A walk in Gwydyr forest taking in some great scenery, history and a labyrinth.
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Gwydyr forest, great views, old mines (and a labyrinth).
Posted in History, Landscapes/Nature, tagged caerdroia, conwy valley, cyffty mine, grey mare's tail, gwydr forest, hafna mine, labyrinth, lead mines, llanrwst, llyn parc, llyn sarnau, north wales, snowdonia on August 25, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Bodnant gardens in summer.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, Local history, tagged bodnant gardens, bodnant hall, conwy valley, flowers, lily pond, mausoleum, national trust, north wales, old mill, pin mill, rose terrace, the dell, trees on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I last visited the gardens (and did a blog post) in May when they were full of spring colour. Yesterday (11th. Aug) I returned to see how they look in summer.
Bodnant gardens cover an area of about 80 acres, some formal gardens and lawns, and the dell which is a wild area. The gardens were [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
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, looking [...]
Bodnant Gardens in Spring.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, Local history, tagged bodnant gardens, conwy valley, north wales, spring colours on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The wonderful Bodnant gardens in the Conwy valley, resplendent in spring colours.
Garden birds – 21 different species.
Posted in Landscapes/Nature, tagged birds, conwy valley, garden, north wales on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The end of the year is close so I thought I’d do a post on some of the garden birds that have visited during the year. Since I started to keep records in May I’ve seen 21 different species.
Unfortunately I haven’t got photo’s of all of them, but here is a selection.
Blackbird = Mwyalchen in [...]
Conwy valley railway…..calls for an upgrade.
Posted in Politics, tagged conwy valley, dylan jones-evans, gwilym euros roberts, railway on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Councillor Gwilym Euros Roberts for calling for the upgrading of the Conwy valley line. What a boost for the area it would be.dylan jones
Not only would this enable the movement of thousands of tons of slate waste from Blaennau Ffestiniog, but it would be a boon to tourism in the area.
At a cost [...]
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