Sat 29 July 15° Conwy - Llandudno Great Orme

The Groes Inn, meaning crossroads, was built in 1200's as a Stopover  for the sheep hearders from Anglesey on way to markets on the mainland.

Good chat with Elizabeth and Paul really good to see them and hear their voices.

Tont researched Llandudno and the Great Ormesby tramway, so will head that way and have a look and see what the weather is doing. We drove back through the narrow arch and past the castle on the way to Llandudno.

Dry and sunshine got to the bottom and a man was there taking £3 so we paid and kept driving....Round and up narrow road sea on one side cliff on the other...thank goodness it was a one way road.

At the top was a car park and Cafe so pulled in for our lunch stop, great view of Anglesey and Northern Ireland beyond. Then the little train pulled up....so no need to that as we were driving round....apparently there is cable car as well but didn't see any signs to it.

Wound our way down again and along through the coastal town of Deganwy.

Phone call from Sally and Peter, at Colwyn Bay, they had just got our message, they were back from the Lake District, please come and stay, they have room, water and dump facilities and we are welcome to do washing etc. So we said thanks very much and would be there probably within the hour.

Massive wind farm off the coast of Llandudno/Colwyn Bay,  drove to Sally and Peter's.

Very warm welcome and great catch up of where we had each been since meeting in Holland at the cheese factory.

Fun with their 2 dogs, golden retriever Tess fine old lady who rings a little bell when she wants to be let outside.....and Trix a very focused border collie....who spends hours rounding up tennis balls and placing them inside a rubber coyte...stares at it and looks like she is rounding up sheep....great dogs. They also do lots of other tricks very intelligent and the owners of course....

Tasty Vegetable curry for dinner with French champagne from their recent travels which went down very well the chit chat and swapping of places, sites, events , happenings and looking at maps.

After dinner Sally put out some peanuts for Badger.....very timid so can't go out to see it close up as he would just run away, so watched it through the window, it comes most nights.

They also have bird feeders outside their window with up to 30 different little birds flitting in and out,  very active rural garden.