Help me (not) sleep under a bridge

[dhampyresa]

I am most likely going to spend about three weeks/a month in Great Britain this August.

It'll be just me.

I have no idea what I'm doing yet. I want to go Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, possibly more places, and will likely spend a couple days in London, if only to get over the massive jetlag of going from a French to British timezone. A whole hour, the

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[bunn]

Not sure what sort of thing to rec... If you are going to North Wales, then a stop in Chester maybe? it's a surprisingly beautiful Roman/medieval town and seems to be a bit off the usual tourist tracks. Caernarfon is interesting but I always think it feels a bit Iron Fist of the Normans even now

[dhampyresa]

Thank you so much for all the recs! :D And the advice about the railways/roads in Wales.

I will indeed not be using a car.

I definitely want to go to the Minack theater ever since you mentionned it, it looks amazing!

[wordsofastory]

Oh, you could go to Hay-on-Wye! It's a tiny, tiny village in Wales remarkable mostly for being entirely composed of bookstores. There's pretty much nothing to do there other than look at bookstores, though, so I wouldn't recommend spending more than a day there, at most. On the other hand, it's right on the edge of the Brecon Beacons park, so if you're into hiking through terrifyingly isolated moorlands and hills, you could easily get in both on one trip

[wordsofastory]

Oh! And if you make it up to York, it has a Viking Museum that's supposed to be legitimately amazing.

[dhampyresa]

THE BOOKSTORE VILLAGE AKA MY DREAM PLACE YES I WILL GO THERE

Thank you for the recs! The Orkneys look cool and I think it'll be nice to go there.

[wordsofastory]

Enjoy it :D

Oh, and since you'll be in Edinburgh, I just heard recently that they have a catacomb-like system of underground tunnels called the "Edinburgh Vaults", and you can go on tours of them!