It was time to head south and I decided to visit Liverpool first but took a wrong turn as I arrived in the city and ended up driving through a long tunnel, paying tolls and heading towards Wales before I knew it. There was no place to turn around so I kept going. I stopped for lunch in Chester then at Llanberis where the plan was to walk up Mount Snowden. However the weather was so bad and Mount Snowden covered in snow I booked accommodation ahead at Caernarfon and pushed on. When I say pushed on this meant driving all over the Welsh countryside to go a few hundred miles forward. As in England roads and lanes are very poorly sign posted. Wales also had a lot of twisting winding backroads but the countryside was absolutely beautiful.
Arrived late in Caernarfon to find the accommodation was not booked until the 26th January! But the couple who ran the place kindly opened up. It was only a short stay here, just overnight, but it is really a place I would like to come back to and spend time. It was magical ........and the castle was absolutely huge. I did manage an early morning walk.......which wasn't too early because the sun doesn't seem to come up until 9 o'clock. I took some photos of the sunrise and the castle.
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| Llanberis |
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| Mount Snowden in the background |
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| Waterfowl |
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| Welsh back roads |
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| Caernarfon harbour |
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| Caernarfon Castle |
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| Streets around Caernarfon |
