South Wales, UK - the best pubs, hotels and places to visit

A couple of weeks ago we walked from Ogmore by Sea to Southerndown.  It’s a great walk along the coastal path with great views across the Bristol Channel.
As we passed one of the bays I spotted these Trials bikes practising on the limestone slabs.  Click on the photo for a better view.
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The WRC Rally of Great Britain hits Cardiff again this weekend.  The focal point in the City has moved from Cathays Park in the centre down to the Oval Basin in Cardiff Bay.
The service park will be located in the Bay with a spectators village in the Oval Basin (Roald Dahl Plass).
The Bay is currently [...]

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We popped up to Llandow Race Circuit on Saturday to see what was going on.
There was a club track day running with a large number of Caterhams, various tuned up roadcars and even a Noble.

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Following on from yesterday’s post on the the crazy surfers in Langland Bay here’s a good video of some action in from March 2008.  Langland is probably one of the easily reachable surfing beaches from Swansea.

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I took this picture down in Langland Bay last summer.  It’s a favourite spot for surfers in the Gower and the wind was really strong on this day so the surf was up.
I got some good action shots using a long lens.
This guy was quite a way out and I took the picture hand-held so [...]

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Last weekend we went to the Wales GB rally.
It was a brilliant day for it as the two photos show.  It was cold (- 3°C) but without any clouds at all, so it was gloriously sunny.

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Today was a great day for Wales in Cardiff Bay – the return of the Wales Olympic gold medal winners Nicole Cooke, Tom James and Geraint Thomas and silver medal winner David Davies.
I must admit that I have a bit of a soft spot for Nicole Cooke since she comes from close to where I [...]

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Local girl Nicole Cooke has done us proud winning a Gold Medal in the Beijing Olympic games.  Nicole is from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan. Nicole snatched victory in the Women’s Cycling Road Race against strong competition.
Best of luck in Wednesday’s time-trial.
Update 14th August 2008: Unfortunately Nicole came in 15th in the time-trial. Never [...]

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