Conwy and Betws-y-Coed

The decision we had to make today was whether we were too tired to drive to Conwy to see the best of the Edward I castles. It is renowned for being the best preserved Middle Ages castle and also particularly beautifully positioned. The alternative was to hang around Betwys Y Coed, catch up with admin and relax. Going to the castle won! So we did.

It was everything that was promised. The walls incorporated the whole town and it was still in tact and impressive . Not all accessible on foot but mostly. The wall perimeter was 1.4km. The fiesty Welsh had to be kept out of the whole town. Life for the locals was tough and they were a savage foe.

We went to Bank cafe for the second worst coffee ever and then headed back to Coed Y Celyn, our lovely home.

Geoff dropped me off at the town of Betws for me to look at the shops and then I walked home. I bought a North Wales tea towel and a carved wooden spoon. It’s a welsh tradition for the boys to carve one for their wife to be.

We tried a couple of pubs for a beer at around 5. After 2 hot beers we went home for a home cooked steak and veg. The first hot beer was in Ty Gwynn, formerly a pack horse stop built right at the current roads edge. It was a very atmospheric building.

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