Castell Dinas Bran, is a medival castle that overlooks Llangollen in Wales. The english name of this castle is "the crow's castle" and it was built in the 13th century. In Anna Seward's poem "LLangollen Vale", the history of Wales is told. The castle is mentioned briefly in the poem as a sign of Welsh power and prominence in a time when England was trying to take over Wales. The Princes of Powys Fadog built to rule over the small area of Llangollen, Wales.

Plas Newydd is a country house in Wales. Constructed in the 15th century, and has since passed through marriage and inheritance. In the 18th century, it was remodeled and given a more gothic aesthetic. 

Gretna Green is a village located in Scotland. This small village is known as a destination for people who want to have historic marriages. This location was the place where young people came to elope when the 1754 Marriage Act was in place. This location is mentioned at the beginning of "Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland". The narrator says,  "There the marriages are performed. Further on, though almost contiguous, is Gretna Green, upon a hill and among trees."  He is describing that people come here to get married. 

The Senedd Building is home to the Welsh Parliament. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in March 2006 on St. David's Day, the holiday that celebrates the patron saint of Wales. It was designed with glass walls to represent the transparency of the Welsh parliament's work, as well as other local materials to make it an exemplar of sustainability. 

The entirity of Dorothy Wordsworth's Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, is, unsurprisingly, set in Scotland. Wordsworth moves from one Scottish location to another as she travels through both countryside and city. The way Wordsworth percieves Scotland is very intersting. In one of her entries, she writes, "We now felt indeed that we were in Scotland; there was a natural peculiarity in this place." Throughout her writings, I often found that she had very little praise for the country as I felt she believed herself superior to it as an Englishwoman.

Mostyn is a small village in Wales with a population of around 2000 people. Historically, the port at Mostyn is where Henry IV landed when he attacked Richard II in 1399. In the 19th century, it became a coal mining town, but in the 1960's the enterprise was stopped as they had exhausted the resource. The most well-known part of the village today is its privately-owned port, out of which wings for the Airbus A380 are shipped on the ship Ville de Bardeaux. Peter Finch mentions this in "Real Wales," saying "The jetty at Mostyn from where the Airbus wings set sail."

Boofy's is a fish and chips restauraunt in Barry Islands at Whitmore Bay. They sell items like cod, bacon rolls, hotdogs, and many things + chips. There's a view of the ocean and "The Codfather of Soul" has been named among UK's best, according to a TripAdvisor review.

Here is a photo of Boofy's.

The River Dee is a river mentioned in Anna Seward's, "Llangollen Vale", published in 1796. The River Dee goes through Wales and England, is popular with tourists, and is around 70 miles long. It was traditionally the boundary of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, and is personified as the war and fate goddess Aerfen. It is used now for fishing, industry, and water sports. 

"She saw her Deva, stain’d with warrior-blood"- line 51

"Saw Deva roll their slaughter’d heaps among"- line 57

"Thro’ the green glens, where lucid Deva flows"-63

Aberystwyth, meaning the mouth of the river Ystwyth, often known by the community as Aber is located in the middle of the Ceredigion coastline. On the west coast of Wales, Aber is seen to be a thriving sea-side town in the summer months, and can be seen as a popular tourist destination. The age of the railway during the late 19th century began this tourism in the area as the summit offered views of the town and the bay.

Pembrokshire is located on the southwest coast of Wales. It was established in 1889 following the Local Government Act of 1888. It holds much historical significance, as it was a battleground in the English Civil War in the 17th century as well, and today is remains a location for many prehistoric sites. In is mentioned in the excerpt from Real Wales, in which the speaker comments on how he had met a widely popular novelist who had never visited it before.