Having enjoyed a few days in Caernarfon for Sarah’s birthday last month which we both thoroughly enjoyed, we now both took a day off work and spent the day at Keswick for Andy’s birthday. The weatherman had predicted heavy rain but this didn’t deter us and we are really glad it didn’t for us the photos below show we had a fabulous day We have visited Keswick recently (here, here and here) however it is always a place that we enjoy returning to since…
Nant Y Coed walk Yesterday was Sarah’s 50th birthday, and today was Sarah’s 50th birthday plus one day! It also signalled the end of our little break and was time to leave Caernarfon for home. On the way we stopped off at Llanfairfechan and for a walk beginning Nant Y Coed Local Nature reserve. Llanfairfechan, although a coastal town, much of the town is a ribbon development following the valley created by the Afon Llanfairfechan. At the top of the town…
Wednesday 21st August is Sarah’s 50th birthday and to celebrate this landmark occasion we decided to spend the time at Caernarfon. Tuesday evening We drove over to Caernarfon after finishing work on the Tuesday evening. After dropping our stuff off at Caernarfon Travelodge we started by taking an evening stroll around the town. We began by walking around Doc Fictoria, the newly renovated Victoria Docks Marina. We then wandered in to walled town and ended up at the Black Boy…
Following on from our ride along the coast of North Wales yesterday, we tackled a different section today. We again were following the National Cycle route but the weather was not as nice today. We drove to Conwy and parked near the castle them headed out past the smallest house and then along the coast towards the Marina. The route then basically follows the A55 with their being a cycle path which runs parallel or even in some sections on…
One of the best cycle routes in the UK has to be the coastal cycle path along the North Wales coast (i.e. sections of National Cycle Network routes 5 & 8). In our last post I mentioned cycling a section of the NCN from Rhyl to Bangor. Unfortunately Sarah couldn’t join us on that ride and hasn’t cycled most of it before. Since it is such a great ride Sarah and I decided to correct that, and cycle between Prestatyn and Caernarfon over…
