SPECIAL INTEREST HOLIDAYS AT BRECON LODGE
Many of our guests are looking for something a little different when they come to Wales. Here are some ideas for you to consider!
- Family History. You are in the right place right now. Just 20 minutes from here is the Glamorgan Archives Records Office where you can get vast amounts of information about your forebears - Where they lived, Where they were born and died, Who they married, How many children they had, What their jobs were, and much much more. You will be amazed at what you can find out in Cardiff, and it need not cost you a single cent !
- Railways. Haven't got any where you live ? Never been on a train before ? Travel for hundreds of miles throughout Wales for less than $50. We have a large network of railway lines (railroads) crossing Wales, especially in the South, and you can get around to scores of towns and villages very quickly, avoiding all those traffic blockages which can be a goddam nuisance over here, where there few Interstates (Motorways).
- Walks. We have some fascinating walks around here. You can walk into the big city and you can walk in peaceful countryside, and it won't cost you a penny ! Well surfaced routes take you along the seafront, up onto the high clifftops, and then through flowering footpaths towards Lavernock Point from where Signor Marconi first sent radio signals across water - a World First - more than a century ago. A brass plaque in the wall of St. Lawrence Church marks the occasion. The nearby Nature Reserve has a wide variety of wild flowers and unusual specimens of butterfly. Return via Cosmeston Lakes Country Park (about 5 miles), where there are several trails and walks around the great lakes.
- Cardiff Bay Barrage. A 15 minute walk from Brecon Lodge takes you past some of Penarth's earliest houses, built for the workers who helped export more than 3 million tons of coal from the port, one year in the early 1900s. Dropping down to the modern yacht marina, the barrage is an amazing structure, costing around £120 Million, and stretching half a mile from Penarth Head across to the Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff. Opened in the early years of the new century (2000), entry onto the barrage is free, and an interesting footpath takes you across to the Norwegian Church Arts Centre and conditore (restaurant). From there you can visit the Welsh Assembly (Senydd), the Tube Visitor Centre, Mermaid Wharf with its numerous restaurants and bars, Techniquest "Hands-On" Science Centre, and the World famous Millenium Centre opera and concert hall complex,opened by HM The Queen. Frequent buses or an Arriva train will speed you into the City Centre for your return trip to Penarth.
- Dyffryn Gardens. Magnificent gardens of country mansion Dyffryn House. Restored with nearly £5 million of funds from the UK Heritage Lottery Fund, Dyffryn Gardens is a cornucopia of rare plants, magnificent tree specimens, moorland heathers, rose beds, the romantic Pompeii Temple and much much more. For full details go to www.dyffryngardens.com Located only 20 minutes from Penarth.
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