101 things to do with the kids this summer.1 Get out and about this summer with the new young person's 12 journey card - the Cardiff Bus Cardiff Bus (Welsh: Bws Caerdydd) is the dominant bus operator in the Welsh capital Cardiff and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. The company is wholly owned by Cardiff Council and is one of the few municipal bus companies to survive the effects of UK bus anytime, anywhere within Cardiff tickets cost pounds 5. Tickets are available from any bus driver before 9pm or from the Cardiff Bus Travel Shop, St David's
2 Go paintballing at 30 acres of dedicated woods just off the A48 at Cowbridge. Every Tuesday of the school holiday and second Sunday of every month at Task Force Paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: Games. For a free information pack call 029 2059 3900. 3 Go clubbing in Cardiff Bay Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd) is the regeneration area created by the Cardiff Barrage which impounded two rivers (Taff and Ely) to form a new 500 acre freshwater lake around the former dockland area south of the city centre of Cardiff in south Wales. at Evolution Nightclub's under-18s night every Sunday between 6.30pm and 10.30pm. Admission is pounds 7. 4 Riley's Snooker Club on City Road runs a junior club between 9.30am until 11am every Saturday. Membership starts from pounds 2 but take a copy of today's Echo and get in for free and get half price tables for all ages. Call 029 2049 3694. 5 Trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. at Western Leisure Centre, Caerau, every Wednesday from 4.15pm to 5.15pm or 5.15pm to 6.15pm, Saturday, between 1pm and 2pm, and Sunday, between 10.30am and 11pm, cost pounds 2.10 or free with a full Stretch card. Call 029 2059 3592. 6 Join the Junior Bluebirds Club or Bluebirds Youth, run by the Echo and Cardiff City FC to take part in football courses. Call 029 2022 1001. 7 Join the Ster Century Ster Century was a cinema company in Ireland and the UK. There was one Ster Century cinema in Dublin, Ireland, and 6 in the UK: Basingstoke, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Norwich, and Romford. Cinema's kids' club and get into the Millennium Plaza venue for pounds 1.50 with an accompanying adult every Sunday. Call 08707 672676. 8 Or try the kids' club at the Atlantic Wharf Leisure Village UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) Cinema on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Under-15s pay pounds 1.95 and an accompanying adult gets in free. Book tickets on 08700 102030. 9 Join the Western Leisure Centre Saturday Club, Careau Lane, Caerau. Admission is pounds 2.10 for a three-hour session, Saturday and Sunday. Call 029 2059 3592. 10 There will be lots to do at the Museum of Welsh Life in St Fagans between Monday, July 19, to Monday, August 30, from traditional toys and games and storytelling to the Art Cart in the Gardens. Call 029 2057 3634 or visit www.nmgw.ac.uk/mwl 11 For skateboard enthusiasts in Splott, there is a skate park next to Splott Pool, Muirton Road. Get your skates on at the Glider Fields' skate park, Ty Glas Avenue, Llanishen. Or head down to the skate park behind Western Leisure Centre, Ely. If you live in Pentwyn, there is a skate park alongside the leisure centre, on Bryn Celyn Road. 12 Surf the web at the Channel View Leisure Centre's cyber cafe, every Saturday and Sunday, from just 35p. Call 029 2037 8161. 13 Watch a re-enactment display of the Bowmen of the Rose in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle Caerphilly Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerfili) is a Norman castle that dominates the centre of the town of Caerphilly in south Wales. Largest Castle in Wales on Wednesday, July 28, and Thursday, July 29, from noon. Contact 029 2088 3143. 