VFR Real Scenery Wales & South-West England

Advantages: Value for money and superb scenery
Disadvantages: High specifications required

...VRF RealScenery Volume 3 - Wales & South-West England (PC) Let's start with the basics: This is Compatible with Windows XP or Vista. YOU MUST ALSO HAVE FLIGHT SIMULATOR X System Requirements: Processor: 2.5GHz Ram: 1.0 Gb or greater Hard Drive: 12.0 Gb or greater Video Card: 126Mb or greater Other: DVD-ROM drive VFR stands for "Visual Flight Rules" - this is the way that pilots navigate when they aren't using complex instruments - they look at a map and then pinpoint landmarks on the ground to work out their position. To do this in a flight simulator requires scenery that's exactly the same as the real landscape. VFR Real Scenery is an amazing piece of software that provides just that - fly over England and Wales in Flight Simulator X and sample the view you'd get from a real aircraft. You can see the real countryside from...

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By Horse, By Sword, By Romance, By Wales

Advantages: Excellent Castle, in great condition
Disadvantages: None

...Keep an eye out for my forthcoming video on this Attraction, come End Nov, Mid Dec 2007! As you drive through the costal countryside of South Wales, your breath is taken away by the rolling hills to your right, full of mystical mystery and legends, to your left is the stunning beauty of the Gower Penninsula, spaced by the Bury Estuary. This is the Land of Dragons and Wizards, this is the home of Merlin, this is Wales. Passing through sleepy seaside towns, you eventually come to the town of Kidwelly. As if from nowhere, the imposing gates of Kidwelly Castle stand in view, a testament to their construction, they look as impenetrable as they were 800 years ago. Kidwelly Castle is owned and maintained by Cadw (the word \"Cadw\", (Pronounced Cad Oooh!) means \"To Keep\" in Welsh. Cadw is the Welsh Assembly Government...

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Review of Kidwelly Castle, Carmathenshire, South Wales

  South Wales in 1350

Advantages: Well built, educational, entertaining.
Disadvantages: Noise from passing cars distract from concentration on village.

...As you get through the entrance gates, you have travelled back in time to 1350. The village has survived the black death, the animals run around freely, the buildings can be seen as thatched, the main road looking worn down, and your guide is dressed in medieval costume. You have reached the medieval village at Cosmeston, South Wales. Right, now I have your attention, I can tell you why I chose to write about Cosmeston Medieval Village. As I am studying History at university, Historical sites are of great interest to me, and when it came to do my work experience last summer, I decided to do two weeks of it at Cosmeston. I will try and be as honest about the site as I can, describing the experience and the village as much as possible. >>>> Background <<<< The Medieval Village is in the grounds of Cosmeston Lakes Country Park...

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Review of Cosmeston Medieval Village

Porthmadog, Wales

Advantages: Good day out, Clean beaches
Disadvantages: Not a lot to do at night

...Porthmadog, Wales I first went there a few years ago after being recommended to go as the beach close by called Black Rock Sands would be brilliant to take the dogs on. It's brilliant as Black Rock beach is a drive on beach and dogs are welcome all year round on certain parts of the beach. It is kept clean and it's patrolled by lifeguards to looks after everyone and make sure they are safe. The waters clean for a UK beach and warm in the summer. There is a small charge for getting on the beach at holiday seasons but it isn't very much and well worth it for a day on the beach. It's also good late in the evening when everyone else has gone home to just have a drive across the beach. In the town itself there is a variety of shops, cafés and various other things to look at including the steam railway that goes across some...

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Review of Porthmadog, Wales

Youre Welcome to my Home, Anytime!

Advantages: A really pleasent place to live
Disadvantages: The years of decay are taking time and money to fix!

...notably those that immediately surround the town are often unofficially referred to as Llanelli. Historically a minor town, Llanelli grew significantly in the 18th and 19th centuries with the mining of coal and later the tinplate industry and steelworks. It became such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as \"Tinopolis\" by the latter half of the 19th century. The closure of coal mines and competition from overseas steel plants meant that Llanelli, like many other towns in South Wales, saw significant and sustained economic decline from the late 1970s. Oh, The Beer, Hmmm, Beer.... Llanelli has a proud brewing tradition, with the Felinfoel brewery in Felinfoel, located just outside the town, this brewery stil churns out loads of the frothy nectar, however, for me, I call it Feeling Fowl Beer...

