The Cottage Smallholder

We went to St Fagins last year - it's a very interesting day out.

re: Aberystwyth. There are lots of great walks in the area, coastal, hills, woodland. The walk up Constitution Hill is worth it - you get a great view of the town from the top, and there is a camera obscura up there too. The castle is very ruined and there isn't much to see but it's also free to wander round.

Nearby Borth has a zoo, which goes under the strange name of the Borth Animalarium.

there's a bothy by Devils Bridge near Aber also, i nearly stayed there once (took a load people out there and stayed for a fire but had to be at work the next morning), which is again, free!

And as the man said, there's the camera obscura (free) and the museum (free), on the uni campus there's the art centre which has various exhibitions etc, (usually free), along the cost from Borth is Ynyslas which is a nature reserve beach type thing with education centre thing (free), and there's a forest centre, not sure exactly what's there, my mate's dad used to work at the cafe (not free though), and as Mr Bob said, the animalarium (crap zoo),which has many monkeys and snakes, but as I remember it was relatively expensive. There's also the centre for alternative technology in Machynlleth, and many and various other stuffs. Nearish by is Llynbriane reservoir, which is beautiful,and make s a great day out. Cars are advisable round there though, as the public transport can be a bit rubbish.

the camp site I mentioned is  short walk from Aber, over constitution hill.

Also to be found in Aber is the shop Stars, right by the seafront. I used to work there, and if you tell the ladies (perhaps not the younger ones, they change quite often, there are many I've not met) in there that you were sent by Rae they may let you walk their dogs.

Furthermore,if you wanted to break the journey in Cardiff you're welcome to pitch a tent in my garden, it's not much of a garden, but theres space for a tent.