{"id":16646,"date":"2026-02-28T00:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16646"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:40:46","slug":"the-first-stroll-at-barry-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16646","title":{"rendered":"The First Stroll at Barry Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=16076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16076\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=16076\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?fit=800%2C113\" data-orig-size=\"800,113\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carers3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?fit=300%2C42\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?fit=800%2C113\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?resize=800%2C113\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?resize=300%2C42 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Carers3.jpg?resize=768%2C108 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>The First Stroll at Barry Island<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The first stroll at Barry Island of 2026 was under grey skies. Wrapped up walkers enjoyed being blown around the headland and catching up on post-Christmas chat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=16617\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16617\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16617\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=16617\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Carers-Stroll.jpg?fit=500%2C449\" data-orig-size=\"500,449\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carers Stroll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Carers-Stroll.jpg?fit=300%2C269\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Carers-Stroll.jpg?fit=500%2C449\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Carers-Stroll.jpg?resize=500%2C449\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Carers-Stroll.jpg?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Carers-Stroll.jpg?resize=300%2C269 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Stroll at Barry Island The first stroll at Barry Island of 2026 was under grey skies. Wrapped up walkers enjoyed being blown around the headland and catching up on post-Christmas chat. &nbsp; \u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[362,431],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-4ku","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14943,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14943","url_meta":{"origin":16646,"position":0},"title":"Halloween Stroll at Barry Island","author":"Alan Williams","date":"14th December 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Halloween Stroll at Barry Island A Halloween stroll at Barry Island...did any of these strollers work their magic and bring the bright sunshine and blue skies that was welcomed by all? \u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Carers Walk&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Carers Walk","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=362"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture2.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15228,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15228","url_meta":{"origin":16646,"position":1},"title":"Very Wet, Windy&#8230;But Exhilarating","author":"Alan Williams","date":"6th March 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Exhilarating Stroll Around Barry Island \u00a0 A very wet, windy...but exhilarating stroll around Barry Island prior to Storm Eowyn (or maybe it was during...) for an amazingly intrepid, well soaked, happy group of walkers...that's my version of the walk anyway!! 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