Adventures from Wales Profile Banner
Adventures from Wales Profile
Adventures from Wales

@AdvFromWales

163
Followers
179
Following
300
Media
625
Statuses

Highlighting history, sights and scenery from my local area of Neath Port Talbot and all around Wales.

Wales, United Kingdom
Joined April 2022
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Are there many better sights in Wales than Richard Booth’s bookstore in Hay-on-Wye? I don’t think so… #WalkWales #HayonWye #Wales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
1
10
54
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
4 months
Love seeing these on my walks, to the point it’s a bit disappointing when I see a red cylinder post box without one. Have you seen any that you like? This one’s on Harle Street, #Neath . #neathporttalbot #visitneath #wales #walkwales @neath_town_council @nptcouncil @neathrfc
Tweet media one
0
4
21
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Here at @ODEONCinemas Bridgend for @JohnWickUK Chapter 4. This place gets better each time I come. Managed to get the Luxe+ seat this time - all included in Limitless membership. And no - this is not a paid ad!
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
2
1
15
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
My highlight of Neath Port Talbot: Neath Abbey. A good contender for the most underrated attraction in Wales, too. #Neath #NPT #Wales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
2
11
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
7 months
@NoContextBrits I’ve always found these far more effective. The smaller the better. With the sponge one, the sponge disintegrates way too fast…
Tweet media one
1
0
10
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Another local history walk. This one took in Neath Abbey’s former ironworks - the first place in Wales to be lit by gas. It’s very well looked after by @PeterIronworks . @WalkthroughNPT #Neath #NeathPortTalbot #visitwales
0
4
10
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
On another @FlyDriveExplore Marcus Walks-inspired walk this morning, taking the Neath Canal from Aberdulais. Some of my favourite views from the first half: #WalkWales @WalkthroughNPT
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2
4
9
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
This is easily the most scenic place I’ve stopped for my mid-walk coffee - and not a soul here! #Neath #NPT #WalkWales #WalesCollective #VisitNeath @WalkthroughNPT @NeathTCouncil @NPTCouncil @Rees4Neath
0
2
9
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Light seems to shine down upon @StDavidsNeath this evening. The church, consecrated in 1866, is perhaps the most iconic site in Neath town centre. #Neath #visitneath #visitnpt #neathporttalbot
Tweet media one
1
3
8
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A walk along the Newton - Candleston circular route, #Porthcawl . A great walk with great views of Porthcawl and Ogmore, especially in spectacular weather like Saturday’s. On the recommendation of @flydriveexplore ! #Bridgend #VisitPorthcawl #VisitBridgend #WalkWales #Wales
0
2
8
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
Other than the costumes and the music, this has absolutely nothing to do with Peaky Blinders. I don’t get it. #BAFTATVAwards
0
0
7
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A very solid effort for a £1 a portion - from scratch too! @jamieoliver
Tweet media one
0
1
7
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
5 months
Some snaps from today’s walk on the south coast of the #Gower , a circular from Southgate taking in Brandy Cove and Pwlldu Bay. �� #Wales #WalkWales #Swansea #TheGower #WelshCollection #KeepWalesWalking #Walking #Hiking #Active
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
2
1
6
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
10 months
Covering the launch of The Neath Antiquarian Volume Four at @NeathLibrary today. On-sale to the public at 12:30pm! @NeathTCouncil @NPTCouncil @NPTCGroup @WalkthroughNPT #Neath #LocalHistory
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
4
7
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Some photos from yesterday’s visit to @The_Waterfront : #VisitWales @visitwales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
6
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
My walk around Cilybebyll, #NeathPortTalbot . #WalkWales #Wales
1
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Tweet media one
0
0
6
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Is there no explanation for the #BritainsGotTalent cat? Got to be the lowest low in the history of the show…
1
0
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Some footage from today’s wander from Pontneddfechan to Sgwd Gwladus waterfall, Neath Port Talbot / Brecon Beacons. Roaring rivers, mysterious mines, wondrous waterfalls… and a whole lot of mud. #WalkWales @NPTCouncil @WalkthroughNPT
0
1
6
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
A great little prize package of Welsh history books from @fly2wales arrived in the post today. Thanks - will start reading tonight!