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Review of Llanelli, South Wales

Welcome to Wales

Advantages: plenty to do in Summer
Disadvantages: less to do in Spring or Autumn

...NAME OF LOCATION: Llandudno, North Wales BACKGROUND Gee Vee Travel were doing a March trip to Llandudno and my mother decided to book this particular holiday for her, my father, and myself. Although I have visited Llandudno many times, they have usually been day trips from home (Chesterfield) or from other North Wales destinations that we have stayed at, so staying in Llandudno would be a great change. I read several Ciao reviews on the topic so that I knew what was available in March - not a lot, most things open from Easter to October, and Easter was 3 weeks after my trip! Typical. However, do not be despondent as we found plenty to do in and around Llandudno. Our Driver took us out on 2-day trips but we had plenty of time to explore Llandudno itself on the first evening and all day Thursday. We also had time after our...

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Review of Llandudno (Wales)

Holidaying in North Wales

Advantages: Beautiful location, fantastic cottages with all amenities
Disadvantages: Just that you need some form of transport

...My mum and her partner have spent a couple of holidays now at a location near Bala in North Wales - the location in question, Pen Cefn, boasts four properties for rent, each of differing proportions. This year, mum decided to treat me (because I reached the big 40) and my sister and her family to a week long holiday in one of the properties. Having had a superb time, I thought it was time to pass the news on to others. Address and location "Pen Cefn" Sarnau Bala Gwynedd LL23 7LG Tel: 01678 530481 or 530413 E-mail: bevianna@btinternet.com Website: www.pencefn.com Proprietors' names: Ian and Bev Moss, Anna Hayward The nearest town, about five miles away, is Bala (which is just inside the Snowdonia National Park), which is on the A494 road. Pen Cefn, which is a smallhold, plus the cottages, is just above a small hamlet...

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Review of Pen Cefn Cottage Holidays, North Wales

One Day In Wales

Advantages: Exotic for us.
Disadvantages: None.

...was very pleased that we had come from so far away, from Europe in fact (Where's Wales then?), but he wasn't astonished. He was sure that we had come to see the Eisteddfod. The what? He was a great storyteller, was he, and so lesson No. 3 followed. Eisteddfod, plural Eisteddfodau, is the Welsh word for session and means the formal assembly of bards and minstrels. It originated in the traditions of the court bards of medieval times. Cardigan can claim to be the home of the very first National Eisteddfod in 1176. The modern National Eisteddfod is held each summer alternately on a site in North or South Wales and includes competitions in music, mostly singing and the playing of harps, prose, drama and art. The subjects were traditionally taken from Welsh history or the Welsh countryside or from the Bible. The bards of today have turned to...

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Review of General: Wales

south wales super music

Advantages: quality,depth,musicianship
Disadvantages: CDprint and images may need a magnifying glass to appreciate

...Stereophonics are, mainly; Richard Jones (Bass and harmonica), Kelly Jones (Vocals, Guitar) and. Stuart Cable (Drums) . Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation) and Stuart Cable have known each other since they were infants, played together since early teens, rehearsed in Stuart's bedroom, in Cwmaman, in South Wales. Kelly and Richard were born a few yards and a few days away from each other, Stuart arrived a couple of years earlier. Aside from recording 'Word Gets Around', Stereophonics spent the end of 1996 and most of 1997 earning a reputation as one of the best new live acts in the land, touring relentlessly.. They ended '97 with their 100th and 101st gigs of the year in Cardiff: the shows were subtitled 'Happy With That'. Morfa Stadium aside, some of their biggest live...

parker-munn 05.02.2002 (10.09.2002) · Read review
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Review of Just Enough Education To Perform - Stereophonics

The History of South Tyneside

Advantages: Free entry, interesting, easy access
Disadvantages: None

...I first went to this museum with my sister when I was about 8 or 9 years old. When looking for something to do on Monday, I asked my friend, Emma, if she wanted to go here with me since I haven?t been for ages. My older sister, Joanne, lives in South Shields so we met her and my niece (23 months) at the museum on Monday morning. I got slightly lost getting to South Shields as I took the wrong turn at a roundabout, but as it was my furthest venture in my car on my own (about 25 miles) I was still quite pleased I found it without too much hassle! On arriving at South Shields I met my sister and followed her into the town centre, as I don?t know my way around South Shields. (The museum is signposted though) The entry into the museum is free and although we just spent about an hour and a half there (my sister was going to Uni. ? and I...

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