Top Attractions in Wales: More grand attractions.

Say hello to Cardiff.

By Safi Khan

More grand attractions.

Sometimes when you visit a City, you do not even have to go far in order to find the attractions,and Cardiff Castle is one of them.It is situated right in the city center. Its grandness and opulence makes it one of the city’s major tourist attractions.

Cardiff Castle.

St Fagan’s Garden castle.

This Castle, also in Cardiff is another very famous tourist attraction. It is set in very beautiful surroundings and is as perfect as a picture postcard. Well worth visiting.

Conclusion.

There is even more to come and not only from Cardiff. In my next post, I will be showing more interesting and grand castles from different parts of Wales.

Acknowledgement.

Allan Reid,Castles of Wales,2nd ed.( Ruth: Jones publishing LTD. 1999) via Creative Commons.

Jonathan and Jackie Thomas-Jonathan@anglotopia.net/via Creative Commons.

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Survey on Horses

Here are results of a  survey done at Swansea ITeC. Showing  the amount of  people interested in Horses.

CANDIDATE	DO YOU LIKE HORSES	ARE YOU AFRAID OF HORSES	HAVE YOU TRIED HORSE-RIDING BEFORE	WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO RIDE A HORSE
ADAM	YES	NO	NO	NO
ANDY	YES	NO	YES	YES
CATHY	YES	NO	NO	YES
DANIEL	YES	NO	YES	YES
DENISE	NO	YES	NO	NO
DIANE	NO	NO	YES	NO
DYLAN	YES	NO	NO	YES
ELENA	YES	NO	NO	YES
HELEN	YES	NO	YES	YES
JASON	YES	NO	YES	YES
JOHN	YES	NO	YES	YES
JULIE	YES	NO	YES	YES
KIRSTY	YES	NO	YES	YES
LAUREN	YES	NO	NO	YES
LEIA	YES	NO	YES	YES
MAIR	YES	NO	YES	NO
SAFI	YES	NO	NO	YES
SCOTT	NO	NO	NO	NO
SHIRLEY	NO	YES	YES	NO
STELLA	YES	YES	YES	NO
STEVEN	YES	NO	YES	NO
TRACEY	NO	YES	YES	YES
VICKY	YES	YES	YES	YES
VINCENT	NO	NO	NO	NO
COMPARISON	YES – 18NO – 6	YES – 5NO – 19	YES – 15NO – 9	YES – 15NO – 9

Here are the results of the survey on Horses  shown in a 3D Pie Chart.

Horse Riding Clubs In Wales

In Wales, there are many horse riding clubs to choose from, which offer varied riding lessons depending on your ability. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced rider, horse riding clubs have horses to suit everyone, from children to adults. If you think that you may be a  someone who has been interested in learning to ride horses for a while or even want to get to know horses better, but has felt a little nervous and haven’t had the courage to do so, booking some time with a horse riding club may be just the right thing to get you going.

Horses are such loving animals, so don’t be put off by their size; the feeling of being able to ride a horse is incredible. People of all ages can learn to ride!

Here are some of the options available:

• Pony Trekking – For non – riders, walk with an occasional trot
• Riding – For more experienced riders – walk, trot, occasional canter
• Hacking – For more experienced riders – Walk, trot and canter                                                                                   
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There are many local riding centre’s  in the Swansea area;

• Clyne farm centre – www.clynefarm.com – Westport Avenue, Mayals, Swansea, West Glamorgan.
• Copley Stables – www.copleystables.co.uk – Copley Stables, Copley, Bishopston, Swansea, West Glamorgan.
• Parc-Le-Breos Riding Centre – www.riding-wales.co.uk – Parc-Le-Breos House, Parkmill, Gower, Swansea.
• Forgemill Riding Centre – Forgemill Farm, Cilonen, Three Crosses, Swansea, West Glamorgan [no website available yet, but can be contacted on 01792 873760].

