I’ve been to Cardiff many times over the years, but mostly before I owned a 360 camera, so I hope to visit again soon. My most recent visit was an evening gig to see Bullet for my Valentine at the Motorpoint Arena where I managed to snap one reasonable 360 shot.

The first time I came to Cardiff was back in 2010 with a wind band and performed on stage in the Millennium Centre and then got to wander Cardiff Bay. A great place to wander around as long as it’s not raining.

Second time here was only a month later for the World Rally Championship and we drove around what seemed like half of Wales following as many rally stages as we possibly could. The highlight of that weekend was actually getting to meet the then world champion Seb Loeb and the Formula One legend Kimi Raikkonen. What I loved about the WRC was you can get right in amongst it and we found ourselves in the middle of all the mechanics tying two rival mechanics to each other to a pole 😂

In 2014 I came to visit a friend and while she was at work I wandered around looking at the sights. I started with the National Museum, getting there early was great as I didn’t see another person for ages, it was like I had the entire museum to myself. After the museum I walked through Bute Park, even in the Autumn it looks stunning with the tree foliage all different colours. As it was November the Christmas market was there, this is a must visit with so many different things to see and foods to try.

I made a late decision to go to Cardiff Castle, I was lucky as I got there just before last entry, although this did mean I had to rush around. I didn’t realise there would be so much to see inside, there’s lots of interesting history and artifacts to see with the firing line museum. Walking around the grounds has more interesting points and you have to go up into the castle itself where you get to see one of the best views of Cardiff.

When my friend finally finished work she took me to the Grazing Shed where we had one of the best burgers I’ve ever had, so if you like your burgers it’s must visit.

I spent New Years Eve here 2015/16 and got to experience the Cardiff nightlife. It was a last minute decision after talking to a friend on the phone during the day. After finishing work I then quickly booked a bed at Nos Da hostel and drove up on new years eve arriving at 6pm, luckily they even had a small car park so I didn’t have to worry about finding a parking space. To be fair we only scratched the surface but there are many places to check out and I’ve added a few that I thought would be worth a revisit to the list below. For food that evening we discovered Mission Burrito, if you like your burrito then you have to try one of these, probably the best I’ve had in England, almost as good as the Boojum from Belfast. We ended the night at Tiger Tiger nightclub for the new year countdown, nightclubs aren’t usually my cup of tea, but a friend had arranged a VIP table and we were all together drinking champagne and having a great night. I especially remembered the rather attractive sax player that was walking around playing, dam shame I didn’t get her number haha. The morning after as you can expect was a slow start, but we made it for lunch where I revisiting the Grazing Shed for another amazing burger hoping for a hangover cure.