Abi's Adventures

My home education journey

  • Cleaning bird baths

    We are getting ready for spring and giving all our bird baths and bird feeders a very good clean.

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  • Cefn Coed Viadut and Cyfarthfa Castle & Museum

    Cefn Coed Viaduct

    After visiting the Brecon Mountain Railway we walked across the historic Cefn Coed Viaduct.

    The viaduct was built in 1866 and was used by trains to connect Merthyr Tydfil with Brecon.

    It has 15 arches and is 770 ft long. Today it’s part of the Taff Trail, route 8 of the National Cycleway.

    Cyfarthfa Castle & Museum

    From the viaduct we could see part of the Cyfarthfa Castle, so we visited there next.

    Learning Opportunities:

    • learning to identify the cygnets from last year as they were still partially grey
    • watching coots dive
    • exercise on the playground and interactions with other children as it was a busy Sunday
    • completing the lego trail around the museum
    • using the interactive display screens around the museum to learn all about the history of Cyfarthfa Castle
    • learning what a Blacksmith does
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  • Brecon Mountain Railway

    On Sunday mummy and I took a trip on the Brecon Mountain Railway. It travels along the Taf Fechan Reservoir and then climbs up to Torpantau station. From the carriage we could see the Pontsticill.

    We looked around the steam works where all the trains go to get repaired. We noticed all the big cranes and rails on the ceiling that are used to hoist heavy bits of train around.

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  • Tenby Steam Punk Festival 2026

    We went with friends to the annual Steam Punk Festival in Tenby. People dressed up in very odd clothes, most of the outfits were home made and made use of buttons, goggles, top hats, black material. Some of the dresses were beautiful.

    There was one man who was wearing a badgers head, he looked really funny walking down the street.

    There was also a really cool robot bubble machine that followed my friends and I around. There was a huge dog which looked like it was made of paper mache and was mounted to an old pram. The owner could move it’s head in really life like poses.

    My friends and I had our photos taken by a local journalist and we appeared in both The Tenby Observer and The Western Telegraph newspapers.

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  • Exploring St Catherines Island and Fort

    After the Steam Punk Festival mummy and I visited St Catherines Island and fort. At low tide you can walk to it across the sand. There is a small entrance fee but it’s well worth it.

    The fort was built in the 13th century but more recently it was a zoo. There used to be monkeys and alligators living on the island.

    The fort itself was a bit scary, it had been decorated for halloween. We visted the chapel and saw where the big guns used to sit. We also went downstairs to the prison.

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  • Springing into spring with the trampoline

    Over winter we store my trampoline down in the wood store.

    I had my friend Esmae over today and the weather was so hot we did a deal with daddy that if we swept some of the stones off the drive, he would setup the trampoline for us.

    It was so hot we even put on swimsuits and played in the paddling pool too.

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  • Recent Exercise

    • Swimming lessons
    • I’ve done another term of aerial classes
    • I’ve been to the Atlantis swim session again with my friend
    • Daddy and I had a day cycling in Cardiff

  • Recent Arts & Crafts

    • Free style drawing
    • My friend had an Arts & Crafts theme birthday party
    • Making St Patricks Day cards
    • Making birthday cards
    • Scratch art with stencils

  • Lego Dumper Digger

    I had lots of fun designing and building my very own dumper digger from lego.

    It has axle suspension, a tilting bucket and a dumper back.

  • Fun at Folly Farm

    We took my friend to Folly Farm today.

    We watched the lions being hand fed, they make a really loud low growl, but looked so soft and cuddly. I learnt that an adult lion can eat up to 18kg of meat at a time, taking a few meals from a kill over a 2-3 day period.

    We spent lots of time playing in the outdoor playgrounds making up games in the castle and the big ship.

    We also spent a while watching the pelicans. I was surprised they were able to preen their feathers with their huge beaks.

    We went in the venom shed and I was super excited to see a Cobra skull. I’ve been learning about snakes recently. it was cool to see the fangs. We did a post about snakes last month: https://abisadventures.blog/2026/02/13/plantasia-snakes/

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