Acknowledgements:

• Horse page on Wikipedia

Horses

Today, we recognise horses by the colour or markings of the coat, then by breed and sex. Horses will continue to grow up the age of five, and may go on to live until they are twenty-five to thirty years old. There are many breeds of horses in the world and, throughout centuries, we have used horses for many  purposes:  riding, driving, agriculture and police work.

Author arjecahn on flickr.

The way we measure a  horses height is from where the neck meets the back at the highest point of the withers in hands and inches. A measurement called “One hand” is equal to four inches and then any additional inches followed by  the abbreviation (hh) for hands high.

Photo: Public Domain
Author: Bureau of Land Management, Office of Public Affairs

Horses can communicate with other horses in different ways by neighing, whinnying and grooming each other. Female horses are mares and can carry a foal for approx 11 months. A foal can stand up and run quite quickly following birth.

Pie chart to show five most popular rides

This is a pie chart to show the five most popular rides and the amount of people out of 100 who chose to go on them. The customers on these rides had to be over 1metre tall to be able to ride on them.

ALL THE REFERENCES ARE FROM—www.oakwoodthemepark.co.uk who gave me permission to use their images,text has been stated as facts from the Wikipedia share-a like site —Produced by S.Bevan

Safety At Theme Parks,Accidents To Customers

In April 2004, a 16-year-old was killed after falling approximately 100 ft from the top of the Hydro ride.

In August 2005 it was reported that the victim’s parents received an anonymous letter purporting to be from an ex-employee of Oakwood which alleged that the park had decided against installing over the shoulder restraints at the time of the ride’s opening in 2002 on grounds of costs

The inquest reported that CCTV footage taken at the ride before the boat left, clearly showed that the victim’s lap bar was in an”open and unsafe position”. The view seemed to be that staff had received enough training, but it was later shown the staff to be inexperienced, this case finally went to Swansea Crown Court on the 7th July ,where the park was fined £250,ooo in addition to £80,000  legal costs,

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High CourtJudge Justice Lloyd-Jones who passed the sentence had earlier commented that safety breaches at the theme park had created “the potential for really serious injury to very large numbers of people”.

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Top Attractions in Wales-List of Castles in Wales.

Say hello to Wales.

By Safi Khan.

List of Castles in Wales.

Wales has some of the most beautiful and grand castles, hence being called the Castle capital of the World, and they are Scattered throughout Wales, each with their own unique architecture and design.

Hensol Castle

This Castle has its unique Gothic style Architecture dating back to the 17th century.It lies north of Clawdd Coch and Treodridge in Pendoylan in the Vale of  Glamorgan, South Wales. It dates back to 1419. It has been used for filming Whitehall in the movie”Rebecca’s daughter”, and in the ” Doctor Who ” BBC television episode ” Aliens of London “.

Chepstow Castle.

Known in the Welsh language as Cas-Gwent in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, it over looks the River Wye. It is the oldest surviving fortification in Britain.

Bodelwyddan Castle.

This Castle is located near Ryhl Denbighshire ,Wales. It was built in 1460. It is now used as a visitor attraction and also used by Museums and Art galleries such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts to display objects.

Table of Castle

Here is a list of contents showing the amount of the well-known Castles throughout Wales per City/County

Name of County	No. of Castles
Bridgend	5
Caerphilly	3
Cardif	3
Camarthenshire	10
Caredigion	12
Conway	5
Flintshire	7
Gwynedd	9
Isle of Anglesey	2
Merthyr Tydfil	1
Monmouthshire	20
Neath Port Talbot	1
Newport	4
Pembrokeshire	14
Powys	42
Rhondda	5
Swansea	7
Vale of Glamorgan	9
Wrexham	2

No of Castles per County/City

Take a look at places like Powys and Monmouthshire,isn’t that awesome.

Dear readers, make Wales your Holiday destination. It will be a life experience.

Acknowledgement.

1. Allan Reid, Castles of Wales ,2nd ed. ( Ruth Jones publishing Ltd. 1999) via Creative commons.
2. Jonathan and Jackie Thomas-jonathan@anglotopia.net/ via Creative Commons.
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