Garden Hotel Bangor

... and they pretty much kicked him off, the jobsworth facist women-haters. We were quite depressed with ourselves considering we then had to pay out another £76 to get down to London, but I guess if this is the worst of our travel cock-ups for a seventh moneht world trip I guess we should 'quit the *****in....'

... Mountain Goat, they generally live higher in the mountains, but this dude had a bit of limp which is why he was down by the road side - they're pretty rare to see (1 in 50 chance), our tour guide was pretty chuffed.

Caernarfon castle was next - this was the place where Prince Charles was inaugurated as the Prince of Wales in the 60's. It was a stronghold for King Edward the 1st when he invaded Wales and is heritage listed as one of the best examples of medieval castles.

Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom bronandjosh09

... tradidionally given by the man to his lady friend as a sign of love and devotion.

Tonight we're staying in Bala - a lakeside town, known for it's watersports and prehistoric fish that inhabit the lake! Dinner was at a pub (for something new!) and we enjoyed Steak and Brains stout pies - Brains is a beer brewed in Cardiff that Josh is enjoying - he is also getting into the Magners and Bulmers ciders!

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... 7 for ½ an hour) and a Carp fishing lake (which is not advertised until you get to it when it says day tickets from reception ).

There is a "Ropeworks” for those who do not have a fear of heights includes trapeze and climbing walls and a flying bungee.

There are five areas of outside play equipment from the iPlay to baby toys.

The on site beach is not very clearly signed (only 2 signs say ...

... Louise, Emma and Jan were already kitted up when we arrived. I climbed the inauspiciously named Crack 2 with Emma. I regularly climb indoors at Martley with her, and she easily puts me to shame, balancing on thin air as she ascends impossible walls. Well, I managed to get up Crack 2 without any mishaps or serious exertion.

The kids borrowed Louise's multi-adjustable harness and Jan took the older two up Chimney Crack. They made swift work of it and got ...

... it was downright boiling. Although this meant we were unfortunately drowning in sweat for the entirity of the climb, the plus side was it was clear as anything.

We began the Pyg Track @ ~12.45pm, and very soon we were high up ...

Today we went to Snowdonia Park in the mountains and it was lovely. Everything is green here and lots of rocky terrain. There are many mountain climbers and walkers in Scotland and Wales. Everyone is friendly and is interested in our trip. From there we made a bee line for Llangollen Canal where we just made it for a 12:15 excursion along the canal in a 72 foot canal boot. The trip was lovely ...

So all flights, ferrys and buses we hve to book in advance are all booked, sponge bob car ready thestart of our rally to naples, Italy - along with my durcell battery water pistol!!

Just a few preparation pictures to show what we taking.

We left our wonderful friends Margaret and Barry Austin and our grand room at the Midland Hotel this morning. Hard to leave a top floor room with floor to ceiling windows for the entire wall that looked out on the Morecombe Bay! I am adding photo's of the hotel and view.

We visited Chester, England and it was a darling town with the typical English Tudor style buildings and beautiful Cathedral. They were having a special ...

We drove about 3 hours down to northern wales to see Matthew - a friend from church and the brother of my best friend Ruth. We went for a walk in Snowdonia - a national park area that was beautiful. We drove down these narrow welsh streets and walked up steep hills! We also visited a bakery where we just walked into the warehouse where they were baking and picked up what we wanted! Quite an experience!