Our last few days in Wales During the last few days in Wales, we stayed closer to home - with the exception of a visit to St. Davids - the smallest city in the U.K. Due to its cathedral, city status was granted to St. Davids in 1995 by Queen Elizabeth II - but it's actually a small, attractive village. Set within Pembrokeshire Coast National Park the city is popular with tourists, artists and pilgrims. The cathedral was built on the site of a 6th century mona...

Father's Day in Wales The weekend and most of this week saw the U.K. in the grip of a heat wave.....with temperatures soaring to record heights for June, we made the most of it by spending less time in the car and lots more time walking through this fabulous countryside and coastal area. We started with a return visit to Marloes Sands, which we'd seen briefly last week. The walk took us down a narrow road - where we continued to practice our skill of "melting"...