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 start to bloom. [...]
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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 | 4 Comments »
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 | Leave a 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 hadÂ
36 hours of rain, a lot of it heavy. It rained all day yesterday, all night [...]
Woodlands and water around Betws-y-Coed
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged betws-y-coed, bridges, lakes, north wales, rivers, roman road, streams, woodland on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I was starting in Betws-y-Coed (pronounced “bet us i co ed”). This lovely village is a popular with tourists to Snowdonia, the name means Prayer house (Betws) in the woods (y Coed).
My walk started behind St Marys church, a forestry track leading up the steep wooded hillside.
A stream tumbled down the hillside by the [...]
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