{"id":75,"date":"2006-07-15T16:46:25","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T15:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/?p=75"},"modified":"2008-08-10T13:52:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T12:52:23","slug":"swansea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/swansea\/","title":{"rendered":"Swansea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-80\" title=\"swansea_beach\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_beach-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In July 2006 I went for a weeks holiday with my Daddy to Swansea to see  Grandad.<\/p>\n<p>One day we went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenofwales.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Botanic Garden of Wales<\/a>, which had the largest single  span greenhouse in the world. We also had good fun going pond dipping.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the week we went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folly-farm.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Folly Farm<\/a>, which had lots of farm animals and some fantastic  adventure playgrounds and an inside fairground.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The following are photographs of my holiday. Click on a thumbnail to show a  larger image.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"80%\" summary=\"Table of my photographs in Swansea\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_gardens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-81\" title=\"swansea_gardens\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_gardens-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">With Daddy at the National Botanic Garden of Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_greenhouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-82\" title=\"swansea_greenhouse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_greenhouse-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">The National Botanic Garden of Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_farm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-83\" title=\"swansea_farm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_farm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">On a fairground ride with Grandad at Folly Farm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_slide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84\" title=\"swansea_slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richardfarrar.com\/james\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/swansea_slide-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">A big slide in a Swansea park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2006 I went for a weeks holiday with my Daddy to Swansea to see Grandad. 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