Saturday, July 21, 2007
15th July Lladudno town. Wetherspoons. Owls.
We went to Llandudno (Clan - did - know) for a stroll and some lunch last Sunday. It was quite a dull day, weatherwise, so I bought some postcards for the blog.
Llandudno, like many of our seaside resorts is not as vibrant as it once was, but it is pleasant and the surrounding areas are lovely.
Children's meals come with activity books and crayons.
On the way back to the car we stopped in the small shopping mall where we had parked the car. There was a display of owls.
Llandudno, like many of our seaside resorts is not as vibrant as it once was, but it is pleasant and the surrounding areas are lovely.
The town is built on a narrow peninsular that links the main coast of North Wales to the Great Orme rocky outcrop, which you can see in another postcard.
The art work on the old railway posters is always excellent. In the 1920s and 1930s, when these posters were produced, people were content to go by train to a sea side resort and enjoy a week of bracing seaside weather. This was long before the days of mass holiday flights to Spain and beyond.
This card shows Great Orme. There are lovely views from the top. You can walk up (quite a long way), drive up or enjoy the old style railway or cable cars.
Now for some pictures we took - without the lovely bright blue skies.
We bought a wooden spiral sort of thing to hang in the garden from a shop on the pier. It is the second one we have bought in Llandudno.
The map on the Town Trail sign shows how the town is situated between the sea to the East and the West - though most of the built up area is on the East side.
There were not many people on the promenade. The town doesn't attract families much these days. Liz commented that it is all "old people and wheel chairs".
The view from the muti storey car park over the town to the North Wales mountains.
After our bracing walk it was time for lunch.
After our bracing walk it was time for lunch.
Ashley has recently discovered the Wetherspoon's chain. In Lladudno they are established in The Palladium theatre.
When we were there it was very full - Sunday lunchtime, but service was reasonable. We liked the way Wetherspoon's had maintained the old atmosphere of the theatre.
Children's meals come with activity books and crayons.
On the way back to the car we stopped in the small shopping mall where we had parked the car. There was a display of owls.
They were very beautiful and their feathers were so soft.
