It was a foul day here in Wales when Juliana and I set off to mid Wales to visit one of the hotels that we use on our itineraries - The Lake Vyrnwy hotel in Powys, Mid Wales that has a great location overlooking the lake.
On the way we stopped off for morning coffee at Llangoed Hall, a country House hotel 
owned by Sir Bernard Ashley, widower of Laura Ashley. It was either that or The Little Chef in Builth Wells. No competition. Sorry Little Chef. There’s no reception desk at Llangoed Hall, so you really do feel that you’re walking into your very (very) rich uncle’s house. We wandered into the drawing room that looked out over the croquet lawn towards the farmland beyond, introduced ourselves to one of the staff, and ordered a coffee. I could have easily spent the rest of the day being waited on hand and foot reading the latest Grisham novel, but Lake Vyrnwy beckoned so off we set.
January 18th, 2008
Norfolk’s unusual landscape is one of the most remarkable in Britain. No mountains and valleys here - it’s wide and open as a result of the ice age Glaciers that covered Britain (as well as over a third of the world) for over 80,000 years until the great meltdown about 10,000years ago. I wonder what caused global warming at that time. Hairy Mammoth flatulence maybe?
January 17th, 2008
Hello again from Wales and a big thank you to all those who read our first blog installment. I think that launching this blog was more nerve racking for me than hurtling across a field on a quad-bike and thus I was very grateful for the positive feedback. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your comments.
We have had an exciting week again here in the UK, as I am sure many of you will know we Brits are big fans of the sport of Rugby and this week has seen England reach the finals of the Rugby World Cup! Although England are reigning world champions this achievement seemed almost impossible based on form leading up to the tournament. Needless to say we are all very excited about it, however I finished last time telling you about my recent adventure trip around Wales as part of the “Showcase Wales” tourism convention and promised that I would continue…
October 18th, 2007
Hello and welcome to the myguideBritain Blog. My name is Darryl and I am the manager of the US and Canadian markets here with myguideBritain. For those of you not familiar with the site we are an online tour operator specializing in customized tours to the UK. What makes us unique is that we are based here in Blaenavon, South Wales within the UK and therefore we see, experience, live and breathe this amazing destination every day of our lives.
October 10th, 2007
