Tell you what! I have drawn up the best travel plan bloody ever! I think I’ve managed to really nail the essence of Wales with my crayon and unused, unwanted scrap paper. Have a look:
So the route is…
- Porthmadog – Home of the world’s biggest smile
- Llangollen – Home of the world’s biggest mini pork pie
- Rhayader – Home of the world’s biggest globe
- Whitland – ‘Whiteland’ until 1968
- Newcastle Emlyn – Named after ‘Emlyn Hughes’ and ‘Newcastle’
- Lampeter – The South of The East
- Brynmawr – ‘Brian Moore’ in Welsh
- Bulith Wells – Home of the world’s biggest exaggeration
- Abergavenny – Bouncy castle hotspot of the UK
- Llandloes – They once had a fancy dress party
- Aberystwyth – ‘The seaside Hull’
- Tregaron – Birthplace of Henry Richard (???)
- Machynlleth – Translates as ‘Mega leaf’
- Barmouth – As it sounds…
- Montgomery – 1974
- Dolgellau – Home of the world’s biggest tooth!
- Llanfyllin – Home of the ‘Llanfyllin Road’
- Harlech – Named after the sound you make when you accidentally breathe in dog
- Bala – Inventors of civil unrest
- Llanwrtyd – the smallest town in Britain.
- Porthmadog – Home!
I can tell my parents are worried about the idea of me travelling around Wales because they haven’t said a word to me since I told them. Still, I’ve been looking into ways of keeping in touch with them other than by phone (not comfortable with it). It might be that a VPN connection is a good idea, as it isn’t just open to me and my parents, but I could make it accessible to my friends. They could upload some of the latest Welsh music onto a shared folder and I could listen to it near a tree in Brynmawr, really getting the true Welsh experience.
Another idea is doing a ‘video blog’ like on fancy internet sites. I could put it on YouTube maybe! Stephen Fry can watch it!
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