Three nights in south/mid Wales in late December - any suggestions?

[chrism]

But the M5 is handy if you want to get from Brum to Cornwall 

And it has both the best (Gloucester) and the worst (Bridgewater) services 

[Train Waiting]

If you are driving up the coast, you might find Aberdyfi an agreeable place to stay for a night.  And it's handy for Rheilffordd Talyllyn, which just happens to have trains operating that week.  https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/timetable

Pob hwyl.

John

[Bealman]

Last time I was in Betsw-y-coed (2014), there was a model railway open to the public, which I didn't find out about until I got back here!

Dunno if it's still there.

[LASteve]

Thanks, George. I'll do some research and report back (bach!)

[crewearpley40]

George. Steve. Here is the idea you seek http://www.conwyrailwaymuseum.co.uk/     Steve maybe worth emailing them to see if they are open

[LASteve]

Thanks, Chris - tremendously helpful

[LASteve]

Haia

So we're set with our Cymru leg of the trip, thanks to all of you for suggestions, many of which still to explore when we're in situ, so to speak.

Thanks to @maridunian Mike for setting us on the Pembrokeshire path. We're spending a night in Dylan Thomas's favorite bar, the Brown's Hotel - with luck we won't actually be sleeping in the bar, but you never know.

Two nights in St David's, with plenty of time to spend exploring the coastal paths and pubs and coastal paths pubs ( ) Alright already, the coastal paths too. And pubs. 

A leisurely drive up the coast to the previously-booked Portmeirion village with dinner at the hotel, then two nights in Snowdonia and seeing if we can fit in a visit to the railway museum if it's open.

@Train Waiting - John, thanks for the suggestion, we might be able to fit in a side trip on the Talyllyn railway on the travel day, I'd forgotten that it was there.

So thanks all of you for the ideas. I just hope all this comes to fruition otherwise I'll be offloading hotel and restaurant reservations to all y'all if we suddenly find ourselves unable to travel!

Happy to buy drinks if any of you are in the area that week to say "Thank You" properly.

[TrevL]

If you're going to Portmerion, you're only ten minutes from Portmadog and the teminus of the Ffestiniog and the Welsh Highland Railway, although whether they'll be open is another thing.

[joe cassidy]

Do pubs still close on Sunday in some parts of Wales ?

[TrevL]

Do pubs still close on Sunday in some parts of Wales ?

No, well not in the north anyway, all the expat scousers wouldn't stand for it.

[Bealman]

I've been on the Tallyllyn and the Ffestiniog. Both nice, but the Ffestiniog was better in my book - mind you, a nice day weatherwise and drinking beer in a first class carriage! Full story Here

[LASteve]

Do pubs still close on Sunday in some parts of Wales ?

No, well not in the north anyway, all the expat scousers wouldn't stand for it.

They used to on parts of the Lleyn peninsula. The golf club at Morfa Nefyn must had had about 5,000 members, most of them "social" members who didn't play. The car park filled up and overflowed into a couple of neighboring fields on Sundays, and the bar was packed. The course was mostly empty!