Tweet media one
1
2
6
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A quaint view out of the upper window of Richard Booth’s bookshop, #HayonWye . #Wales #WalkWales
Tweet media one
0
1
6
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Here are the highlights from my walk through Briton Ferry Woods. Again inspired by Marcus Walks @flydriveexplore , I initially attempted this on Sunday evening. I’m so pleased I returned - with perfect weather to boot. #Neath #BritonFerry @WalkthroughNPT
1
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A great day for having mountains/hills out the back window!
Tweet media one
0
0
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
5 months
Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Allan Leonard Lewis, perhaps Neath's most renowned War hero and Herefordshire's only recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Tweet media one
1
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Not the Wild West… Porthcawl!
Tweet media one
0
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Some photos from the second half of my Haunted Fields walk, #ValeofGlamorgan , from the weekend. #Wales #WalkWales #VOG @visitthevale @visitwales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Newton Beach, #Porthcawl , looking absolutely majestic this morning. #Wales #WalkWales #VisitWales
0
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
If only the Rheola Estate was still in its heyday. This is how it looks today from Glynneath Road. #Neath #WalkWales
0
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
0
1
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
6 months
And after this, he chose not to bring him back for the final three! Unbelievable. #TheApprentice
@UB1UB2
UB1UB2 West London (Southall)
6 months
Why did he start clapping so early 😭 #TheApprentice
16
22
325
0
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
@cadwwales It’s set along one of the most scenic walk routes in south Wales too!
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Some photos from the second half of my Haunted Fields walk, #ValeofGlamorgan , from the weekend. #Wales #WalkWales #VOG @visitthevale @visitwales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
2
5
0
0
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
How can Strictly Come Dancing, a show which has been devoid of any new ideas for 20 years, win Best Entertainment Programme? #BAFTATVAwards
1
0
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Some shots from today’s walk: the #Cilybebyll walk, #NeathPortTalbot . Could easily be done in around an hour - but no walk is complete for me without finding a bench for tea and biscuits.! #Wales #WalkWales #VisitNPT @NPTCouncil @WalkthroughNPT
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
The second half of the mountain walk at @DVCP9 . With the first half ending at the top of the climb, continue along the path to find a marker alongside a route to the left.
1
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
@HouseHistorian1 Richard Booth’s bookshop, Hay-on-Wye?
1
0
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A reasonably shorter walk today along the #NeathCanal from Resolven to the Rheola Estate. Parking just off the Resolven roundabout on the A465, the route hops onto the canal at the Resolven basin.
1
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
5 months
March 1st is #StDavidsDay , marking the anniversary of the death of #StDavid / #DewiSant , possibly in the year 589 or 601. Here's a piece by #NeathAntiquarianSociety President David Michael about St. David and depictions of him in the iconic #Neath church that bears his name.
Tweet media one
1
2
5
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
I’ve been meaning to for a while, but today I got the chance to take on one of @FlyDriveExplore ’s Marcus Walks. This one, Mynydd Dinas, overlooking Baglan and Port Talbot, took in a heck of a lot of sights in just 38-or-so minutes to reach the top - even with two bench pit-stops!
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
4
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Some snaps from this weekend’s walk through Fforest Fawr to Castell Coch.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
1
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
ON THIS DAY: On 21st April 1962, the Neath Welsh Dragons Speedway team was set to make its home Speedway League debut at the Neath Abbey Stadium against Wolverhampton Wolves. #Neath #Wales #SpeedWay
Tweet media one
1
2
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
The new Neath Leisure Centre is looking superb. Neath is in desperate need of facilities like this. #Neath #NeathPortTalbot
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
2
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A few of the exhibits located within the @swpolice Heritage Centre, including a 1932 poster advertising the Freedom of the Borough event for P. S. Ernest J. Rollings M. C.. Well worth a visit! #Wales #WalkWales #WalesCollective #WalesCollection #VisitWales #Bridgend
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
0
0
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
@ClaireFayers @HouseHistorian1 The Castle Hotel in Neath is full of history and ghost stories. Robert King’s books of ghost stories in the Neath area are worth a read. Meanwhile, here’s a great video from @FlyDriveExplore of some more:
1
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
A gallery of shots from today’s walk from Newton Beach, Porthcawl towards Candleston and back. Inspired by the most recent Marcus Walks by @FlyDriveExplore ! #WalkWales #Porthcawl #Bridgend #Wales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
2
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
The autumn sun beams down on Neath Abbey. @WalkthroughNPT #Neath #NeathAbbey #NeathPortTalbot
Tweet media one
0
1
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
0
2
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
This morning, I walked from Waunceirch to the top of Drummau Mountain, #Neath . The walk was steep in parts, particularly towards the top, but the reward was views across the whole of #Neath , and off into the distance towards #Swansea and #PortTalbot .
