Kelly was up with Hunter and Noah visiting Barb and Ian this weekend, and I was home with Abbie and Preston. Today the sun was out and there was very little wind so we went down to Llantwit Major beach.
And a short video of Abs and PJ.
You know the weather is bad this summer when Welsh people are complaining about how much rain we have been getting:) Therefor when there is a chance of a nice day on a weekend we try and get out and do something as a family. This past weekend Sunday was looking good so we decided to go exploring and check out another somewhat obscure local ruins that is open to the public, but a little more off the beaten path: Old Beaupre Castle
It was a fun 20 min drive from our house along overgrown country lanes. The structure was a medival home first built around 1300 and then retrofitted into a Tudor manor house in the 1600's. Like many castles in Wales it is managed by CADW, however it isn't accessible or visited like many of the more prominenent castles. It is accessed via the Welsh public footpath system that networks across England and Wales. The castle was about a 1/4 mile walk from the access point at the road, through green grassy fields of grazing cattle.
A video:
After the castle, we decided to meander in a not so direct path back to our house. We ended up heading down to Llantwit Major beach. You might recall that we posted about this beach here on a somewhat rainy and dismal day in early May. This is what it looks like when the weather is nice! The boys loved the wind surfers!
A very rainy and cool weekend in south wales. When we ask people when summer will arrive, they say this is it!... in a joking manner ... but only half joking...we never seem to get a straight answer.
On Saturday, we were running some errands in a local village just south of our place called Llantwit Major. A great seaside village with a really fun beach to explore on the edge of town. Here is a picture of the beach from up on the bluffs above.
