Around Conwy

After lunch, Sanna and I wanted to wander about town and have a nosy in the shops.  Fran took off to the beaches and enjoyed the sun Fran style.  [I'll put SG on the photos Sanna took.]

the beach and sun

a right bumbler [sg]

part of the town wall [sg]

a lovely restaurant, the shakespeare, that we meant to come back to [sg]

Conwy Castle

to the harbor [sg]

we met fran, saw the smallest house, then walked back to our hostel

these amazing town walls [sg]

the town walls [sg]

view of ivy towers [sg]

sweet gate houses

I be tired. let's go home. [sg]

[In addition to that, here's a little video Sanna accidentally took. I know I'm scowling, but I just love it.]

Conwy: the smallest house in Britain

After our wander around Conwy, we all met up at the smallest house in Great Britain. 

 

the downstairs

the upstairs

Fran upright in the wee house

Most of my pictures didn't exactly turn out as it was so dark inside.  But it had a cooking range inside the fire place, a small table, and then a ladder that led upstairs. Upstairs was slightly bigger with a bed and wash stand. It was very cute. I think I'm a fan of small houses.

Conwy: Anna's tea room

By the time we finished climbing the mountain, we were absolutely famished.  So we headed to the town centre and began the prowl for lunch.

Conwy town center

this is my prowling for lunch

we settled on Anna's and couldn't have chosen better if we tried!

It was set on the second floor of a camping shop

It was the sort of lovely place the sold its own jams and coffees

And of of course had its old-world elegance, complete with lace and doilies

striking a pose

the ever photo-genic Sanna

waiting for our food

The food was delicious.  They even had a whole selection of proper coffee and in my experience of tea rooms, that is a valuable find.  I didn't take pictures of the food, mostly because I detest pictures of food and besides, we were so hungry, it hadn't stayed on our plate half a minute before we hoovered it up.  But it was lovely, and if you go to Conwy, I recommend this one!

Conwy Mountain

 

Doing a little catch-up on our weekend in Bangor.  After the conference, we headed to Conwy and stayed there for two nights. The first morning we climbed Conwy Mountain.

a path to a castle

the beach

a little LOTR

I'll help you. Right off a cliff.

my old friend

We climbed a tree!

climbing trees in scarier than I remember

North by NorthWest, anyone?

We clomb the mountain, which was a bit like Arthur's Seat. It had magnificent views of Snowdonia mountain range, a beach, and a castle. We could even see off-shore wind-farms.  Very beautiful weather. We made our way into the city center of Conwy some well-earned lunch!