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Celtic Wales

Snowdonia and Pembrokeshire

June 2006

 

We met at the County Hotel

 

at Bramhall Village, near the Manchester airport

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Arriving in Wales we met Richard Keen (right) and Conway Davies (left)
at Bodnant Gardens

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viewed Conwy Castle

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with a field lecture by Conway Davies

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our first location was Royal Oaks Hotel in Betws-y-Coed

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Welsh Men's choir at the pub

Video Clip of the Welsh Men's Choir

after a late night in the pub

 

a Full Welsh Breakfast in the morning

More Photos of Betws-y-Coed

 

with David Smith, Program Director, briefing David Smith about the day's activities

 

introduction to Wales by Conway Davies

 

drive through Snowdonia National Park

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we learn about the old jail in Beaumaris

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and visit the old courthouse

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and visit Penmon Abbey

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Dinner at the Royal Oak

 

first course

 

lamb

 

dessert


 

rode the Great Orme tramway in Llandudno

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to above the town where we toured the ancient copper mine

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learning about slate at the
National Slate Museum

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drove quickly by Caernarfon Castle

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to the Ffestiniog Railroad
(one locomotive passing another)

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More Photos of Porthmadog

 

had an early morning wander through Portmeiron

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lunch at the Welsh National Library

Photos of the Welsh National Library buildings

 

our second residence location was at the Mariner's Hotel in Haverfordwest

Photos of Haverfordwest


Desserts at the Mariner's Hotel

 

 

 

after dinner were entertained by a Harpist

Video Clips of the Harpist


 

met by Iron Age reenactors on a

 

field trip to Castell Henllys
where Richard Keen and a local archeologist tell us about Iron Age settlements

More about Castell Henllys

 

stopped to see the Celtic Cross in Nevern

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and the cathedral town of Saint David

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Cathedral   Choir seats   Treasury

 

visited the National Wool Museum
where we saw the process of weaving wool fabric

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and in the evening heard a choir in Laugharn

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and completed our program at the Roman Fortress at Caerleon

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before crossing the bridge into England at Bristol

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