North Wales Holiday June 2001 - page 1
We holidayed in North Wales, staying in a cosy little
cottage in Penmachno near Betws-y-coed and visited the amazing Swallow
Falls, enjoyed a relaxing horse-drawn canal boat trip at Llangollen and
climbed up Castell Dinas to admire the view. At Criccieth we
played golf (er, more like pitch & putt).
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Outside the cottage in Penmachno there was no mobile phone signal so we
explored the little Welsh village and found the phone box, pub, shop,
and river running through it and hills behind.
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The Wales holiday cottage sure was cosy with TV, video and Sky in the
lounge, shower in the kitchen cupboard, toilet under the stairs,
bedroom in the converted roof space and a small courtyard.
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On our first day in North Wales we visited lovely Betws-y-coed and
entered the first of many gift shops, the information centre, then
looked at the Conwy Valley steam railway and the Swallow falls.
See our UK tourist links for North
Wales websites.
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The River Conwy with its little waterfalls in Betws-y-coed was a very
tranquil scene - until Belinda let out a cry when she spotted another
gift shop! After a lovely lunch in a nearby hotel, we looked
around the Conwy Valley Railway station then headed...
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...a few miles along the A5 from Betws-y-coed to the Swallow Falls,
with its raging torrents of water. Belinda made sure she had
plenty of photos in the bag while Mike took lots of video footage!
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We always have adventures in the kitchen on every cottage holiday we've
been on - and this North Wales one was no exception, with scrambled egg
remnants sticking to the saucepan all week!
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After the first full day of our North Wales holiday we cooked Spaghetti
Bolognese, washed down with a good bottle of wine, except Mike choose
beer. Note that Belinda has the mat attached to her glass.
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We spent the second day at lovely Llangollen where we cruised on the
scenic horse-drawn canal boat. Although almost midsummer,
lightweight jackets were required in North Wales.
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We did a short but strenuous walk in Llangollen up the hill to Castell
Dinas, an old ruined castle. We had to be careful because of the
foot and mouth problems at the time, but found most paths open - as
were the gift shops for Belinda!
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The view up the hill to Castell Dinas and the zig zaggy path to the
top. The day was bright and dry which was much better than when
we were there three years ago and climbed up in the wind and
rain. On that occasion Belinda ran all the way down!
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From the top of Castell Dinas we could see the steam rising from the
Llangollen Steam Railway as the train snaked its way along the
picturesque valley below. We took lots of pictures and had a
great time exploring the old ruins.
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Mike needs to stay in more! No sooner does he get up the hill
than he runs around like a little kid again, maybe he should stay off
the scrambled eggs at breakfast! The Welsh sun even came out for
a while and it got quite warm.
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Back at the North Wales holiday cottage there were always chores to do
after a day's touring, including cleaning our muddy footwear.
Mike left his nearby in the forlorn hope they'd be done but they were
ignored. Ho hum! Anyway, the following day we went to...
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...Criccieth on the Lleyn Peninsula and our first port of call
was the putting green after a coffee in the café. The sun shone warmly
all day - the best day for weather during our time in North
Wales. Head to the next page for more from
North Wales >>>.
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