Blogs from Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8

Well, here we are, one day to go! Slightly annoyed that Cemaes Bay is not available as a location on the Blog, must not be the metropolis we locals make it out to be. Everything now packed, rucksack naturally weighs more than i thought it would but shouldnt be a problem. Somethings you only come to realise when your planning a trip like this...you get to spend a lot of time in your local post office, which is always nice and you have to deal with an awful lot of Utility Company based noddy not rights over the phone. But hey ho. So this is it, my last few hours in Sunny Wales and my last night in the UK. 2 years of planning and its finally arrived. Pretty scary but confident it'll probably all work ... read more

Today was the day for Caernafon!!! I woke up earlyish and woke everyone up getting ready. Of course s2 slept in the computer room making it very convienent for me! Anyways Simon got up after awhile and made me a cup a tea and i had some breaky to prepare for a long day. I took the train to Chester and transferred to Bangor.Lovely train ride it was super rainy but I saw the Irish Sea and tons of hills with sheep and all that countryside splendour. From Bangor it took awhile to get a bus to the castle. Also it was pretty expensive but it ended up working out pretty well for me. Once i got to Caenarfon I asked the bus driver how to get to the castle and he insisted he didnt know!!! ... read more

Caernarfon Castle is probably most known medieval monument in Wales. Works had starter short after Wales was conquered by English king Edward I. This castle - with couple of different ones: Conwy, Harlech and Beaumaris - had a specific assignment. It was flanking undefeated Welsh people in Snowdonia and take a control over the coast. This castle in typical example of medieval fortress and it was used as a model to several computer games. Despite of Caernarfon castle is a ruin inside were organised some interesting exhibitions (in contrast to Conwy castle). While we were visited there at the castle courtyard had been a mediaval knights tournament performance. It seems quite real and obviously most of the visitors assembled and crowded together to see an event. Nice and colorful performance. Caernarfon is bilingual and we haerd ... read more

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I arrived in Nant Peris around 7pm and met fellow FC members Pete, Paddy and Gill in the Vaynol Arms. We decided on climbing Snowdon and another mountain. After pitching my tent in the campsite opposite the Vaynol Arms we headed up the road for fish and chips. Before decking down for the night we sank a few ciders outside the tents and took in the great views provided by the full moon. The overnight temperature really dropped and i awoke to a frozen tent and field. After breakfest we headed for Snowdon but the car park was full, so Pete took us to Moel Siabod which is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, which sits isolated above the villages of Betws-y-Coed and Capel Curig. It is the highest peak in the Moelwynion mountain range at ... read more