1
1
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
Today’s walk - a circular from Llantrisant Woods to Llanharan and back. The highlight was seeing the ruins of St Peter’s Church - an ancient church located in a near-desolate spot but with stunning views south over Pencoed and towards Bridgend and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2
0
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Looking for an easy but interesting one-hour walk in Wales? Try this one, along the Neath Canal to Glynneath.
0
2
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
5 months
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
0
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Tweet media one
0
1
4
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 month
Particularly proud of this shot from my walk this weekend in #Carmarthenshire . Any guesses where it may be? #Wales #welshwalks @DerekTheWeather @carm_ant @CarmsMuseums @Carmjournal
Tweet media one
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
9 months
Happy Halloween! Here’s some nightmare fuel from Salisbury’s Long Stay Central car park… the camera doesn’t do justice to showing how big they were! — #Salisbury #Wiltshire #VisitWiltshire #VisitSalisbury #Hotel
0
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Heartily recommended Chinese food in Gigi Gao, Swansea Marina this evening. @jayrayner1 is its most high-profile fan…
Tweet media one
1
2
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Paxton’s Tower, #Carmarthenshire , with clear blue skies. A folly overlooking the village of Llanarthne, visitors would have enjoyed carriage rides to the tower for celebratory banquets.
Tweet media one
1
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
The Neath Mechanics Institute building, erected in 1847. This church place address is easy to miss, but is full of history - quite literally. Originally used to promote the improvement of working class men, the building was designed by Alfred Russel Wallace… (1/2)
Tweet media one
1
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
It’s quite pretty in Sker… @_visitbridgend #Porthcawl
1
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
I keep seeing these advertised and then let it slip my mind. Looking forward to fixing that with the next one.
@CopperworksHM
Friends of Hafod Morfa Copperworks
3 months
It was great to welcome a big crowd for today's free guided tour of Hafod Morfa Copperworks. Massive thanks to the tour guides & the helpers. The weather was amazing, a beautiful blue sky and full sunshine today, unlike the "copper smoke" the workers endured over 100 years ago!
Tweet media one
1
4
16
1
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
After three rainy weeks… looks like it’s finally walk day!
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
@ceritheviking High Street could look amazing. It should look amazing.
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
4 months
Cardiff City Stadium on the morning of what could be a famous night for Welsh football. Wales vs Poland, Euro 2024 Qualifying Play-Off Final, 7:45pm today. — #Wales #Poland #Polska #VisitWales #Cardiff #Football #Cymru #CCS #CardiffCityStadium #WalkWales #WelshCollection
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
10 months
Surrounded by great walks, Ogmore Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan is notable not just for its history but for its horses. I passed at just the right time to catch them crossing the Ogmore River.
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
10 months
Of the countless stunning sections of the @walescoastpath @wales_coast_path , the stretch from the River Ogmore to Southerndown/Dunraven Bay has to be the most underrated for the sheer number of scenic walks and diversions on offer. #valeofglam #valeofglamorgan #vog #visitwales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Leaves falling off the trees already… it’s only July!
Tweet media one
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
The first half of my walk through the “Haunted” Fields of the #ValeofGlamorgan yesterday. This half took me from the pretty village of St. Nicholas, part farms, woods and fields to St. Lythan’s burial chamber. #WalkWales @ValeofGlamorgan @visitthevale @KWT_VOG #VOG @visitwales
1
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
7 months
It took just three weeks of working in Swansea for me to make the pilgrimage to @swanseamarket for some cockles… @VisitSwanseaBay @visitwales #Swansea #Wales
Tweet media one
1
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
And a few more:
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
9 months
Relaxing rainy views of Salisbury this Sunday afternoon, from the Riverside Hotel:
1
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
M&S Neath closes for the final time today after 89 years in the town. It’s been an institution. Footage below. #Neath #NPT #NeathPortTalbot #Wales @marksandspencer
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Stressed? I recommend my walk this morning, along the #Neath Canal from Ynysbwllog to Abergarwed. Peaceful scenes include… #NPT #NeathPortTalbot #VisitNeath @WalkthroughNPT @NPTCouncil
0
2
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
7 months
@AppleTV Watched the first two episodes last night. Looking forward to continuing!
