England/Wales 2025- 24 Hours in Wales
Our first Saturday in England and we took a tiny dip into Wales. What do I mean by that? Probably just what you’re thinking. We didn’t have time to drive deeply into the country of Wales so we had to satisfy ourselves with crossing the border and staying in the first town we came upon. For us this meant the town of Chepstow. It’s so close to the border that when I told my husband that we were staying in Chepstow so we could check off visiting the final country in the United Kingdom he argued that Chepstow was still in England. Chepstow is indeed in Wales, but the name derives from Old English for market place. If you are native Welsh then you call it Cas-Gwent which refers to the “Castle of Gwent”. Speaking of castles, Chepstow has one. Did we see it? No we didn’t, even though we were staying within walking distance. I can only boil this down to jet lag and distracted minds. I genuinely forgot all about it until we were hours away. Do I regret this? I certainly do. I’ve never met...
