Day 03 (Part 1)

Day 03….we’re only just starting to relax and enjoy the great days ahead.

After hearty breakfast of cereal, yoghurt and the full ‘Walsh’ we headed south-west from Betwys-y-Coed across the rainy Snowdonia National Park via some very remote country lanes towards Caernarfon Castle http://www.castlewales.com/caernarf.html

As the primary driver and co-route planner, I decided that we should take-in the ‘real Snowdonia National Park’ views but in all honesty I hadn’t really expected such dramatic weather and scenery during the 1hr 15mins drive to Caernarfon.

Once arrived, we made our way through the old narrow streets towards the castle in the rain! despite that we enjoyed climbing up and around the castle towers and discovering the various advantage points down below.

Caernarfon Castle is architecturally one of the most impressive of all of the castles in Wales and as a symbol of past English dominance over the subdued Welsh.

In 1958 Caernarfon Castle was the location of the 18 year old Charles Prince of Wales Investiture but today the somewhat ruins are very much a tourist attraction.

After several hours and a visit of the museum / shops, it was time for a good warm ‘Walsh’ lunch.

Some considerably time and food later we left Caernarfon and headed south-west towards Portmadog which intended to revisit tomorrow, but today we planned to visit the fantastic place of Portmerion.

To be continued….