Hikes & fun with the missionaries

 We were able to go on a few hikes with the missionaries this month. Hiking the Garth

was cold but fun hiking with Sister Timothy and Sister Cuyos. 

One thing different between Las Vegas and Wales is that the grass stays green all winter long:)

Beautiful view of Cardiff from The Garth

One of the Iron Age Burial Mounds on top

The Welsh Dragon always reminds you of where you are. 

I love that all throughout walking areas in the UK there are benches set up in memory of family members. 

Time out to enjoy the view!

The Garth with Elder Garcia & Elder Pang-Siang

New Year's Day

Our hike to the falls near Treorchy with the Ponty missionaries  

Sister Hamilton, Sister Menlove, Elder Garcia & Elder Pang-Siang

                                 2026

         We always have a great time being with this missionaries.

Saint Gwynno Church

We stopped by here on our way back from our hike to the falls. This church has been around for centuries but was restored in 1894. The church is locked but you can go to the pub a few hundred yards away and borrow the key to get in.

Elder Pang-Siang & Elder Garcia

Taco Tuesday

I'm not sure if it was on a Tuesday, but Elder Herdt can't pass up a taco shop, especially when Elder Garcia is with him.

Elder Santa Maria, Elder Garcia and Elder Herdt

A Few More Places of Interest:)

Tyntesfield 

When we first arrived in the country we stopped by Tyntesfield while practicing our driving. We were there too late to go inside the manor house so we recently stopped back by and had the opportunity to go inside the house and chapel. 

Tyntesfield, Somerset, is a 19th-century Gothic Revival house built on wealth from the trade in Peruvian guano by the Gibbs family. William Gibbs turned his business into a global trading powerhouse, making him one of the richest people in England. He and his wife Blanche hired leading Victorian designers such as John Norton and John Gregory Crace to create their home, filling it with a significant collection of art, set within formal gardens and parkland. 

Beautiful Fall colors this time. 

Tyntesfield House was decorated for Christmas with a fairytale theme. 

The Chapel

Tredegar House

Newport

Welsh wealthy and wild, the Morgan family called Tredegar House home for the centuries. Claiming descent from the Welsh princes, the Morgans were influential in Newport and the surrounding counties in South East Wales. Learn how they played a big part in the social political and economic scene in the area and discover traces of the Morgans that can still be found in the local area to this day.

Beautiful manor house and stables. 

Extensive Garden and Parklands

Pines that remind us of the Redwoods back home.

A branch on this tree broke and impaled itself on the fence. 

Many places seem to have their own Stonehenge of sorts.

Beautiful flowers and gardens. 

Stables

Puzzlewood 

Walking through Puzzlewood felt like being in a setting 

of Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit.

A variety of mushrooms were growing everywhere. 

Walking through Puzzlewood was a fun day out.