. The distillery is based in the village of Penderyn just north of Hirwaun and Aberdare. Penderyn Single Malt Whisky was launched by Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, on 1st March 2004 at St. David’s Hall in Cardiff.  Since then, Wales’ only whisky has become very [...]

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This weekend Cardiff Bay is buzzing with visitors to the Cardiff Armed Forces Day with a large number of activities planned for the day on Saturday 26th June 2010. The day is focused around the Roald Dahl basin and the area in front of the Senedd in the Bay. There will be various displays, shows and static [...]

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I recently discovered Stuart Herbert’s Photo Diary. Stuart is an excellent amateur photographer who concentrates on landscapes and Post-Industrial South Wales. He’s currently documenting the Merthyr Road – the legacy of the industrialisation of the South Wales Valleys from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Docks. Stuart is great at capturing the essence of the industrial South [...]

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