Bees, butterflies and colourful blooms marked my annual summer visit to these National Trust-run gardens just outside Cardiff.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2024
Wales Coast Path: Dunraven Bay to Merthyr Mawr
This scenic stretch of the Wales Coast Path links some of my favourite places on the south Wales coast – Southerndown, Ogmore-by-Sea and Merthyr Mawr.
Dyffryn Gardens 2022
Vivid floral displays of yellow, orange, purple and red marked this year's visit to Dyffryn Gardens.
Wales Coast Path: Nash Point to Dunraven Bay
A scenic walk along the Wales Coast Path taking in a series of pretty bays and coves, and the ruins of a castle and its walled gardens.
Old Beaupre Castle
Tucked away amid farmers' fields in the Vale of Glamorgan, you'll find this medieval / Elizabethan manor house that's been largely abandoned for the past 300 years.
Wales Coast Path: Llantwit Major to Nash Point
There's lots to see on this lovely 5km-stretch of the Wales Coast Path, including fossil-filled bays, a 12th century castle and the last manned lighthouse in Wales.
Dyffryn Gardens 2021
With lots of wildflowers and plants in muted shades, the gardens had a more subdued feel to them than in previous years.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2020
After the lockdown restrictions were eased in Wales, I made a beeline to one of my favourite places, the recently reopened Dyffryn Gardens.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2019
Thanks to an abundance of bees, dragonflies and butterflies, the gardens were as lovely and as welcoming as ever this summer.
Ogmore-by-Sea
This rocky strip of land, which boasts fantastic views over the Bristol Channel and a Norman castle, is a great place for a brisk coastal walk.
Fonmon Castle
Tucked away in the Vale of Glamorgan, not far from Cardiff Airport, you'll find this privately owned castle.
Dyffryn Gardens 2018
Dragonflies, colourful blossom and blooming cactii were among the delights during my annual visit to Dyffryn Gardens.
Little Old World 