Postcard #1: Barry Island 🎡

I’ve been thinking about my dusty, forgotten “101 postcards from Wales” challenge a lot recently. It’s been over four years since I declared I’d be embarking on said challenge and I have published a grand total of zero posts related to it since. 🤦‍♀️ The spirit behind what’s stopped me can be found in the […]

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Hang Fire!

In 2012, Samantha Evans and Shauna Guinn road tripped around the American South on a quest to learn the secrets of good BBQ (and to meet Dolly Parton). That journey eventually led to the opening of the Hang Fire Smokehouse Kitchen in my home town of Barry. 🙂 There are so many parts to the Hang […]

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Lunch Break

Barry Island Pleasure Park, home to the finest* amusement arcades in Wales, is just a few minutes walk away from where I live and work. So, with an abundance of coppers in my purse, the way I spent my lunch break today shouldn’t come as a surprise. 💰 * Disclaimer: They also happen to be the […]

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