Holiday - North Wales 2012 - Day 4

North Wales Holiday 2012

Day 4 – 19.06.12

Quite a slow morning today – think yesterday was quite tiring.  We looked at the weather forecast and decided our plans for climbing Snowdon Thursday were looking slightly iffy as rain was due!  We thought we had better get a move on as it was looking better for today.  We set off to Betws – Y – Goed for some lunch and post cards, we also wanted more information about going up Snowdon.  By now it was about 12:30 and we thought it was now pushing it a bit to go on foot if we were planning to go ringing tonight.  We decided that we would go to Llanberis and see if we could get the train up instead.  The next available one was at 17:00 so that was not going to be possible.  We went across the road to have a look at the electric mountain to see if we could join a visit in there – once again – the next available one was at 16:00!!

Electric Mountain

Feeling a bit fed up at our lack of success we decided to drive around the bottom of Snowdon instead taking photos of various views of the summit.  It was a nice scenic drive but just a shame we didn’t manage to get the views from the top!!  If the weather improves for Thursday we may see if we can have another try!

Snowdon - From the Rangers Path Side

Llyn Cwellyn

Snowdon - from Rhyd Ddu

Rhyd Ddu Train Station

Rhyd Ddu Train Station

Snowdon - from Watkin Path Route

Snowdon - From the view point

We next headed for Swallow Falls – Four waterfalls with a well maintained path and viewing platforms.

Swallow Falls

By now we were getting hungry so made our way to a pub in Bodelwyddan where that evening we were planning to join the local church’s ringing practice.

Bodelwyddan Church

The ringers were all very friendly and welcoming.  They were a band that mainly seemed to ring round and call changes and occasionally a bit of plain bob.