July 22 Llangollen to Llabedr

Up at 7:15 and had a breakfast buffet served at the Hotel, included in our stay.  They had a broad selection and I had 75% of what was on offer except the black pudding. 
About 9am we started walking the streets of the town, looking at various shops and tourist centre's. I bought a magnet of Llangollen with a picture of the Pontsycillte Aqueduct on it that Carol and I had visited in 2010. So many good memories of this area.
We thought we would take the old steam train from Llangollen station but it takes an hour and a half which is too long. So after having misplaced Dave and then found him we decided to take the horse drawn canal boat which takes 45 minutes. We drove to the canal boat site where I dropped the guys off and then drove back to the hotel and I walked back up. Took 5 minutes. A very interesting illustration of how trade worked in the 1700s.
Finished about 11:30. Dave and I went to a tea shop where we had a very nice mushroom soup and a tea. Roger and Steve went to the Hand Hotel. We got on the road to Llanbedr about 1:30. The drive was quite good on the A5 with reasonable amount of traffic. We continued on ever smaller routes but the car was easy to drive. I did click one mirror coming through a small town. No missed turns but one sharp one required to turn on to Harlec Road. The GPS was directing us to the right so we missed our property.  We stopped at a restaurant and they directed us back to the proper location.  They were setting up for a wedding reception and invited us to come back but other plans got in the way.
We got the keys out of the lock box, easy entry into the home which is one of 4 Semi-detached units with a driveway bisecting the property. 
It is extremely well appointed with high end finishes. Everyone is very impressed with it. Each guy has his own room. I appropriated the penthouse room on the 3rd floor. 
There is a full kitchen with seating for 8, living room, bath/laundry all on the first floor and 3 other bedrooms on the second floor. 
We had a chat with the neighbours and went to the local village shop to pick up some things. 
At 6:30 we went to the Ty Mawr pub where I had an order of fish cakes and an ale. We watched the end of round 3 of The Open on their TV.
Back home at 8:30; everyone but me off to bed at 9.

Comments

  1. CreatingwithCarol.com26 July 2023 at 14:26

    I loved that canal ride with the horse! Nice house, nice to have your own rooms. Penthouse - right on!

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