Thom Bedford

Exploring Alnwick

2026-10-05 Thom Bedford 2026-10-04 - Northumberland

Arrival Date: 2026-10-04
Departure Date: 2026-10-09
Accommodation: AirBnB

We set off from home around 10:30 on the Sunday morning, leaving Mum and Dad to look after the cats, on our trip up to Northumberland. Ripon was a good half-way point on the way up, and on the way back down we’ve planned to go via Carlisle to stop off at Kendal for lunch at Bangkok 7 (the best Thai restaurant we’ve found in the UK yet). But onto Alnwick…

Blue(ish) Skies in Tenby

2025-09-11 Thom Bedford 2025-09-07 - Pembrokeshire

Continued from Part 3…

Today we wanted to visit Tenby, and I wanted to go back to Laugharne to see the castle when it was open, so we got up, had breakfast in the AirBnB again, and set off towards Tenby.

Another Rainy Castle Roadtrip

2025-09-10 Thom Bedford 2025-09-07 - Pembrokeshire

Continued from Part 2…

After a poor night’s sleep on my part, we set off from the AirBnB a little later this morning, about 10am. It was already pouring with rain, so we made a plan to get Helen into some bookshops and cafes while I’d do explore more castles.

Rainy Castles in Pembroke and Carew

2025-09-09 Thom Bedford 2025-09-07 - Pembrokeshire

Continued from Part 1…

On Tuesday we made our way South out of Haverfordwest, over Cleddau Bridge and the Cleddau Ddu (river), through Pembroke Docks, and into Pembroke for the first chunk of sightseeing for the day. Once again it was looking like rain, so we donned our coats and walked up the hill to the town centre.

Pembrokeshire, Haverfordwest, and St Davids

2025-09-08 Thom Bedford 2025-09-07 - Pembrokeshire

Arrival Date: 2025-09-07
Departure Date: 2025-09-13
Accommodation: AirBnB

After not having a big holiday for a year because of our house move, we finally got back on the road again and made our way down to Pembrokeshire in the South of Wales.