Akohia te tuku i tō aituā kia whakahaere i a koe i runga i tētahi haerenga poti mā te Pāka ā-Motu o Brecon Beacons i te Tonga o Wales.
Ko Nina Ruggiero te kaiwhakahaere ētita matua o Travel + Leisure, ā, ko ia tētahi o ngā kaiwhakaū o Be A Travel Writer, he akoranga ipurangi mō ngā kairīpoata haereere e hiahia ana ki te mōhio. He tangata nō Niu Ioka ia e noho ana i Los Angeles, ā, he nui tōna hiahia ki ngā wāhi takutai moana, ki ngā mahi mōrearea o waho, ki ngā hōtēra ahurei, ki ngā haereere e whakaaetia ana mō ngā mōkai me tana kuri koura retriever @travelswithcali me ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki Itari.
"Kia pōturi!" te karanga a taku hoa a Alex i te ara hīkoi e tata ana ki te awaawa i oma atu ai ahau. Ko tana reo māhana me tōna reo ātaahua i huna i te mataku o tōna reo.
Hei whakautu, i pana tonu ahau i te rīpene hē ki mua, ka tukuna tō mātou poti 45-putu te roa ki roto i te tuanui whakarewa o te piriti kume i whakatuwheratia e Alex. Waimarie, ko te tere katoa o te kaipuke e tata ana ki te whā maero ia hāora. Heoi, i rangona he pakū nui o te whakarewa ki runga i te whakarewa, ka aukati i tētahi rōpū iti o te hunga e tū tata ana. Kāore he mea pai atu i ngā Amerikana e taraiwa ana i te UK.
"Tino... āta haere," te kī anō a Alex. I tōku taha, ko Kali, taku kurī koura, e titiro ana ki te takutai me te mea nei kei te tata ia te wehe atu i te kaipuke.
I utua e mātou tēnei poti mai i Country Craft Narrowboats i te kāinga o Llangynyddr i a mātou e toru rā te haerenga ki te awa i roto i te Pāka Whenua o Brecon Beacons i te Tonga o Wales. I tipu ake a Alex i te 30 maero te tawhiti, ā, he maha āna haerenga hī ika me ōna hararei ki te rohe me tōna whānau. He moenga kingi tō mātou poti, Country Girl, me ngā moenga kōwhai, he kīhini katoa, he wāhi noho me te wāhi kai, he kaukau me te ua, me te papa nui e taea ai te noho ki ngā tūru puni e rua. Ka taea e koe te noho ki runga, ka inu kawhe i te ata i a ngā parera e takaro ana. E hoe ana i tō mātou taha.
E 20 maero te roa o tā mātou haerenga hoki mai i te awa o Monmouthshire me Brecon mai i Llankindir ki te tāone o Brecon, ā, hoki mai ana. Ka rere mātou i roto i ngā whenua, i ngā pāmu hipi me ngā tihi onepū whero o ngā Brecon Beacons, te wāhi i ahu mai ai te ingoa o te pāka. I whai mātou i te mapi o te pā i te taha o te awa, ā, ka tau te waka mō te pō kia taea ai e mātou te hoki ngāwari ki te poti ki te tākaro kāri, ki te moe noa rānei i roto i te whakamarie o tō mātou poti.
He harikoa, he mokemoke hoki ā mātou rā. He maha ngā hāora i pau i a mātou e pārekareka ana ki ngā tirohanga me ngā haruru o te pāka, i ētahi wā ka tū mātou ki te hikoi, ki te pikiniki rānei.
I muri i te rā ua me te hau nui i waho o ngā ara wai me ngā papa paru, kāore he wāhi pai ake hei whakaatu i te cwtch (he kupu Welsh mō te "awhi, awhi" he wāhi iti haumaru rānei) i te pā mahana. He maha ā mātou tūnga - me ngā makawe mākū, ngā kākahu paru me ngā kurī mākū - ā, i manaakihia mātou me ngā ringa tuwhera. I muri tata mai i te tūnga ki te Royal Oak Hotel i te kāinga o Penchley, i tae mai he waea e kī ana kua wehea tō mātou poti, ā, kei te mānu i waenganui o te awa. I oma atu a Alex ki te ua ki te tiki i a ia; Mā te noho i te taha o te ahi me te karāhe Breacon gin - he waiora Welsh i whakatōkia mai i te wai o te pāka ā-motu - ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakamarie i ō io.
