| Abersoch is a pretty little port
on the south of the Lleyn peninsula which is, to say the least, very
popular with Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Twenty five years ago, we
used to visit it with friends when we lived in Bramhall. Today, I was on
my way up to North Wales and I decided to park up and 'get on my bike'. |
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This pretty little church at
Llandegwying was
for sale (graveyard included?) and boasts a sundial rather than a clock.
Presumably you could only be late for the sermon when the sun didn't
shine. |
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This is just an unfolding tree
bud (chestnut?) but I thought it was a perfect antidote for gloomy
gravestones. |
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Just around the corner was this
series of buildings, also waiting for a new owner, perhaps. |
| Bluebells were everywhere, the
narrow roads were mostly flanked by high banks of stone and wild flowers:
bluebells, red campion, yellow gorse. A pretty multi arched bridge in the
background. |
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A few miles further on, a stiff
cycle up the Mynydd Rhiw a chapel stands in glorious isolation. |
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This part of North Wales is
strongly Nationalistic, evidence is close at hand! Quite a substantial
flag post, what? |
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A nice change from modern galvanized
gates |
| Not strictly on the Lleyn
peninsula, Portmadoc is a bustling, picturesque small Welsh town with a
harbour that used to be the exit point for Welsh slate mined in the huge
slate quarries nearby. The little
railways that used to bring the slate here are now, of
course, a huge tourist attraction nowadays. |
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We're not too far from RAF
Valley on Anglesey so the peace is quite often broken by a training
mission whizzing through the valleys hereabouts. |
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