FUN-travel: Deganwy/Conwy, Wales
June 3, 2017 by Susan Clarke
- Today’s Treat…
…train to Blaenau Ffestiniog…slate capital of the world…socked in with pea soup fog…
…back on for Betws-y-Coed…home to Britain’s first artist colony…
…secluded alpine area near Mt. Snowdon…more “oh so cute & quaint” …
…a river runs through it…and next to the golf course.
How’s that for a major water hazard?
- Back to Deganway…
…40 min stroll to Conwy Castle…
- Castle & town walls planned as a single entity
…begun in 1283…done in 1287…astonishingly fast…
- Pop into the Albion Pub for a Snowdon Craft Lager…
…then onto Watson’s Bistro for dinner…
…YUMMY!
Sticky Pudding with Ice Cream & Orange Slices
FUN-fact – Conwy Castle cost 15,000 pounds (45 million in today’s money) and is one of finest surviving medieval fortifications in Britain.