Tir y Coed Country House Conwy

.....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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... the top without any trouble. After that, Nick took them off to Llyn Ogwen just down the hill, to walk the dog for a bit, while I went up Chimney Crack with Eartha.

There were a lot of people on the rock and I think Jan was getting a bit fed up with waiting for the easy climbs. He wanted to pack up and go after that. My heart sank. If you have four kids, you can't take three climbing and then tell the fourth she has to wait until next time. It would have been ...

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...Which was soon joined by another. Stunning...



Actually, come to think, I forget how many lakes there were, and I'm not sure I can figure it out from the pictures.





The last ...

... I have enclosed some photo's. This trip took us over the Pontcyscllte Aqueduct which is about 200 feet above ground. Following the trip I walked back over the aqueduct and took these photo’s. No way would Glenn come with me as he is not fond of heights. At a little shop on the other side of the canal I found a small recipe book to bring home of English cakes and scones. Today was a long ...

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.

... parading through the city and I quickly snapped this shot. I thought the parade was for us, however Gordon promptly indicated to me that it was for the town. Too bad!

Following our visit to Chester we made good time on the freeway to Conwy, Wales. This has a large castle as you enter town and you can walk all the streets in about an hours time which I proceeded to do. Glenn and Gordon set about finding photo ...

... there, they just wanted to check that the car wasn't stolen. Considering how many nights we had slept out it was surprising that it hadn't happened earlier. Up early to explore Conwy the next morning, we walked the length of the old town walls which led us down to the water. The old walls are still practically intact except for the removal of a small section allowing the modern road into the town. Next to the road is the old Conwy Castle ...

... pretty lucky with the weather so far. After relaxing for a little while we scoured the town for a pub that served food at 6pm to no avail. We had to choose between Italian and Indian. Being in the UK we assumed Indian was a safer bet. It was undoubtedly the best Indian cuisine we have ever had! Wow. We were so content after the meal we called it a night as it could not get any better ...