2025-september

The weather forecast was for better a bit further south, so that’s the way we headed. We parked by the road in Rhyd-y-sarn, and walked up through some ancient atlantic rainforest – it was all very damp, but lovely! Over the top of the hill, we met the Ffestiniog railway, where it takes a big Read more

The rain absolutely hammered down during the night – it woke us several times. But by the morning it had all calmed down, although the forecast was for showers & a fresh breeze all day.  So we went to Portmeirion. We spent an hour or so ambling around the “village”, along with several coach parties. Read more

The forecast was for intermittent showers and extremely fierce winds, so not a day for the high tops! And anyway, we needed to pick up a few essentials, so we went into Bangor – it was very quiet, being a Sunday. Shopping done, we walked over the hill by the university, and then along the Read more

We packed the car and were on the way very soon after 10am. We only had the very occasional traffic hitch, and were across the border into Wales by lunchtime. We stopped at a lovely pub near Flint, where the landlady was on her own but doing a fantastic job, very cheerfully By the time Read more