Off at 9am for quick spin around Wales. First I headed for Harlech Castle on the west coast, this is meant to be one of the star Welsh castles, really just a shell, but still seemed to be a destination for holiday makers as Harlech was very busy. These Welsh seaside places are very grey -grey granite stone & sort of grim, you can understand why they have the reputation of being "hard men". I'm not sure I could cope with living in any of the places I have seen today. From there I went onto Porthmadog, & the special welsh Highland Railway, getting over to Harlech & Porthmadog was through the Snowdonia National Park which is real mountain goat country, or sheep actually, most unlike the soft English countryside of Herefordshire of the last 2 days. Headed onto North Wales , back in an easterly direction, quite harsh country, no other traffic really, (other than a few sheep) I don't know where they all were. I started looking for a B&B at around 4.30 to no avail, & ended up at a Premier Inn at Chester....they guarantee a good nights sleep, I'm not sure how with the road 10 foot from the window, but we'll see.
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| Snowdonia National Park, Wales |
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| Harlech Castle, Wales |
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| All signs in Welsh as well |
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| Porthmadog, Wales |
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| Porthmadog, Wales |
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| The Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog, Wales |
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