Monday, November 13, 2006

 

VIEWS OF PORTMEIRION. NORTH WALES

This map on the notice board at Portmeirion shows the location of the village.
The village faces generally south across the wide estuary of the River Dwyryd.
Around the headland is the ocean.
Today I show you some of our photographs of Portmeirion.
It was a wonderful autumn day; it was a little chilly, but the skies were clear blue and the sun shone down.





There is so much to see and it would take several visits to explore the coastline and also the wooded slopes above the village.


We walked out to look across the estuary first.










The rocks down by the water's edge were beautiful and good for climbing on.









The concrete boat creates the atmosphere of a Mediterranean harbour.













People do live in the village, but it is more of a visual spectacle than a community.
It is possible to rent a house there for a holiday. It must be lovely in the evenings when the day trippers have gone home.





The sky is so blue. It was easy to imagine that this could be a real Italian village.











A peaceful archway and cottages beyond. It would be lovely to sit outside the door with a glass of wine.












More lovely cottages with the water and mountains beyond.
Captain Katya and Crewman Jack were looking out for a cottage for the night. The Captain chose one called Angel Cottage.
The trusty crewman would have loved time in the white cottage in this picture.




If you would like more information about Portmeirion there are many web sites. As usual Wikipedia supplies all that most of us would ever need to know.