This weekend was the long awaited API overnight trip to Wales! The trip began Saturday morning, very very early Saturday morning may I add, with a 3 hour drive to Wales. Our first stop was a little town called Chepstow. This is the home to the oldest stone fortification in the UK. Chepstow castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1027! It was amazing to walk through the old castle, now in ruins. You could just imagine the history that this place had seen. We had some free time to walk around the village and grab some lunch. Emma, Mo, and I decided to take a trip to the local Tesco (supermarket) to get our flatmate Jelli a birthday cake!
Next on the agenda was Tintern Abbey. The ruins of this old abbey were just incredible. I believe it was built in the 13th century. There is no longer a roof, which was taken off during Henry VIII's reign, but the walls and windows remain. There is no glass in the windows but the outlines are still there. It is places like this that I wish I was religious. You can almost feel the presence of something there!
After the abbey we arrived in a small town called Hay-on-Wye. This is known as the town of books. There are about 1,000 residents and 30 bookshops. The second hand books were amazing. They had signed copies of Jane Austen and Harry Potter, first editions galore, and just everything you could possibly think of! We stayed the night here in a hotel that used to be a private estate. The hotel inspired Sherlock Holmes Hound of the Baskervilles.
The next morning we were off to the best part of the whole trip....PONY TREKKING! Now some people decided to do a ropes course or archery, but I chose Pony trekking because its awesome! My pony's name was Major. He was so sweet, but a little lazy. The intermediate group were able to canter a bit, but Major wasn't having that. The only down part of the day was that it was FREEZING. I mean below 0 freezing. No one could feel their limbs after the ride. To end off the trip we went on a canal cruise in Brecon Beacon canal. It was beautiful but just about everyone was falling asleep!
Next on the agenda was Tintern Abbey. The ruins of this old abbey were just incredible. I believe it was built in the 13th century. There is no longer a roof, which was taken off during Henry VIII's reign, but the walls and windows remain. There is no glass in the windows but the outlines are still there. It is places like this that I wish I was religious. You can almost feel the presence of something there!
After the abbey we arrived in a small town called Hay-on-Wye. This is known as the town of books. There are about 1,000 residents and 30 bookshops. The second hand books were amazing. They had signed copies of Jane Austen and Harry Potter, first editions galore, and just everything you could possibly think of! We stayed the night here in a hotel that used to be a private estate. The hotel inspired Sherlock Holmes Hound of the Baskervilles.
The next morning we were off to the best part of the whole trip....PONY TREKKING! Now some people decided to do a ropes course or archery, but I chose Pony trekking because its awesome! My pony's name was Major. He was so sweet, but a little lazy. The intermediate group were able to canter a bit, but Major wasn't having that. The only down part of the day was that it was FREEZING. I mean below 0 freezing. No one could feel their limbs after the ride. To end off the trip we went on a canal cruise in Brecon Beacon canal. It was beautiful but just about everyone was falling asleep!
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