Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Cymru visit

Back in London after visiting Rosey and Mick for Easter. Went up to Derby on Thursday. Had some trauma with getting my tickets for the train from the self service terminal as my credit card is not rectangular. Apparently, a card with a curve cut out of it is not cool, it is not a credit card. Crap!
Anyway, at last update, we were to head up to the Lake District. Well, like Elizabeth Bennett, I made it to Derby but not the Lake District. We ended up in Northern Wales (Cymru is Welsh for Wales). We stayed in Cemaes, the northern most town in Wales on the Isle of Anglesey.
My first castle visit of this trip was to Caernarfon Castle, the one that Prince Charles was invested in as the Prince of Wales. Much more impressive on the inside than the out. Also visited the lighthouse at Holyhead, Beaumaris Castle (the most technically perfect medieval castle - this means that it's design was the best for defence with moat, outer wall, offset gates and inner walls with perfectly circular towers), the town with the longest name in Britain (it is just a huge bunch of consonants!) and the smallest house in Britain in Conwy (6 feet x 6 feet).
Met up with Lye Seng's brother today. He has been really great. I've been able to leave one of my bags at his hotel for the timebeing so I only have to lug around one heavy thing.
Will need to post some photos soon when I get my act together...

1 comment:

Vicki N said...

The town wasn't Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch by any chance? :-)