Llanddulas Weekend MK3

Saturday 2 - Sunday 4 July
Hilary, Tracey, Jane + Donna

Llandudno and the Great Orme


Saturday
The weather had been wet pretty much all week so it is hard to decide whether or not we should go. We thought we would give it a go.

Hilary picked us up and we travelled to meet Donna at the caravan. The weather was fine in Middlewich as we left, but it got cloudier as we travelled through Wales. As we reached Llanddulas it began to rain and there was a real downpour as we got to the caravan site. We drank a welcome cup of tea and set off for Llandudno to continue the walk we did on our last Llanddulas weekend. Hilary drove to Llandudno and we managed to find a parking spot we didn't have to pay for. We walked along the road to the promenade.

The Owls Trust was on the promenade at Llandudno, so we were able to have a stroke of the large owl, the feathers were very soft. The owl had problems with brittle feather so could not be let out into the wild. There were barn owls, a little owl and some baby ones sitting under the shade.

Went down the pier and joined the queue for the toilet, there was a group of young girls on an outing. The toilet still had stained glass panels at the top of the walls letting in some light.

Then we started our walk along the Great Orme road. 

Hilary pointed out a glider to us, it looked just like a bird to start with due to its shape, but when it turned and flashed in the sun it was unmistakably a glider, and once it started to do rolls it was even more obvious that it was a plane not a bird. Ian has been flying on the Great Orme with his planes.

Anglesey was quite visible right to its very tip. 

It was very sunny but the wind was cool at times so we were taking off and putting on our extra layers at regular intervals.

We managed to have our lunch on a bench with a shelter. We could see Tal-y-Fan in the distance. 

As we climbed up towards the summit we saw the silver studded butterfly, we thought it might be a small blue. We found out that it is the Great Orme's special butterfly and its name when we got to the Visitor Centre.

It was very windy as we climbed towards the summit. We saw a goat with long curling horns and sheep here. At the visitor centre we also found out that the goats on the Great Orme are Kashmiri. 

The clouds were gathering and it went quite grey, I thought we might get wet. We put on our jackets but there were only a few spots of drizzle. we were not far from the the Great Orme Tramway and the Visitor Centre. There were plenty of people queuing for the tram. We went to the Visitor Centre and had a wander about looking at the exhibits. 

We began our walk down, it was still pretty windy, we followed the path to the Halfway Station, then we came to the road, it was very steep down the Old Road. We went to Haulfre Garden Tea Rooms on the Cwlach Road and sat outside with our tea and cake. There is a good view of Llandudno from here. 

We walked further along the road and then started the climb down the steps until we reached the road, we walked to where the car was parked. We returned to the caravan for tea. Donna made us chicken, potatoes and vegetables and a pudding.

Sunday
We went to see the house, and looked at all the work Donna and Martin had done

Breakfast at Bryn Williams at Porth Eirais, Colwyn Bay. Three full breakfasts and a crushed avocado and poached egg on soda bread.

We had a walk in the sunshine along the Promenade towards Rhos. We had a look at the new build apartments at Ocean View. One bed apartments were going for £150k, two bed from £185k to £315k, and three bed at £360k. The promenade is also going to be done up with planting