I have said previously that north Wales has wonderful scenery. It’s not all about the mountains of Snowdonia, in fact Snowdonia is not all mountains anyway. I thought I’d put together a few images to show just how varied the scenery is in this part of the world. To start, here is the Conwy valley, [...]
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Scenes of north Wales, and the eisteddfod.
Posted in Culture, Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon conwy, bala, conwy valley, cwm eigiau, dolwyddelan, eisteddfod, lligwy bay, llyn tegid, north wales, porth dafarch, snowdon, steam railway on August 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Springtime in north Wales.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged aber falls, afon conwy, betws-y-coed, birds, bluebells, bodnant gardens, fairy glen, llandudno, Llyn Crafnant, nant y coed, north wales, snowdonia, south stack, springtime, victorian extravaganza, wild flowers on June 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Anytime is a good time to visit north Wales. Last winter was the hardest for many years, but there were some magical views in the valleys and the mountains. Autumn is full of wonderful colours. Spring though, has to be my favourite time; as fresh green leaves start to appear on the trees and flowers [...]
Conwy – a magnificent castle and walled town.
Posted in History, tagged abbey, aberconwy house, afon conwy, castle, church, conwy, Llewelyn, walled town, world heritage site on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finally I’m adding a post of a day out I had in July, one of the very few nice days we’ve had since May. Anyway, for a change I decided to have a few hours in Conwy, which is only 3 miles from where I live. Conwy is a small town dominated by a [...]
Why doesn’t the rain stay on the plain in Spain?
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged afon conwy, afon llugwy, betws-y-coed, bridges, capel curig, floods, north wales, pont-y-pair on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s been a bloody awful summer, in fact summer was in May! Since then we have had only ocassional good days, and I believe August was the wettest on record. Well now we’re into September and we have just had 36 hours of rain, a lot of it heavy. It rained all day yesterday, all [...]






