The road noise (from the North Wales Expressway) is quite noticeable at night but you sorta learn to block it out and we are both sleeping well.
Pretty much the normal morning (with the exception of the shower) ... tea in bed, mushroom omelette on bagel and a brief dog walk to let them do their stuff. I’m taking them to the wee rocky beach at the end of the road. We walk across the rocks to a waterfall going into the sea and then back along the banks of a wee river running parallel with the beach. Most of the local dog walkers are on the other side of the water so it works well for our “unpredictable” muts.
Out by 12.30 and heading for Conwy. The weather is grey and slightly damp but no rain. The weather guys were right and the sun did make an appearance later in the afternoon. It was very mild all day though - no wind and between 8 and 10 degrees.
Conwy is a fabulous place. A pretty quant town with a fantastic Norman castle and almost intact town walls. It has a quay as well so if you’re into boats there is even more to look at. We walked on the walls a bit but the current Mrs Pitts is not a fan of heights so we thought the £10 admission fee for the castle might be a bit wasted. Plus, as Kim said, we’re National Trust members so we shouldn’t be paying for any entrance to old buildings! Can’t fault the logic?!
We spent a very pleasant couple of hours strolling round the town / quay. Ending up at a coffee shop / cafe called “Love to Eat” for a bit of light lunch. Not a hit from me I’m afraid - I had Welsh Rarebit which was as dry as a nun’s habit! Annoyingly the pot of tea for 2 was indeed only 2 cups of tea! I felt a bit cheated, you should always expect to get at least another 3/4s of a cup each out of a pot of tea for two! Or is that just me??
At 2.30 we headed off to Llandudno to find a beach for the dogs. Again we timed the tide perfectly. If the tide had been in Llandudno beach would have be rubbish for our crazy dogs but with the tide right out it gave them lots of space to go mad. There was so few folks on the beach as well which was really surprising given the size of the town.
The sun was out by now and the late afternoon winter light was gorgeous. I wish I had my posh new camera with me but the iPhone did OK.
One bit of drama. We thought Ben was just relaxing in the water. He had stayed still for ages - prompting me to take a picture (below). It turned out he was stuck! He had run into a very rocky area and couldn’t find a way out. Of course swimming would have worked but that didn’t occur to Ben!
Kim had her wellies on so she put the hero’s coat on and bravely waded into the wild sea to save him. The video below records this - although my guilt at letting “the woman” go out to sea to make the rescue finally got too much for me and the filming was aborted just before the dramatic conclusion - and all the sea water coming over the top of Kim’s wellies!
Llandudno seems to be a little higher class / better kept than most of the other local seaside resorts around here. It’s kept some really nice local hotels on the prom and still retains some of that Victorian charm. We had 2 free Starbuck coffees so we made the long walk into town to redeem them. There is no lengths we won’t go to to get free frothy coffees - although in Kim’s case it was a mint tea.
Home to Brunnehilda for a splendid M&S prawn stir fry! A lot better than the Conwy Welsh Rarebit!
We have settled into a routine on this trip of watching an episode of The Waltons while we have our tea and an episode of The Wire just before we go to bed! Not sure this is the right way round for a peaceful and content evenings sleep?
A third night in a row where Kim was embarrassing thrashed at Canasta - it can’t just be luck now surely?? Although she got her own back and drubbed me at Backgammon! I never was any good with dice!
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