Castles and railways... the start

We spent four lovely nights in Harbour View Cottage. Thursday was spent pottering around Conwy..it was an incredibly beautiful day and after a slow start (enjoying having our own space a bit more after 6 nights of B&B) we walked the walls



and then we explored the castle. This was quite different to Ludlow..smaller and clearly a strategic castle. it is part of a ring of castles built by Edward I when he was conquering the welsh. It was built really quickly and was originally washed white which would have been quite spectacular. I found getting the towers easier than Ludlow - they have maintained the stairs - but Michael terrified me going up and down the narrow circular towers -no fear!!! The views are amazing and it is so special to be able to experience all this history. We then bought pies, cheese,cold meats and bread from the very very good local deli and had lunch back at the cottage.






. I haven't put on tons of weight..that is the way this browser is importing the photo!

We felt is was important to be real tourists and fill the entire day up so late afternoon we headed over to llandundo (hope I've spelt that right) which is a Victorian resort town with an old fashioned entertainment pier (but none of the rides were going at 4.00pm..poor Michael) so we strolled the pier and the Promenade. We didn't go on the Victorian Tram up the Great Orme ( a huge hill at the end of the peninsula) and I'm sure the tram enthusiast in the family (Granpop) will be disappointed. Then back to Conwy and one of our less exciting evening meals..the pubs in Conwy are really quite poor at food and wine choices.