Day two, Sunday, saw a return of what has been normal summer weather, heavy drizzle, overcast and low cloud. The main plan was to go up onto Great Ormes Head via the narrow gauge railway (see above), which was done despite being warned by the staff at the bottom station that the ‘Head’ was completely covered in low cloud with visibility down to a few yards. Thus the headland-top walk and visit to St. Tudno’s Church didn’t get done.
The pier was walked but is overcrowded with booths selling stuff, unlike, it would seem, in the 1970s photo above. The pylons for the cabin lift were just visible but no cabins were seen so not sure as to the current situation.
The many shops along Mostyn Street, running parallel to the promenade, were actually welcome given the weather as most had awnings keeping much of the pavement dry. Like Saltburn and Cleethorpes for example, many Victorian shop-fronts survive, especially so with the decorative wrought iron work and curved glass window panes leading into the shop from the pavement. Another very good example survives in Bridlington on the street that again parallels the prom., up to a couple of years ago the shop was called Whitley’s and sold lace fabrics and the like – sadly its days may be numbered.