Wales, Caernarfon

Sitting among rolling hills, low mountains, lakes, meandering streams, flocks of sheep, and green, green, green landscape, the town of Caernarfon is the home of the castle used when they crown the Prince of Wales. Aerial photo’s show there is a lot of open space inside the high walls — it’s not all building in there. On the river, or inlet, the tide was out and boats were setting on the mud, waiting for water to return. Like we saw elsewhere, some boats are constructed with “legs and feet” for the boat to stand on, while the tide is out.

In a village nearby some sheep had broken down the fence and had gotten into a vegetable garden. There are many rock fences along the road and through the fields, and there are many old stone houses, some with slate roofs. Someone was remodeling an old stone house in one village.

Not far away, Betws-y-coed is a pretty little Welsh village with a pretty name. It sits along the River Conwy in the Snowdon National Forest. Waterloo Bridge, built in 1815, which carries the A5 across the River Conwy, bears the cast iron inscription "This arch was constructed in the same year the battle of Waterloo was fought"

The package of round, crisp, butter cookies we bought in Betws-y-coed, are the best ever. I bought several packages and would have bought more if I could have found them.