After strolling around the village of Portmeirion we decided in the afternoon to venture slightly further afield and explore the surroundings – not least the extensive woodland with thousands of self-sustaining plant species. We just headed for the woods and strolled – it is utterly gorgeous. So many beautiful flowers everywhere but especially the rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias…
Portmeirion, the candy coloured village on the North Wales coast, setting for the TV cult show The Prisoner and apparently a favoured haunt of the Beatles was a place Husband and I had visited years ago. The sun was still shining, it was just a ten minute drive from our Porthmadog hotel, so on the…
Finally finally the sun decided to put in a (long overdue) appearance on our Wales trip – unsure how long it would stick around we were up and ready to make the most of it. A short drive from Porthmadog and we found ourselves in the gorgeous little seaside resort of Criccieth – a ruined…
Our trip on the Ffestiniog Railway ended at the old market town of Blaenau Ffestiniog where we hopped off the train and set out to explore. Mist and rain hung over the whole place, it was chilly, damp and more than a bit miserable. We did walk around a little but visibility was so poor…
Our first morning in Wales was just like the previous day – cold, wet and generally miserable. Still, undeterred, we decided to keep with our original plan which was to ride the historic Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog – despite the rain we thought the one hour and fifteen minute train journey sounded fun. Plenty…
The map was consulted in an attempt to find the best place to base ourselves for our Bank Holiday weekend in Wales – Porthmadog was picked. This turned out to be a great place and base to explore this corner of Wales. A little seaside town, it grew up as a slate shipping port exporting…
The first Bank Holiday in May and we decided to take a trip to Wales. Previous expeditions over this weekend have proved a bit hit and miss with the weather, this year was no exception to that rule. Our first port of call was Harlech Castle. We drove through incredibly beautiful scenery and the Snowdonia National…
A slate museum – maybe not the most exciting place you might think. However, having been inside Electric Mountain in Snowdonia and faced with an afternoon of pouring rain, when our guide for the power station pointed out the slate museum on the drive back to the visitor centre we thought about it. When she…
Having failed miserably to organise a visit to Dungeness Power Station during our summer break, when I read about Electric Mountain I found a way to redeem myself. I knew this would be right up Son’s street so got my planning cap on and sorted a trip there. We booked our tour on-line through their…
Erddig was another of those places we stumbled upon almost accidentally. No prior plans to visit and no expectations, it was chosen as a sensible stopping point on the way home from our Welsh trip. A National Trust house, we made our way along twisting, winding country lanes to what seemed like the middle of…
