Swn-y-Nant Hotel Bangor

Caernarfon Road Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, LL57 4BT, United Kingdom

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Birding around Anglesey

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

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... Our intention to breakfast at Beau's opposite the Bulkely Hotel was foiled because it was shut, but we had passed another place on the way so instead we had breakfast in the Castle Bakery. It was very good, with the highlight being their own doorstep toast. We now have too places for breakfast in Beaumaris.

Back in the car, we were off to Penmon and Black Point for our next stop. Penmon has a decent collection of monastic buildings including an unusual and ...

A curry and a pint or two

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

... 14,000 people, one of the smallest cities in the UK. We were both quite hungry so we walked into a restaurant called Oriental Origins that was basically Chinese cuisine. It was reasonable. The King Prawns in Soy Sauce were the highlight. There weren't many other customers for a Friday night, though. Next we walked down the road to a pub (The Harp?) that was equally short of custom but which had a good jukebox and won a few more pounds on their quiz machine. And so to ...

Scotland to London via Wales

A travel blog entry by crashdot

7AM, still dark, no wind or rain, temperature below freezing, leaving the chalet almost lost it on black ice. It covered the entire 1/2 mile walk back up the road to the train station. Where the trains were running again!
I have yet to see a public trash bin anywhere - on streets, in stations, in restaurants, yet everywhere is clean. How do they do it? They can't depend on ...

Party party!!!

A travel blog entry by steve-claire

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... considering I will spend all day tomorrow feeding the bottle bank with empties!)Better start the packing tomorrow 2 days to go!!!!!

Been set the challenge of wearing that shirt in every place we visit, see what I can do, it certainly seemed to work at the party!!!! Might be a bit difficult though especially in NewZealand where we are travelling most days.
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Party day

A travel blog entry by steve-claire

Just 3 days to go, so excited now. Can't believe that the planned stike by UKBA
is on our original departure date. Can't risk being delayed, the news is saying
by up to 12 hours and with our flight being late in the evening I can just
imagine that we might even get cancelled until the next day. With a short stay
in Hong Kong to start with ...