Caernarfon
Travel Blogs from Caernarfon, United Kingdom
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Caernarfon Castle
... 's where he holds his title. Edward I built the castle 700 years ago to establish English rule over North Wales. Dax and I LOVED Caernarfon Castle and it's magnificent views of the sea. We were like kids in a candy shop running around climbing up all the ...
Castle Two
... and pleasant ride, and along the way Rachel decided to call Adam and Roz and had a nice chat with them. When we arrived in Caernarfon, we headed to the castle. Caernarfon has only one wall, with lots of large towers around it. It is quite a bit bigger ...
3 day wales tour
... walking around the castle. Then onto Northern Wales- the scenery changed , more trees, huge mountains and rocks everywhere. Visited Caernarfon castle - still intact, the castle was so big, especially compared to the town below. Had drinks with the locals ...
Co Ni Off Te! / Let Battle Commence!
***Prawf/Test*** Wel dyma ni, yn barod am yr off, bags di pacio, a passport yn fy llaw. Well i ni arfer efo'r blydi backpacks yma oherwydd mae nhw am fod ynn gwmni i ni am y 3 mis nesa! Gai gymryd y cyfle yma i ddiolch i Mr Dewi Davies am ...
Welsh castles and Scottish hurricanes
... only able to give it a few days. One campsite was in Snowdonia, Wales' largest national park, and from there we visited Caernarfon castle. Next we headed for Yorkshire, back in England. On the way there we took a little detour so that ...
Caernarfon Castle
Susan: This is the castle where Prince Charles was bestowed the title of Prince of Wales. The podium, made of local slate, was still in the centre of the castle grounds. He was eleven at the time of his crowning. The castle includes a wall that runs ...
Castle Castle And More Castles,
... the white hazel rapid whirlpool and the church of the red cave." crazy welsh men. After a bit more driving we stopped at Caernarfon and had a look around there and walked around yet another castle but just on the outside as we are sick of looking in them ...
Day in the Snowdonia national park
... except that it has a long name and we didn't stay there very longand moved on. The last place we stopped at was Caernarfon. This is historically an importantplace as it is where the Princes of Wales is usually given his title (i.e. thefirst born son of ...
King Edward I's castle
Tuesday 8pm ========== We are moored in the Menai Strait at the Southern end only 200 yards from Caernarfon castle. It's a very imposing structure even today. You can only imagine what effect it had on the Welsh when it was built in the 13th ...
Caernarfon - Day 1
... - Arrived Snowdon Mountain Railway. Discovered we the next available train not until 12pm... 9.45am - Decide to drive back into Caernarfon to see Segontium (Roman fort remains) 10.00am - Arrive at Segontium and discover it doesn't open until ...
A night out in Wales
Travelodge frequently run sales with rooms on offer for as little as £9 a night. We picked up a couple of nights in Caernarvon and Bangor for about a tenner each and set off for North Wales on Friday night after work. The Caernarvon Travelodge is 10 ...
Bath, Wales and Snowdonia!
I was awoke by a man banging on the windows to check that I was OK. Good to see people show concern. A cold night and it was still raining! What a day today has been. I headed without any trouble into Bath. Wow what an amazing city. Its architecture ...
WAMBLING IN WALES
... back in 1969 when he was so fresh-faced…. big flapping ears, but still fresh-faced. We rounded out our visit to Caernarfon with a Guinness at the Morgan Lloyd Inn, a modern pub from 1840, and enjoying a delightfully sunny position in the town ...
araf deg mae dal iâr
... setting for the investiture of HRH Prince Charles as Prince of Wales. It is also a world heritage site. We wandered into Caernarfon Square after our walking tour of the outside of the castle, and just wandered around enjoying the quaintness of it all. ...
Weekend trip to Caernarfon
... down with only the light from his hat to guide us! It was a good time indeed! Thank goodness that they drove us back to Caernarfon... because we DEFINITELY missed the last bus! It was a good night! Then we returned to the hostel to shower, and then we ...
School Trip to Wales
Had a wonderful time hiking, river wading, and repelling in the Welsch rain with classmates this ...
Drove to another country!
Caernarfon Castle is an example of the many castles built by Edward the 1st dating back to 12 century. The current Prince of Wales was invested at this castle in ...
Northern Wales Castles
... rain gear and soldiered on. We met up with Ben and Vanessa at Conwy Castle, and also went by Caernarfon Castle and Beaumaris Castle. We also made the obligatory pit stop at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (aka The Church of Mary ...
Over the bridge to Caernarfon 16th August 2010
... to the English translation at the bottom of the sign, you have driven through the stop sign or whatever. Anyway, this explains why Caernarfon is now the name for Carnarvon, as it was BC (Before Conversion) and Penryn is now Penrhyn. Next time we will ...
North Wales
... (Wales) in torrential rain. Innes was the hero of the day, driving all the way in the terrible conditions. We arrived in Caernarfon in the early afternoon, parked in the town centre, walked around a bit in the driving rain, and ate in a pub across from ...
Caernarfon Castle
... ) and some greasy pastries (see previous comment about bad diet and holiday). We get away about 10 AM, and head for Caernarfon. This is the bestest castle either of us has visited, and we've visited many, many castles. One of Edward I's Ring ...
Out Today - 15/05/2010
The R6 is back...woohooooooooo !!!!!!!!! Yep finally got her back from CMC Cannock .. albeit a week late. But im not moaning too much as they gave me a brand new front tyre for free ( due to the extra time taken ) .. spot on !! By the end of the week I ...
Day 11 - Caernarfon
... been very wet because the rain was quite heavy. Extreme sports seem to be common in this area. Around lunch time we arrived at Caernarfon, found a parking place and the information centre and they booked us into a B and B for the night. We got settled in ...
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