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If you haven't been here before we hope you'll find what you're looking for and will come back again. We don't bite (unless we're really hungry.......) so feel free to e-mail us - use the "Contact Us/Feedback" tab at the top - if you want more information about anything you've seen on these pages.
News and Updates
News:
02/01/2012
Happy New Year ! We hope 2012 is a good year for you wherever you are. Well, I've finally finished giving the site a revamp. It won't necessarily be obvious but it should be quicker to load and won't be as hard to maintain. I have put some new stuff in as well but there is more to come in the next few weeks. Please do come back.
15/11/2011
Firework night has come around again. The Jack Pack hate the whizzes and bangs so, following the success of last year's weekend away we decided to repeat the exercise again. This year we headed up to Talybont between Barmouth and Harlech in North Wales. Set on a hillside the cottage was nice and quiet and we heard very few fireworks. On the Friday we visited Portmeirion and Beddgelert and on Saturday we had a lovely walk on Rhinog Fawr. There was also a lovely beach about 1 mile away from the cottage for the Jack Pack to have a run. The weather was superb and the views from Rhinog Fawr were something else. All in all a great success !
Updates:
- Walking
02/01/2012 - Skiing01/02/2012
- Real Ale19/04/2012
- Pembrokeshire11/04/2012
- Travel16/11/2011
- Lanchester Poly17/12/2008
- Jack Pack15/05/2012
So exactly what can you can expect to find on these pages ?
Walking - There is a load of information on walking, what to wear, where to buy it, how to navigate and what to do if, despite your best endeavours, everything goes "pear-shaped" while you're out in the mountains. There are also routes of some of the walks that we have done and enjoyed, primarily in the mountainous parts of the UK such as the Lake District, Scotland, Snowdonia, Yorkshire and the Brecon Beacons but there are also a load in Pembrokeshire mostly, but not all, on the Coast Path. If you're looking for ideas for your next walk that is the place to head to. We hope you enjoy your walking wherever you go !
Skiing - We have also put some stuff up about skiing including our thoughts on some of the resorts we have been to. The information may be a bit sparse in places, this indicates a need for us to go back and carry out some more research. (All donations will be put to good use - honest !) Unfortunately health issues have meant that we haven't been able to go skiing for a couple of years now so I'm afraid there isn't much new here.
Real Ale - After a good day on the mountains what better way is there to finish it off but finding a good pub and having a good pint of Real Ale ? You'll find a lot of info here about brewing in general and a list of beer festivals but there is also some information on some of the pubs that we have come across and enjoyed in our travels.
Pembrokeshire/Travel - Mostly we spend our time exploring the fleshpots (!) and the wilds of Pembrokeshire. However, sometimes we fire up the polluting device, send an extremely large cheque (or, if we want to go to Scotland, a couple of limbs) to the Chancellor and head off away from Pembrokeshire. Here, typically, we will spend a few days walking/skiing or seeing the sights before the natives catch up with us and send us packing.
Lanchester Polytechnic - During my, mostly mis-spent, youth I (Tony) spent some time trying to gain some qualifications at what was then Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry. In an attempt to embarrass the people who were there at the same time as I was, I have put a few pages up covering my time at the Poly. and our subsequent reunions with some photos.
Widget and Percy. Editorial Team, the Jack Pack pages
Now, Mum and Dad do a fairly good job with this website but they don't always get it completely right (we're afraid that it could just be Alzheimer's as they are starting to get on a bit......) so we're here to set the record straight.
On these pages we'll give you a totally accurate and completely unbiased (would you expect anything else ?) take on some of the things written in other parts of this website. We'll also give our opinion on things that are really important in the lives of 2 Jack Russell Terrors Terriers.
(That really isn't very funny Dad !)
So, please go to the Jack Pack pages, after all that's where all the really interesting stuff is !
The boring bit
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- they are not used for monetary gain, and
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