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Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Nosher and Hamish take Nosher's legendary Mk.1 Astra from High Wycombe to the wilds of Wales, for no particular reason other than it's something interesting to do. On the way, we stop off at Ironbridge to see the birthplace of the industrial revolution, and then head off to a youth hostel at Capel Curig for the night. The next day, we roam through Eryri (Snowdonia), across to Anglesey to South Stack - site of a school trip at the age of about 10 - and back to travel down through the spine of Wales. However, there's an emergency at Machynlleth, where the headlight's full-beam switch sticks in the 'on' position, requiring a call-out from the AA. This makes us late for the next youth hostel, so we end up sleeping in the car for the night. Well, at least we get to experience the joys of cleaning our teeth in the morning in a public toilet in Abergavenny.

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next album: Dinner Round Geoff and Brenda's, and Hamish Visits, Stuston, Suffolk - 6th April 1992
previous album: Out and About in Amsterdam, Hoorne, Vollendam and Edam, The Netherlands - 26th March 1992

A dude shows us a typsetting frame, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A dude shows us a typsetting frame

The print dude preps some printing, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

The print dude preps some printing

The museum's printing room, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

The museum's printing room

Some kind of iron foundry, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Some kind of iron foundry

A very smoky ironworks, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A very smoky ironworks

Industrial Revolution action, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Industrial Revolution action

Making cast iron, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Making cast iron

A girl in a Victorian apothecary, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A girl in a Victorian apothecary

Hamish in an old butcher's shop, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Hamish in an old butcher's shop

A dark machine room, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A dark machine room

A lovely hand-made boat, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A lovely hand-made boat

The world's first-ever Iron Bridge, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

The world's first-ever Iron Bridge

A mountain fence, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A mountain fence

A mountain pass through Snowdonia, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A mountain pass through Snowdonia

A derelict tower and some open-cast mining, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A derelict tower and some open-cast mining

Hamish takes a photo, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Hamish takes a photo

Nosher with a flat cap, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Nosher with a flat cap

Nosher in the mountains, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Nosher in the mountains

Hamish sips some water and surveys the view, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Hamish sips some water and surveys the view

Hamish and the mountains, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Hamish and the mountains

A view of Snowdonia, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A view of Snowdonia

Hamish strolls through Caernarfon Castle, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Hamish strolls through Caernarfon Castle

Caernarfon Castle, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Caernarfon Castle

A Caernarfon tower, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A Caernarfon tower

A view of Caernarfon, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A view of Caernarfon

Looking out over the sea from Caernarfon, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

Looking out over the sea from Caernarfon

South Stack and the lighthouse, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

South Stack and the lighthouse

A sheer drop at South Stack on Anglessey, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

A sheer drop at South Stack on Anglessey

South Stack Lighthouse, Capel Curig to Abergavenny: A Road-Trip With Hamish, Wales - 3rd April 1992

South Stack Lighthouse

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A dude shows us a typsetting frame

A dude shows us a typsetting frame

The print dude preps some printing

The museum's printing room

Some kind of iron foundry

A very smoky ironworks

Industrial Revolution action

Making cast iron

A girl in a Victorian apothecary

Hamish in an old butcher's shop

A dark machine room

A lovely hand-made boat

The world's first-ever Iron Bridge

A mountain fence

A mountain pass through Snowdonia

A derelict tower and some open-cast mining

Hamish takes a photo

Nosher with a flat cap

Nosher in the mountains

Hamish sips some water and surveys the view

Hamish and the mountains

A view of Snowdonia

Hamish strolls through Caernarfon Castle

Caernarfon Castle

A Caernarfon tower

A view of Caernarfon

Looking out over the sea from Caernarfon

South Stack and the lighthouse

A sheer drop at South Stack on Anglessey

South Stack Lighthouse