What a smashing day we've had in Wales. As a child growing up in the north east, Wales seemed a long way away. Scotland or the Lake District was where we ventured to smell the mountain air. To get to Wales meant driving through the Midlands and that wasn't a pleasurable thought. And so Wales is a bit of a closed book to me, which recently I've begun to open. Having a couple of days off, Julie and I headed off to the Elan Valley, near Rhayader. I first came here with work about 2 years ago and it is stunning. Less than two hours from home it is closer than Cornwall, a part of Wales I've wanted to return to for pleasure. Today we did. En route we stopped at this fantastic cafe for lunch, the Honey Cafe at Bronllys. What a find and it turns out a local institution. Fed and watered we wandered around the Elan Valley in perfect August weather, warn, light breeze and the sharpest of colours in the unpolluted landscape. We'd built up such an appetite too that we just HAD TO pop into the Honey Cafe on the way home for supper. Their strawberry roulade was exceptional.
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