UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions

Outside the cottage in Penmachno there was no mobile phone signal so we explored the village and found the phone box, pub, shop, and river running through it and hills behind.

The cottage was cosy inside 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.
 

On our first day in North Wales we visited Betws-y-coed and went into the first of many gift shops, the information centre, looked at the Conwy Valley steam railway and the Swallow falls.  See our UK tourist links for North Wales websites.

By the River Conwy with its little waterfalls in Betws-y-coed, 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 at the Conwy Valley Railway.
 

Just a few miles along the A5 from Betws-y-coed is the Swallow Falls, with its raging torrent of water.  Belinda made sure she had plenty of photos in the bag while Mike took lots of video footage!

Every cottage holiday we've been on we always have adventures in the kitchen - this time was no exception, with the scrambled eggs sticking to the saucepan!  There wasn't room to swing a cat in the small kitchen.
 

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.  Belinda has the mat attached to her glass.

On the second day we drove to Llangollen and took a ride on the horse-drawn canal boat.  Although it was almost midsummer, lightweight jackets were required in North Wales.
 

We did a short 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!

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.  Belinda ran down the hill on that occasion!
 

From the top we could see the steam rising from the Llangollen Steam Railway as the train snaked its way along the picturesque valley below.  Belinda took lots of pictures and we had a great time exploring the old ruins.

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 sun even came out for a while and it got quite warm.
 

There were chores to do after a day out and here's Belinda cleaning her trainers.  Mike left his nearby for her to do while he checked out the next day's weather on TV but they were ignored.

The following day we went to Criccieth on the Lleyn Peninsula.  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 the time we were in North Wales.