Santa Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/santa/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:19:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Santa Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/santa/ 32 32 2696646 Visiting Santa in Clearwell Caves https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/12/visiting-santa-in-clearwell-caves/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/12/visiting-santa-in-clearwell-caves/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:14:03 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9297 This year for our Christmas family gathering we all headed off to the Forest of Dean. First we had a very nice and very large lunch in the Miners Arms and then went to Clearwell Caves to visit Santa. The caves are actually a combination of natural caves and extensive mine workings. The mining dates...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/12/visiting-santa-in-clearwell-caves/feed/ 0 9297 Talyllyn Railway https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/12/talyllyn-railway/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/12/talyllyn-railway/#respond Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:29:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6834 Just a short video clip from our trip to see Santa on the Talyllyn Railway Santa Special.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/12/talyllyn-railway/feed/ 0 6834 Santa Special on The Talyllyn Railway https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/12/santa-special-on-the-talyllyn-railway/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/12/santa-special-on-the-talyllyn-railway/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:30:06 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6806 Our annual trip to see Santa this year was aboard the Santa Special at the Talyllyn Railway. We had down this a couple of years ago and enjoyed it so thought we’d join a group of Morgan’s friends and do it again. The recent snowy weather was going to make it a very scenic train...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/12/santa-special-on-the-talyllyn-railway/feed/ 1 6806 It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/its-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-christmas/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/its-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-christmas/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:30:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3236 With my birthday over, we are now allowed to start getting into the Christmas Spirit, so we made the most of it on Saturday. First we went to see Santa in his underground grotto at King Arthur’s Labyrinth. There can’t be many Santa’s Grotto’s around the country where you have to wear a hard hat...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/its-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-christmas/feed/ 0 3236 Visiting Santa in West Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/visiting-santa-in-west-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/visiting-santa-in-west-wales/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:31:10 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=2996 It’ll soon be that time of year again when Morgan and all his friends from school will want to visit Santa and let him know what they want for Christmas. So, where can the big red bearded man be found? Tal y Llyn Railway He can be found on the Santa Specials at the Tal...

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