It’s been quite a while since our last major motorhome tour but now we are heading off for most of June on a trip around the coast of Wales.

First stop – the Six Counties CL at Nant Y Moor Park, just outside Newport.

We had the site to ourselves but I imagine it could get frequently get noisy during the day as the park houses a large clay pigeon shooting facility!

We visited two attractions the following day. First, Tredegar House, a National Trust property in Newport. It is one of the most significant late 17th-century houses in the whole of the British Isles. For more than 500 years the house was home to one of the greatest Welsh families, the Morgans, later Lords Tredegar. The Morgan family owned more than 40,000 acres in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorgan at the end of the 18th century. Their lives impacted on the population of south-east Wales socially, economically and politically and influenced the heritage of the area. As well as the house, the stables and entrance gate were paticularly impressive.

That afternoon we moved on to Caerphilly, the home of the largest castle in Wales, second in the UK only to Windsor. Built in the 13th century the site covers a total of 30 acres. During the Civil War, a gunpowder explosion in the south-east tower left it leaning precariously over the lake – but no sign of it collapsing yet! The castle’s upkeep has been neglected for some time but a new major project is under way to redevelop much of it’s internal structure. Unfortunately this meant we were unable to visit some of the most interesting parts of the site, such as the Great Hall, which was rather disappointing (although I did quite like the dragon pit!).

We ended the day by driving out to the far end of Gower Peninsular to our next campsite, the Mewslade View CL, just outside Rhossili.