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Games Guy | December 4, 2010

Sport in Wales is always going up and down (and I’m not just talking about the fortunes of the Under 40s Women’s Space-Hopper team). The terrain of the nation lends itself to those sports that thrive on a little rough treatment when on the waves and on the dirt. If you’re looking at activity holidays in the British Isles, Activity Break Wales are the definitive option for anyone wanting to get caked in dirty or sea foam.

Exploration is the cornerstone of engaging sport. The world’s greatest athletes get to do this in a more metaphorical sense, testing themselves, their limits. But the casual holidaygoer will inevitably be drawn to sports that are about literal exploration, and rightly so. If you can discover a new place that you’ve had to work hard to get to, the pay off can feel enormous. Cycling may be something you’ve been doing casually or more seriously for years, or it may be something you simply haven’t touched since your teens. But if you’re going to take up Mountain Biking Wales is the natural choice for every budding cyclist. Among the Mountain Biking locations, Afan Forest should be first on your list. It has extensive trails graded for every skill level, and spectacular views to reward your effort.

But if your strength is in your hands rather than your feet, perhaps a canoe or kayak on the waves would be more appropriate. When considering Canoeing Wales has an amazing amount to offer the true adventurer. Working your way inland in a canoe is relaxing but exciting, but in calm weather the fun is really in canoeing round the coves and inlets of an absolutely stunning coastline that has so many hidden details you simply don’t get at land level or further out at sea. Canoeing is also a sport that’s very simple for newcomers to pick up, more so than Mountain Biking. But in the course of your holidays, you’ll be astonished at the placed either can take you.

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Games Guy | March 10, 2010

A few evenings ago my family and I were spending a rare night in together.It doesn’t happen as often as I would like, so when it does it’s good reason to have a laugh.

In a few months time my daughter is off to Spain on a school trip and we were all talking about how much she will be missed whilst she is away – NOT.

Anyway it took me back to my youth and although my school trips weren’t quite so glamorous as Spain, they were a huge part of me growing up.

However a UK short breaks trip was the limit of my very first (and last) school holiday when we visited Wales.  Glamorous it wasn’t.   We actually stayed in some God awful caravans in the middle of nowhere and all I can remember is how cold it was.   The company the school had booked the holiday with was dubbed as a UK activity holidays specialist.   They have actually gone out of business now, and to be honest that doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. They didn’t have a clue about anything and the activities they planned for us all were atrocious. One of the activities we had to do was canoeing on the lake and we also had to learn how to rotate our canoe so at one point we were submerged in the water and then we had to right ourselves. Now this itself was pretty rubbish, but it was the midst of January, so imagine how freezing cold the water was. We also had to have a go at mountain climbing. With the mountains being covered in snow and ice, you can imagine how dangerous this was for us youngsters.

At least when she goes on her trip to Spain the weather should be pretty nice.   I just hope she doesn’t get up too much mischief.

Whilst she is away with the school, I am thinking of returning to Wales for a little holiday of my own.   This time though I will not be staying in some damp and smelly caravan, holiday cottages Wales are my preferred choice of accommodation and I intend to book one with all the mod cons and enjoy all that Wales has to offer me.

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