Daish holiday company had a special offer for five days at their Somerset Hotel in Llandudno with bed, breakfast and evening meal. Too good to miss the chance of someone else cooking our meals [ I still have no cooker] and enjoying some sea air.
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| The Somerset Hotel |
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| Turn around and this is the view |
The Great Orme headland is a massive chunk of limestone rising 207m/679ft straight out of the sea.
Little wonder that its name, given by the Vikings, means ‘sea monster’.
Paying a toll of £3 we drive to the top and the views are spectacular including one hill side covered in messages made from stones.
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| A trip to the Great Orme |
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| 'Fun' graffiti |
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| The view to Anglesey |
Another day out was a trip to the National Trust property Bodnant, where we enjoyed walking around the gardens, Can anyone tell me the name of the tall purple flower?
Thank you to the friends that told me it is a Verbena.
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The house is still lived in and owned by Michael McLaren,
while the gardens were donated to the National Trust in 1949 |
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| Such a beautiful pool called "the bath" |
We completed our visit with hot chocolate and cake and a visit to the on site shops where I bought a skirt and two tops, while CJ bought two shirts. A grand day out.
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| Waterfall seen on the drive back to the hotel |
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| Conway Castle, save a walk here for another trip as it is vast. |
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| An evening stroll along the promenade, just love this poppy in a bed of red flowers to commemorate the different wars. |
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| A Mad Hatter sculpture opposite the hotel |
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| Selfie fun |
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| Goodbye to the hotel, room 401 |
1 comment:
Tall purple flower is Verbena bonariensis, a hugely popular perennial, the robust plants create a mass of wiry stems and clouds of mauve blooms from mid to late summer. When planted through a cottage border, the effect is breathtaking. Much loved by insects. According to the seed packet. Llandudno looked like a good destination.
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