14 Make your own pot pourri and lavender sachets at Llancaiach Fawr Llancaiach Fawr is a Tudor manor house near the town of Caerphilly in south Wales, which is now a museum of living history. The setting for the museum is the year 1645, when King Charles I of England visited the house to persuade its owner, Colonel Edward Prichard, not to Manor House, in Nelson, between Monday, July 26 and Friday, July 30. Telephone 01443 412248. 15 Visit St Tudor's Church flower festival, in Mynyddislwyn, between Thursday, July 29, and Sunday, August 1, starting at 10.30am. Telephone 01495 200853. 16 Learn pool from the women's Welsh champion at Canton Community Hall, Leckwith Road, Canton, on Fridays from 5.30pm until 8pm. Under-16s only. Call 029 2034 4699 17 Get to grips with a martial art martial art Any of several arts of combat and self-defense that are widely practiced as sport. There are armed and unarmed varieties, most based on traditional fighting methods used in East Asia. at Canton Community Hall, Leckwith Road, Canton, every Saturday between 10.30am and 1pm. Call 029 2034 4699 18 Get fit at Llanishen Leisure Centre's Teen Gym club for 14 to 16-year-olds, every Saturday between 11.30am and 12.30pm. Call 029 2076 2411. 19 Hire rowing and pedal boats at Roath Park Coordinates: Roath Park (Welsh: Parc y Rhath) Cardiff, Wales, is Cardiff's most popular park which still retains a classic Victorian atmosphere and boasts a wide variety of facilities. Lake between 11am and 7.30pm for pounds 2.80 per half hour, or board the Roath Pride for a trip around the lake costing 70p for children. 20 Tour the Millennium Stadium UEFA 5-star rated football stadia • • [ , every weekend from 10am. Tickets are pounds 2.50 for children or pounds 5 for adults. Call 029 2082 2228. 21 Cycle the Taff Trail The Taff Trail is a popular walking and cycle path that runs for 55 miles between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in Wales. It is so named because it follows the course of the River Taff. . Bicycle group Sustrans marked the route from Mermaid Quay Mermaid Quay is a commercial and tourist area of Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales. A relatively new area of the city due to the regeneration of the Bay, it is shaped by the many restaurants, cafés, bars, shops, entertainment venues and the large marina. to Brecon. Visit www.tafftrail.org.uk for details. 22 Pot the black at Riley's American Pool and Snooker Club in Wellington Street, Canton, for pounds 3 plus table costs. Under-16s are welcome until around 9pm. 23 Canton Community Hall, Leckwith Road, holds a games morning every Saturday for five to 11-year-olds. Admission is pounds 1.30 and the events start at 9.45am. Call 029 2034 4699. 24 Michaelston Community Centre, Michaelston Road, offers activity mornings for eight to 13-year-olds every Saturday, 10am. Call 029 2057 8368. 25 Munch your way around the Riverside Market on the Taff Embankment every Sunday from 10am until 2pm. 26 Or, for those living in Pentwyn, visit the centre on Bryn Celyn Road between 8am and 3.30pm on Saturdays and 8am until 10.30pm on Sundays. Call 029 2054 9211. 27 In Cathays, there is the Maindy pool and cycle track to visit on Crown Way. Call 029 2052 9230. 28 If you fancy horse riding, lessons are available at Cardiff Riding School, Pontcanna Fields, Llandaff. Call 029 2038 3908. 29 Learn about Cardiff's hi-tech bay. The tube-like Visitor Centre offers a free exhibition. Contact 029 2046 3833. 30 Take a panoramic trip around the city on an open-top bus tour. They set off from Cardiff Castle on the hour and half-hour from 10.30am. 31 Swim like a marine animal at the Dolphins swimming club at Fairwater fair·wa·ter n. Nautical 1. A device used to fair the lines of an underwater fitting. 2. The bridge and conning tower on a submarine. Leisure Centre, Waterhall Road, every Tuesday and Friday evening. Call 029 2055 2210. 