Lake View Llanberis

.....as Dan and I manage to miss our first train atthe beginning of the trip!! Excellent!! After moi's rabid seraching over a month earlier to guarantee us £16 super-apex singles to London we manage to miss our train by nano-seconds. In fact Dan was on the train but I was 20 meteres away running with my big ...

... across the bridge into Anglesea - we stopped by the village with the longest name in the world - see photo - and even got our passports stamped at the shop there!

Then down into Holyhead where we said goodbye to Mike and the silver bullet - now if you are ever planning a trip to Wales, the one person you MUST meet is Mike Davies - look up Dragon Tours and he will give you the best tour of your life - the man is just an encylopdia of knowledge!

Off to Ireland tomorrow!

Well from Fishgaurd we headed up along the west coast of Wales. Our first stop were Ancient Burial chambers, from prehistoric times - known as Dolmers (forgive the spelling!) they were massive slabs of rock, balanced on each other and then surrounded in smaller rocks, eventually making a mound. Goodness knows how they got the rocks up there! According to tradition (which Josh wasn't too happy with!) standing under them can improve your ...

... it’s very clean.

There are three entertainment complexes each with stages and bars as well as slots and other amusements, and food too.

There are two dining complexes one being the Lakeside Inn both offering similar fare. The cheapest meal on offer is Breakfast (£2.79).

There is a Burger King, Starbucks, and a Chip Shop

There is an Everydays shop on site

There is a boating lake ...

... I had a quiet word, and persuaded him to let Saskia climb.

He let her climb half way up to a ledge (at the bottom of Crack 2) and abseil back down again a couple of times, which was enough to make her happy. Whew! It would have been a screaming, crying nightmare if she'd been the only one left out. It's a big deal when you are six.

We followed Jan and Emma's car to Louise's place, up the steepest hill I have ever tried to ascend in a car. It must ...

Llanberis, Wales July 30 Day 10: Took a bus to backpacker's haven of Llanberis. Walked to campsite on sheep farm. Rain, rain, rain. The farmer here had a thick Welsh accent. Actually I think half of what he said was in Welsh. But still you understand that these showers cost 50p and you can't control the temperature, but ...

... for us to place our hands or feet.  There was never any dead end or fall too dangerous to handle, although still daunting.  It was as if she had calmly guided us along, like the tide which brings a lost vessel to the shore.  And even when we felt like we were swimming in honey, she always showed us an alternative path, stone, rock or patch.     One thing was certain, climbing down the mountain had brought Ed and I closer together.  Perhaps we needed this ...

... and as sweat poured down my back and I felt like my lungs and heart were about to collapse, I desperately longed to joined then. Whatever energy I had left, I found, and with it I sprinted (walked faster actually) up to the top. Ed had gotten here long before me and was busy taking pictures. We collapsed next to a rock and rested looking beyond Snowdon and the lakes and could see the coast of Wales and other ...

... very nice turkey, stuffing and cranberry baps). Sam wanted to eat them later, but Ugly Troll whined, so they sat there at the gate to a farm house and giggled a lot. Then they took some pictures, and jumped around to keep warm. They are sure the owners of the farm house heard them and looked out, wondering what on earth was going on - why would you get off a bus just to sit by ...

... I haven't caught up on previous days yet, but internet is either expensive or hard to find. One day I'll get there. I'm planning to spend the next 4-5 days in Wales, probably another day in northern Wales/snowdonia and then travel down the west coast.