Author name: Richard Clarke

Some place that were visited in the late 1970s were not visited this time because I didn’t want to spend a lot of time driving but also the foxgloves, ferns and hillside/valleyside woodland that so decorated the road running inland along the Conwy River valley would not be at their best by mid September. Nevertheless, […]

Day six was cooler but still an almost cloudless sky and good visibility – a return visit to Penmaenmaur seafront but less frequented as on the 1970s postcard photo above. On the advice of a local resident decided to visit the waterfront of the next settlement west Llanfairfechan. This proved interesting even though the waterside

The picture above is a scan of a 1970s postcard on which was reproduced a much earlier photo of a locomotive and single carriage ascending the narrow gauge railway linking Llanberis with the summit of Snowdon. This narrow gauge rack and pinion rail line has been a popular tourist attraction since 1895. Steam locos were

Day four (s.p.b.s) in the afternoon walked the path along the southern slope of Great Orme’s Head from the west side to the east (into the town of Llandudno). The area the pah passes through known as Haulfre Gardens (top right in the 1970s postcard above). With this being a south-facing slope the microclimate allows

The third day (s.p.b.) saw a return to warm, settled weather conditions with much of the afternoon spent walking the beach with the dog from Llandudno beach to Rhos on Sea, the next section of Llandudno Bay. Rhos on Sea is a not too commercialised, pleasant seaside area with Little Orme’s Head to the east

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