32 Or move to the sounds of Britney and Kylie at the Popstars Dance School, Pentwyn Leisure Centre. Lessons cost pounds 2.50 and are held every Saturday. Call 07974 904181. 33 Eat, bowl and relax at Cardiff Bay's Atlantic Wharf - offers bowling, restaurants, a cinema and a nightclub. Open until midnight. 34 Take a trip to the city centre or the Bay in style on the Cardiff Water Bus. Services run from 10.30am to 6pm every day. Tickets cost between pounds 3 and pounds 2 for children. Visit www.cardiffwaterbus.com. 35 Ice skating sessions every Saturday and Sunday at Cardiff Ice Rink, Hayes Bridge, pounds 4.50 for students with free skate hire. Call 029 2039 7198. 36 Get a Cardiff Bus Cityrider ticket for pounds 2.20 and travel the city all day until 9pm. To venture outside Cardiff, get a pounds 3 Network rider ticket. 37 The Cardiff Devils run junior development courses at Cardiff's ice rink every Saturday morning, from pounds 20 per child. Call 029 2039 7198. 38 Feel the wind in your face as you fly down Fairwater ski slope in Fairwater Park, Fairwater Road. 39 Zoom around Cardiff Bay on a Bay Island Voyages speed boat from Mermaid Quay. Call 01446 420692. 40 Science gets cool at Techniquest in Stuart Street, Cardiff Bay, open from 10.30am until 5pm at weekends. Call 029 2047 5475. 41 The futuristic Tube in Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay, is home to the Spirit of Cardiff round-the-world challenge and the Bay visitor centre. Open between 9.30am and 5.30pm. 42 Visit Cefn Mably Farm in Began Road, St Mellons, open from 11am until 5pm every day. 43 Over-16s can play snooker and pool at the New Pentwyn Sports and Social Club, Brynheulog, daily between 12pm and 11pm. Call 029 2025 7848. 44 Try your hand at football 4pm to 5pm every Monday and Wednesday for children between five and 11 years, or for over- 12s join the youth club with a number of activities every Thursday from 6.30pm to 8pm at Plasnewydd Community Hall's youth club, Shakespeare Street. Call 029 2048 0739. 45 For pool fanatics, visit Pontprennau Community Centre's pool club every Monday at 4.15pm. Admission is 95p. Call 029 2054 0853. 46 Discover your dramatic side at a theatre arts class at Llanover Hall, Romilly Road, Canton. A session for 12s to 14s is held on Mondays between 7pm and 9pm. It's the same time on Tuesdays for 15s to 21s. 47 Learn how to score goals like Earnie at Fairwater Leisure Centre's football training sessions every Wednesday, 4.30pm to 5.30pm, and Saturdays, 12.45pm to 1.45pm. Call 029 2055 2210. 48 Go bowling with your friends at Cardiff's Megabowl, on Newport Road, every Saturday and Sunday from 10am. Prices start at pounds 1.75 for children and shoe hire costs pounds 1. 49 Learn about the multi-cultural history of one of Cardiff's oldest areas at the Butetown History and Arts Centre, Dock Chambers, Bute Street. It is open every Tuesday to Friday and admission is free. Call 029 2025 6757. 50 Why not join the Fairwater Leisure Centre netball netball Noun a team game, usually played by women, in which a ball has to be thrown through a net hanging from a ring at the top of a pole Noun 1. team at Waterhall Road, and train every Sunday between noon and 2pm. Call 029 2055 2210. 51 Dig for bargains at Jacob's Market, which sells period clothes, furniture and books from West Wharf Road, near Cardiff train station. 52 See a variety of permanent and visiting exhibitions at the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cathays Park. Admission is free. Call 029 2039 7951. 53 Express yourself at a creative dance class at Llanover Hall in Romilly Road, Canton, on Friday evenings. Call 029 2062 3636 to find out more. 54 Teenagers of all ages are welcome to take part in judo judo (j  `dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. classes
every Saturday between 9.30am and 11am at Cardiff Central Youth Club in
Ocean way, Adamsdown. Call 029 2046 1988.