0
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Castell Henllys Iron Age Village, on the north side of #Pembrokeshire . There’s very few tourist attractions like it - this is the only Iron Age Village in Britain, where living accommodation from the era has been reconstructed in the exact spot that it stood millennia ago.
0
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
4 months
Even Neath town centre is good for finding a quiet spot for nature. Spent lunch today watching the ducks on the Neath Canal between Morrison’s and Neath Castle. — #Wales #VisitWales #Neath #NeathPortTalbot #NPT #VisitNPT #WalkWales #WelshCollection #WelshHistory
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
I’m a big proponent of exploring my local area, that being #NeathPortTalbot . This round walk of just over two hours took me between two Aqueducts, those of #Aberdulais and #Ynysbwllog . On a Saturday morning, I can’t have seen more than five people on the entire journey. #Neath
0
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 months
Watching my first #BGT 2024 semi-final tonight. Is the opening act the standard this year? Not a single correct note in the entire song, and the judges lying through their teeth to big him up afterwards? This show so desperately needs to be put out to pasture.
0
0
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Almost forgot to post the second half of the Newton ridge walk! #WalkWales @_visitbridgend #Porthcawl #Bridgend #Wales
0
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Some of my favourite shots from a recent walk around #Pontrhydyfen . #Neath #NeathPortTalbot #Wales #WalkWales #PortTalbot
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
3
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
3 months
@melandjake99 @AldiUK Good on you for doing it! I did the same in Victoria Gardens Neath yesterday.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
The Melincourt Waterfall in a white and wintery guise today: #Wales #NeathPortTalbot #MelincourtWaterfall #WalkWales @visitwales #visitNPT
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
1
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Today’s film recommendation: Tetris, on @AppleTVPlus . As the self-proclaimed biggest Nintendo fan in the world, I almost overlooked this one, but glad I didn’t - a gripping true story behind one of the biggest video games in history, romping through Russia, Japan and more.
Tweet media one
3
1
2
0
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
8 months
0
0
0
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
5 months
Inside the church David is twice represented in stained glass.
Tweet media one
1
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
The tower is thought by many to have been Paxton’s tribute to Admiral Lord Nelson. Plaques which were formerly on each of the tower’s three sides attest to this.
Tweet media one
1
0
1
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
5 months
Shots from Harlech Castle - former home for five years of the last Welsh Prince of Wales. @cadwwales @fly2wales @WalesCoastPath
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
6 months
0
1
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
9 months
@ILovesTheDiff Chip Alley til I die!
0
0
1
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Some views from this week’s walk around The Gnoll, Neath. #Neath #TheGnoll #NPT #NeathPortTalbot #WalkWales #Wales
0
1
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
The very scenic Pizza Tipi in Cardigan. These potato cake starters were superb. There’s not many places you can go to eat pizza in a teepee in front of a roaring fire… in February! #Cardigan #Ceredigion #InstaTravel #InstaFood #Wales #VisitWales
0
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Shots from a hike up Drummau Mountain, Neath this morning: #Wales #Hiking #VisitWales #TravelWales
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
@CaerphillyCBC @TwmbarlwmSoc For some reason, the vid’s not been added to the thread. Here it is:
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
My walk from @cwmcarnforest to Twmbarlwm. This very scenic walk in the south-east of Caerphilly County Borough involves a lot of climbing, but a historic hill fort/castle site with views of Newport, the Severn Bridges, Flatholm, Steepholm and the Brecon Beacons is the reward.
0
0
1
1
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 month
I did a midweek walk this week - and picked a great day for it. It was back to #RhonddaCynonTaf county, parking at Pen Pych Forest and then taking in a clockwise circular walk which rose very steeply at the beginning after passing what little is left of the old Dunraven Colliery.
1
2
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
1 year
Some more shots from my walk along the Neath Canal from Resolven to Rheola this week:
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
0
2
@AdvFromWales
Adventures from Wales
2 years
Some shots from the Richard Burton trail, Pontrhydyfen, this morning. The River Afan rushing much more furiously than I’ve ever seen it before… #walkwales #visitneath #wales @WalkthroughNPT
0
3
2