This is my second post in what I hope will be a long-running series on The Bacon Sandwich Vans of Wales; you can see all posts in the series here: https://www.hannahdee.wales/blog/?cat=36. This van is on the A470, north of Merthyr, in the Brecons, just before you pass the peak and head down towards Brecon itself. The weather on this visit was challenging, for cameraphone photography. The van is by a lake, which is probably lovely. The sandwich itself was good, a large white bread bap with two slices of well cooked bacon within. The sandwich cost £2.70. The ratio of bread to bacon was slightlyRead More →

Number 1 in a series of n… I’ve decided to start a new blog series, on the bacon sarnie vans of Wales (TBSVOW). This will complement nicely my other blog series OIWCIT (Ooh I wouldn’t call it that) and Shadows of interest. On our way back from Cardiff yesterday morning, my fellow travellers and I stopped for a bacon sarnie in the Brecons. We chose “Super Bites”, which is on the A470 above (that is, south of) Brecon. The van itself is an unassuming structure, staffed by a friendly man who’d been selling sandwiches there for 7 years. Prior to that he’d lived in Cardiff.Read More →