55 See Blackwood Carnival on Saturday, August 7. The procession will lead from the High Street, near Asda, at noon and head to Pontllanfraith council offices. 56 Head to Cosmeston Lakes Country Park and Medieval Village and discover what life was like 600 years ago. Entry costs between pounds 2 and pounds 3. Call 029 2070 1678. 57 Waterhall Youth Centre, Pentrebane Road, Fairwater, has a computer room, art room and a dark room. The centre is open Monday to Friday. 58 Learn how to become a lifeguard at Fairwater Leisure Centre, Waterhall Road, every Sunday, between 4pm and 6pm. For prices, call 029 2055 2210. 59 Or get fit at kick boxing classes at Fairwater Leisure Centre every Monday and Tuesday between 7.30pm and 8.30pm. Call 029 2055 2210. 60 Find the treasure in Caerphilly Caerphilly (kīrfĭl`ē, kär–), Welsh Caerffili, town (1981 pop. 42,376) and county borough, 108 sq mi (279 sq km), S Wales. on Saturday, August 13, and Sunday, August 15. Events will be held at buildings throughout the country, including local churches, during the weekend. For more information, telephone 029 2088 0011. 61 Get into shape at Fairwater Leisure Centre's junior step aerobics classes every Friday between 5pm and 6pm. Sessions cost pounds 2.10. Call 029 2055 2210. 62 Call into Cardiff Central Railway Station Cardiff Central railway station (Welsh: Caerdydd Canolog) is a major British railway station in Cardiff. It is largest station in the city, and Wales, and is the 6th busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London. for details of a young person's Explorer train ticket, priced at pounds 3.25, that can be used anywhere on the South Wales valley network. 63 Sign up for a 10-week junior weights course for 14 to 16- year-olds at Fairwater Leisure Centre, Waterhall Road. Call 029 2055 2210. 64 Visit Cardiff Central Library every Saturday between 9am and 5.30pm. Call 029 2038 2116. 65 The Penarth and District Wargames Society meet at Taffs Well Village Hall this Thursday from 6.30pm. Call 029 2084 2106. 66 Take part in the Big V Taff Valley Festival on Friday, August 6, at Parc Taf Bargoed, for information on music and art workshops and education in the area. 67 Head to Cefn Onn Country Park, Cherry Orchard Road, Lisvane, to see many varieties of flowers, plants and trees. 68 Visit a true fairytale castle at Tongwynlais. Castell Coch is open from 9.30pm to 5pm in April. Call 029 2081 0101. 69 On Saturday and Sunday, August 7 and 8 from 9am to 6pm British Beach Volleyball Championships - international players battle it out on the beach. For further information, contract the Barry Island Tourist Information Centre tourist information centre tourist (Brit) n → Touristen-Informationszentrum nt on 01446 747171. 70 Barry Island and Penarth seafronts summer programme, organised by the Vale of Glamorgan Council The Vale of Glamorgan Council is the governing body for the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. Electoral divisions The county is divided into 23 electoral wards returning 47 councillors. , start on Saturday, July 17. 71 On Sunday, July 18, Wilde Arts hosts chalk drawing on the Promenade in Barry. 72 On Sunday, July 25, at 11am, 1.30pm and 3.15pm Pick 'n' Mix Circus promising lots of fun with Georgina, the mind reading giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. , and her keeper at Barry Island. 73 On Sunday, August 1, at noon, 2pm and 3.30pm The Splott Bros, a fun mix of cabaret, 'Cooperesque' magic and comic stunts set to live music in Barry. 74 The Penarth programme opens with music from the St Albans Band today, from 2pm, and colourful, innovative street theatre from Patua Dance on July 18, at 1pm and 3pm. 75 Learn more about butterflies at the Sirhowy Valley Country Park, near Cwmfelinfach, on Sunday, July 25. The Butterfly Flutterby event will start at 2pm. Telephone 01495 270991. 76 Kids Summer Fun starts today at Llanover Hall Arts Centre in Canton. There are still places for: Let's Act (mornings, ages four to seven, cost pounds 30), A Taste of Carnival (mornings, ages eight plus, cost pounds 35) and Drama Games (afternoons, ages eight plus, cost pounds 35). For details, call 029 2063 1144. 77 Cardiff's summer festival runs until Sunday, August 1, with free concerts, parties, street theatre and parades. For more information visit www.cardiff-festival. com or call 029 2087 3936. 78 Visit Dyffryn Gardens in St Nicolas. Adults pounds 3; children pounds 2. Telephone 029 2059 3328. 79 Visit the Vale of Glamorgan farmers' market. First Saturday of every month in the car park of Arthur John in High Street, Cowbridge, between 10am and 1pm. Call 01446 774036. 