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Left Newport and started driving to the north coast of Wales to Llandudno on the coast of the Irish Sea, the largest resort town in Wales. We were going through Pontypool on the way, G stopped at the Pontypool Rugby Club as one of the players who used to represent Wales and play there is a favorite of his. He was able to pack down with the wooden front row standing outside the club, his technique was a little rusty. We drove on ...
Bus Rides and Brocken Spectres
... Spectres as the mist swirled around and the sun tried to break through it. Even Graham saw one in the end! The descent was north-eastwards into the remains of Rhosydd Quarry, where there are the ruins not only of the quarry buildings, but also of the workers' cottages. The quarry wasn't abandoned until the 1930s and must have been a desperate place to work in. We finished by going back down the valley below Moelwyn Mawr to Croesor - a fine end to an enjoyable ...
A drive to Anglesey
... Street. We went to the green, but it has been made into a car park for all day parking, so we didn't stop there because we only planned to stay a short while. We found a spot by the little beach, right opposite Raglan Street where we lived when we first moved there after the war. Glandwr was pretty much as I remembered it and was in quite good condition. We drove to Llanddona ...
Anglesey attractions
... to Beaumaris, the old county town. It looks out over the water and is a pretty town.
The castle was started in 1295, by King Edward I, as part of a chain of fortifications on the north coast of Wales. But it was never finished.
Harry's was nearby, on the grounds of the golf course.
It was good, but too close to breakfast, and too close to dinner.
Thermal vests are amazing... but not for indoor use.
So within 2 minutes of arriving, I had ...
Crunchy kippers
... seems to have more little railways than the whole of the rest of Britain.
Caenarfon was a little like one of those tricky Indian boxes to get into, but once we did and found the castle, we drove round it at the foot of the towering walls and in through the narrow archway into the centre of the old part of the town. That part was interesting, but the rest of the place looked like a tatty Poundland.
Llanberis ...
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