Beautiful post. Both the story and the images.
It's great to be able to travel the world, especially meeting people like Jude in mazing places such as Wales.
I loved the countryside pictures and the houses. Very peculiar. It looks like there is a lot of green in Wales yet.
The flower you ask about must be a variety of digitalis purpúrea, we call it campanilla (little bell) in Venezuela, among other names.
It is quite toxic.