Conwy was the first half marathon that Sarah and I ever ran, back in 2013. It has continued to prove a favourite with Sarah ever since (and it would be for me too if my foot was up to it). This would be the sixth time Sarah has participated in the Conwy half marathon, having previously taken part in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. Yes, it has become an annual ritual! As mentioned, my problematic foot doesn’t hold up long…
Sunday 24th November was the 2013 Conwy Half Marathon which is organised by Run Wales. We arrived in Conwy just before 10 am and had a short walk along the quayside. It wasn’t too busy. There was an important visit to L’s Coffee and Book Shop for coffee and lovely cake! Feeling suitably refreshed, we went back to the car and got ourselves ready. It was actually much warmer in Conwy than it had been in Stockport. Once we were about…
Our blog posts are mainly about our cycling adventures, our day trips and our tours. Occasionally we write posts about walks we have been on, and every so often we have included a post about somewhere we have visited. Strangely however we have never written anything previously about another interest of ours, that of running. This Conwy Half-Marathon Recce post finally corrects that. On Sunday 24th November we are participating in the Conwy Half-Marathon organised by Run Wales. It will…
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…
Before we set off on our Wales weekend we had planned certain activities for each day. Sunday was going to be a walk in the hills. However …following Saturday’s tough day of cycling which finished with the downpour we decided a more leisurely day was called for. And what could be more leisurely than strolling and taking it slowly in Conwy? We arrived to find Conwy basking in sunshine. We started by visiting St Mary”s Parish church, a lovely little gem…
