Tuesday, 17 September 2013

North Wales with Shelia's Gadabouts September 2013

Photo blog of North Wales

Dennis at Llangollen. Short stop on our way to the hotel Victoria in Llanberis



Electric Mountain Dinorwig power station Llanberis. A power station deep inside the mountain fed by water from a natural lake above




Wild goats by our hotel





Dolbadarn Castle






Jim & Annie Macdonald joined us on our late afternoon walk after having settled in at the hotel










Padarn Lake, home to the Artic Char. A fish species left over from the time of the last ice age.
    Caernarfon 




















Our walk to the waterfalls

Snowdon


Snowdon Steam train










 Llandudno

Orme tram



Shelia's Gadabouts waiting for the Great Orme Tramway





Howard ECP&DA Chairman



Views on the way up


Half way station

Words in stone


Copper mine






Margaret

and Ian

Poppies growing amongst the slate
Seafront

Shelia ( organiser ) standing by Ian




Wetherspoons Llandudno. Former Palladium Cinema

On the seafront




Jim, Annie, Dennis and Ian


Young herring gull



John Bayliss, Barbara and Malcomb from St Pancras Cruising club

May, Christine Baylis and Mick




Anglsey



Britannia Bridge

Walking the Menai Strait Bridge 



Looking over the side I spied a Heron






 Visit to Moelfre in Anglesey






and then onto Llanfair and the longest station name in europe.




Welsh Highland Railway including Ffestinioc


Arriving at Caernarfon







Sheep on the railway


Waiting for the Festinioc steam train









I thought washing the boat was bad enough!






No comments:

Post a Comment