Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bristol - Clifton



On a lovely fine day we used the local ferry as a hop on, hop off bus! Actually very cheap
when you book on line and get seniors concessions. Three pound all day. Unfortunately Lisa was at work in this building.




Colourful houses from the ferry.



The crescent at Clifton.





Looking down the river Avon from atop the Clifton Suspension Bridge.




The bridge. Great engineering for its day.




More colourful houses and the masts of the SS Britain.








Beddgelert


One of the prettiest towns in the Snowdenia area.












The story of the dog which is famous here.




Llanberis - Mt Snowdon



On top of Mt. Snowdon



Mt Snowdon. Fortunately we struck a brilliant day with very little wind. So we managed to

take the steam train to the top.






Our train with just one carriage with about 60 passengers.



View from the top. A little hazy so we could not see the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland.








The massive slate Quarry at Llanberis.










Betws-Y-Coed



Hotel where we stayed on our trip to North Wales. Plenty of touristy shops.



The Swallow Falls. Supposedly Salmon can be seen jumping up these falls in the right season.














Conwy


The smallest house in Wales.

The marina viewed from the top of the old walls of Conwy.






What's that Lisa?



Conwy castle.








Llandudno North Wales


The busy seaside town of Llandudno on a very windy summer day. No one swimming an the pier
was closed due to the wind. Hope it dies away by tomorrow as we want to get up Mt Snowdon.




The promenade at Llandudno, lined with hotels.



These are models of Welsh steam engines running on a small railway on the promenade.