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Conwy
Being held up for weather is not all bad. It does give me a chance to see a little of the places I visit and to get more of a feel for the country as a whole as I go round. Conwy is a great example. A very pleasant walk along the coast wall of about 20 minutes from Conwy Marina takes you to this bustling town. In the past it was certainly bustling with local traders and merchants but nowdays it is the tourist and holiday maker that fills the streets. Just a few miles from the seaside and holiday town of Llandudno Conwy is a small town with a history that goes back to the 1400’s.
The town is dominated by the castle and the old town walls surrounding the town but there are a few other attractions. The smallest house in Britain (or so they claim) is on the quay and in the High Street stands the oldest house in Conwy which rather incredibly dates back to the 1400’s and has been carefully restored by the National Trust. There is a small fee to non-members but it is well worth a visit.
Also rather unusually there are 3 bridges over the river all within a few yards of each other. The upriver bridge is the railway bridge built by Stevenson when he brought the railway to Wales. The down river bridge, the one you see when entering the port from the sea, is a modern bridge built in the late 1950’s to take motor traffic. However, for me, the most interesting of the three is the middle bridge. Built by Telford and designed originally for horse traffic without the suspension cables which were added later to take motor traffic. If you cross the bridge there is a little tollhouse on the other side which I found fascinating.
Also on the quay is the Conwy Lifeboat Station which houses a splendid D-Class Inshore Lifeboat (ILB). The pictures show it being launched on a training evening last night.
That tractor looks fun - can I have one?