80 Take a trip around Cardiff Bay and Penarth on a waterbus wa·ter·bus n. pl. wa·ter·bus·es or wa·ter·bus·ses A large motorboat used for carrying passengers on rivers or canals. . From Mermaid Quay and the Penarth marina, adult tickets cost pounds 3 or pounds 2 for children. Call 029 2048 8842. 81 Visit the spot where Roald Dahl was baptised. The Norwegian Church Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay, also holds an interesting art collection. Free entry, call 029 2045 4899. 82 Take a trip back to the 1600s. Visit Llancaiach Fawr Manor House, Nelson, on Saturday and Sundays from 10am to 6pm. Adults pounds 4.50. Call 01443 412248. 83 Visit Caerphilly Castle. Open from 9.30am to 5pm. Adults pounds 2.50, children pounds 2 or family ticket pounds 7. Call 029 2088 3143. 84 Buggy biking. Race through a nature trail on 90cc or 200cc Honda quad bikes. Cwrt y Celyn Farm, Eglwysilan, Rhydyfelin. Fpr more details, call 029 2083 1658. Six years and upwards. 85 Take a walk around Bargoed Woodland Park, which is open for quiet strolls and picnics. Contact 01495 200113. 86 See the Welsh capital from top of a Guide Friday Tour bus. The 30-minute tours - pounds 7 for adults, under 12s pounds 2.50 - start at the castle. Call 029 2052 2202. 87 Pitch and putt Pitch and putt is an amateur sport, similar to golf, played and developed mainly in Ireland since the 1940s. The maximum length of hole for international competitions is defined up to 90 metres (with a total length of maximum 1,200 metres) and the players may only use an iron and a putter. . In the shadow of the fairytale castle, Castell Coch Golf Club offers nine par three holes for players of all standards. Contact 029 2081 3370. Green fees are pounds 5, club hire pounds 2.50. 88 Learn to dance at Blackwood Miners Institute's summer school for children, from July 26 to 30. Call 01495 227206. 89 Experience mining. One of Wales finest mining museums, Big Pit in Blaenavon. Contact 01495 790311 for information on the 200-year-old mine. 90 Put your Euro 2004 skills to the test at a free football tournament for under-10s, 12s, and 14s, on August 14. Backed by South Wales Police South Wales Police (Welsh: Heddlu De Cymru) is one of the four Home Office police forces in Wales. Its headquarters are based in Bridgend. , the Soccer Saturday event will take place at the Caeracca football pitch in Pant, Merthyr Tydfil. Call 01685 386988. 91 Get on to the athletics track next month with Rhondda Cynon Taf council's Star Track programme. Courses will be run at Y Pant Comprehensive, from August 2 to August 6, and at the athletics tracks in Tonypandy and Aberdare, between August 23 and August 27. The price is pounds 25 per child, with reduced rates for siblings. Tel: 01685 885630. 92 Children can swim for free in any of the 13 leisure centres in Rhondda Cynon Taf as part of the Big Splash scheme, which runs between July 19 and August 31. 93 Have a go at golf at the Golf Development Wales Tri-Golf Challenge at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club during the Wales Ladies Open, between August 12 and 15. Children under 16 go free if accompanied by an adult. For free adult tickets, call: 01633 423798. 94 Head to the Big Cheese Festival in Caerphilly from Friday to Sunday, July 23-25, for family fun centered around the castle. Contact 029 2088 0011. 95 Catch live music, entertainment, displays and demonstrations as part of the Porthcawl Sea Festival from today until Sunday, July 25. For details of the full programme, call 01656 786639. 96 Get your skates on at Bridgend Recreation Centre's Ramptastic course this summer. Open between 11am and 9.15pm, the indoor skate park costs pounds 1.70 per session but is free for Bidge Kids card holders. Telephone: 01656 657491. 97 Arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. sessions will be run at Maesteg Sports Centre every Monday to Friday through July and August. Alternatively you could try your hand at trampolining, netball or dance classes. Call 01656 737121. 98 For details of free playschemes run throughout Bridgend county this summer, telephone 01656 642725. The schemes for children aged between eight and 12 run between July 26 and August 20. 99 Take in the sounds of live music every Sunday between July 25 and August 22 at Bryngarw House as part of a Music in the Park programme. Admission to the park is free with a pounds 2 charge for car parking. Telephone 01656 729009. 100 Catch The Wizard of Oz at the Grand Pavilion theatre in Porthcawl on Wednesday, July 28, or Robinson Crusoe on Monday, August 16. Call the box office on 01656 786996. 101 See a spectacular display of hot air balloons at Blackwood's Showfields on Saturday and Sunday, August 28-29. Call 029 20 880011. |
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