I whakanuia e mātou tō mātou haerenga ki Brecon me te gin tango-atu mai i Hop In Beer & Gin House, i tukuna me ngā manga rosemary, ngā poro karepe me te pepa pango. I muri mai i taua ahiahi ka tū mātou ki te wharekai Three Horseshoes i te tihi o te puke i Grosffordd, ā, ka kai mātou i te hupa rīki, te puku poaka me te ika monkfish Cornish i roto i tētahi whare rakau i te takutai moana i waenganui i ngā ika i te māra o muri.
Haunga te kōrero ki ētahi kaitiaki tūao i atawhai i ahau ki te whakahaere i ngā raka i te toenga o te ara, i a Alex e pupuri ana i te urungi (i ako mātou i ā mātou hapa), i pau ō mātou rā i roto i te mokemoke harikoa. I pau ngā hāora ki a mātou e pārekareka ana ki ngā tirohanga me ngā oro o te pāka, i ētahi wā ka tū mō te hikoi, mō te pikiniki rānei. Ina ua, pērā i ia rā, ka uru mātou ki te aratau ora, ka hopu i ā mātou taputapu ārai wai, ka karanga i ngā tohutohu, ka ngaro ō mātou reo i te hau, ka huihui ki te ārahi i ā mātou poti ki te haumaru.
Nā te rerekētanga i waenganui i te marino me te adrenaline i homai he māramatanga hohonu ake ki ahau mō te ngākau aroha i kōrero tonu ai a Alex mō āna haerenga tamarikitanga ki ngā Brecon Beacons. Ko tōna ngākau pai me tōna hihiri mō te oranga o ia rā, he mea tauhou ki ahau i taku tūtakitanga tuatahi ki a ia, i puta whakarere mai he tikanga: ki te kore te iwi o Wales e ako ki te kanikani i te ua, kāore he wā nui mō rātou ki te kanikani.
E ono ngā poti a Country Craft Narrowboats me ngā mea whakamarie katoa o te kāinga. E wātea ana mai i Maehe ki Oketopa.
Ka taea e koe te inu pia tuku iho i te pae inu whakamarie o tēnei whare tira o te rautau 16, ka taea rānei e koe te pārekareka ki ngā rihi kai moana papai o te pā, tae atu ki te pai ika me te puree saffron me te hope ika tunutunu me te puree pī me te miniti.
I muri i te hikoi, te eke paihikara rānei, ka taea e koe te kai i te kai tunutunu tuku iho o te Rātapu, te pai mīti me te pia reka, te waewae reme, te chili con carne rānei, me te maha o ngā oko pēke ā-rohe me te tini hei whakakaha i te tinana.
Kia pai ki ngā rihi kāinga tawhito tae atu ki te hāmi me ngā hua manu, te ika me ngā parai me te kari heihei i roto i te māra pia taha moana o tēnei pā whānau i te wā e whiti ana te rā, i te taha rānei o te kanga ahi o roto i ngā rā ua.
Ko ngā kai tino pai o te wā i roto i te wharekai pēnei i te mīti hope me te rātiti me te kāpeti pakari; te puku poaka me te aporo matomato me te riki; ā, ko Garden Beach Shack e tuku ana i ngā rīki wera me te wai rimu nori kia taea ai e ngā kai te matakitaki i ngā tihi maunga ahakoa te āhua o te rangi.
I whakatuwheratia te Hop In i te tau 2020, e tuku ana i ngā pia mahi toi mai i Progressive Brewery me ngā gin mai i te ao katoa, tae atu ki ngā kai reka i hangaia mai i ngā kaiwhakarato o te rohe, tae atu ki te reme tuku iho me te tiihi cheddar Welsh; ngā kūtai mā i roto i te waina, te kāriki me te waewae parera confit; ngā croquette riki matomato me te kanekane.
To explore Wales in more detail, contact T+L A-List consultant Nicola Butler, who is planning a trip around the country, including hidden gems like the Pembrokeshire coast. Email: nicola@noteworthy.co.uk.
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