Welcome to South Wales

According to statistics stay-cations are all the rage, as opposed to vacations.  So why not travel along the M4 and come and see us?

M4 entry to Wales

Unlike most European countries, you don't need a passport to enter Wales (from England, anyway).   But if you enter along the Severn Bridge and M4 you will be required to pay a toll (currently £6 for cars).

The alternative is to travel to Gloucester, then Ross, Monmouth and Usk - quite a detour.

Any resemblance to welsh harp strings is purely coincidence.

The second Severn crossing is a beautiful suspension bridge, although as with other suspension bridges around the world, it has its internal problems.   The tiny wires making up the cables are slowing rusting and 'twanging.'    Don't panic, its okay, honestly.   They have a machine monitoring the number of twangs, so they will know if they have to close it.

Caravan holidays can be fun !

A brief view of the mudflats as you pass when the tide is out.

Sorry if you don't like poetry, but I thought you might like this one:

A Portrait of Lady Severn 

Moon-pulled, her skirts swirl and sway,
each frill encrusted with humans
                precariously balanced.
Enamelled bands adorn her throat and wrist
                bejewelled with Fords, Hondas and Mercedes.

To a symphony of seabirds
she glides to and fro attended by bobbing barnacled craft,
                fish dancing lip service at her feet.
Salmon and lamprey travel back year on year to her voice’s call.

 The sunset glitters bronze and gold
on the swathes of her mud spattered robe,
              creating admirers from passers-by.

 Her seaweed coiffure curls round her enigmatic face
as it reflects the joys and stormy sorrows of passing clouds.
History hides beneath her stare, giving glimpses to the few
of her treasures held for future’s eye,
                beneath those terracotta skirts. 

Her eyes sparkle with untold truths.
Artists attempt to interpret her beauty
but no-one can reveal the many facets

                       of this Mud Flour Madonna,

this Sedimentary Salomi,

Majectic  Lady of the Sea,

 

                                                         The Severn Estuary.

 by Meg Gurney