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Halloween Post: Witch Corner and the Halloween Trail at Abbotsford, Scotland

Abbotsford was the home of Sir Walter Scott, writer of such classics as Waverley and Ivanhoe. I’ll have much more to say about the house and gardens later, but in the grounds of the house they’ve created Witch Corner, an interactive story trail inspired by the writings and research of Scott who was particularly interested in Scottish folktales. In fact Witch Corner takes its name from Scott’s nickname for the section of his library that contains 250 rare books about witchcraft, folklore and superstition.

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Halloween Post: City of Edinburgh Underground Ghost Tour

If you follow me on Instagram you’ll know that I recently returned from a week away in Scotland. It’ll be a little while before I start on those posts in depth but in honour of the spooky season I’m bringing forward a couple of them. On one of my evenings in Edinburgh I decided to do a ghost/history tour, and this one was the one that came most highly recommended. I didn’t take a huge amount of photos since much of the tour took place in the dark. The tour was lead by John Napier who was dressed in period costume (I can’t remember who he said he was representing now – a scientist of some sort) and he was a very engaging guide. The group was quite large, around 20 or so of us I think and we met here at the tour’s ticket booth.

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West Shore Beach and Wales Coast Path, Llandudno

Personally I think that Llandudno’s West Shore is the best beach in the town. I don’t know what its like at the height of summer but whenever I’ve been it’s been quiet, well maintained and very peaceful. On this trip I ended up walking the length of the beach, carrying on through the Wales Coast Path and then on to Deganwy, a nearby town which will feature in the next post.

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Wollaton Hall and Miniature Masterpieces

I recently decided to take a long walk around Wollaton Hall and Deer Park as I hadn’t been for a while and was in need of some fresh air. It was also deer rutting season and though I didn’t see any stags I did see a lot more female deer than usual, plus a load of squirrels.

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Mostyn, Llandudno

I’ve previously written a bit about the art gallery Mostyn but this was my first time actually going inside of the building to see one of the exhibitions. Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn, of the Llandudno land owning family, was a patron of the arts and an artist herself and lent her name and support to the creation of the gallery. The building was designed by G A Humphreys and officially opened in 1902.

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The Great Orme via East Side Marine Drive, Llandudno

There are many ways to travel around the Great Orme. On my last trip I ended up walking it a great deal. I’ve already written about going up to see the Pen-Y-Dinas Hillfort, but later that same day I walked down from the Botanical Gardens and along Marine Drive. I wasn’t particularly planning on going all the way round or to the top – the Drive is around four miles long and it was quite late in the afternoon when I started, but I decided just to wander for a bit and see what I found.

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Colwick Country Park – September 2023

Recently needing to de-stress after a particularly busy week at work I ventured out to Colwick Country Park with my dad, prompted to do so by a recent council email about improvements to the footpaths at the park. A huge park with lakes and a marina that was opened in 1978 we were impressed with the new pathways – much more comfortable to walk on and far better for pushchairs and wheelchair uses.

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Llandudno Pier

One of Llandudno’s most famous sites is of course its pier. Dating from 1878 this is not the original pier – the first was in 1836 by a group wanting to turn Llandudno into a harbour – the idea was defeated by parliament and they got a new railway line instead. Then a wooden pier was built in 1858 that was damaged a year later by a storm. Repairs were made and it stood for another 18 years until the Llandudno Pier company was given permission to build directly over the old pier which was then demolished once the new one was completed. It was, and still is, the longest pier in Wales.

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Pen-Y-Dinas Hillfort, The Great Orme, Llandudno

I hadn’t particularly planned on walking up the Great Orme on this trip since I’d been up there before, but then found myself doing so on three different occasions. On this journey I simply decided I was still in a walking mood after being at the Happy Valley Botanical Gardens so I followed the road from the top of the gardens until I came across a trail going upwards and decided to see where it went. At it turned out it was to the site of the Pen-Y-Dinas Hillfort.

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Happy Valley Botanical Gardens, Llandudno

Happy Valley Botanical Gardens are tucked away at the side of the Great Orme just along from the pier. The land was that of a former quarry which was gifted to the town by Lord Mostyn in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The quarry was turned into gardens with an open air theatre and miniature golf course which has since been turned back into gardens and a ski slope and toboggan run.

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