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Llandudno’s West Shore beach is renowned for being quieter than the North Shore and we certainly found that to be true on our visit.
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#Hoodwinked2018 Art Trail
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On Sunday I decided to go and photograph as many of the Hoodwinked: A Twist in the Tale art trail figures as I could; there are 33 in total and I managed around 25 or so before deciding that at 28C it was getting a bit too hot for me to comfortably continue walking around the city centre so I’ll pick up the ones I’m missing in the next few weeks. The trail of colourful robins is here until September when they will be auctioned off to raise funds for the Nottinghamshire Hospice – they are also raising funds through the official app, and apparently a souvenir guide which I haven’t seen yet but intend to purchase when I’m next near the Tourist Centre. Each design is really well done and represents a certain aspect of Nottingham that will be fun for locals and hopefully entertaining for visitors. The idea is that Robin has donned all these different disguises in order to outwit the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham (below, painted in a homage to Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham).
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: art, art trail, charity, Hoodwinked art trail, nottingham, photo post, robin, robin hood
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The Great Orme Bronze Age Copper Mines
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Whilst visiting Llandudno and travelling along the Great Orme Tramway we got off at the Half Way Station and walked round to the Great Orme Bronze Age Copper Mines. They were first discovered in 1987 and are thought to be the largest prehistoric mines in the world.
Categories: Llandudno, Wales
Tags: bronze age, copper mines, photo post, self-guided tour
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The Great Orme Tramway
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The Great Orme Tramway opened on 31st July 1902 and is now Britain’s only cable-hauled public road tramway. It takes you from Llandudno up to the Summit of the Great Orme Country Park, covering a distance of about a mile.
Categories: Llandudno, Wales
Tags: Great Orme, Great Orme Tramway, photo post, tram, views
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Llechwedd Slate Caverns Quarry Explorer Tour
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In conjunction with the Deep Mine Tour we went on the Quarry Explorer Tour which was really an unforgettable experience. Strapped into a 4 x 4 military truck you are driven up the slate mountains to the very top of the man-made heights reaching 1400ft above sea level.
Llechwedd Deep Mine Tour
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The Llechwedd Deep Mine Tour was a really fascinating journey 500 feet down into Llechwedd Mountain travelling on the steepest cable railway in Britain. We were very impressed with the set up and the interactive nature of the tour and especially with our excellent tour guide. We managed by chance to get there in time for the first tour of the day which is always half price, and so definitely worth aiming for if you can.
Categories: Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Tags: Llechwedd Deep Mine Tour, photo post, slate mine
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Throwback Thursday: Bagthorpe Gardens, Nottingham
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Bagthorpe Gardens are a community gardens I visited as part of the Heritage Open Day last year. They’ve been cultivated since the 1840s and have Grade II* listing with original hedging and restored bothies (a basic shelter).
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: chicken, fruit, gardens, heritage open day, nottingham, photo post, vegetables
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Colwyn Bay Beach
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On one of our days in Wales we stopped off for a walk along the beach at Colwyn Bay. The beach, which stretches for over three miles was very clean and even though it was a sunny afternoon we still had the place mostly to ourselves.
Alice in Wonderland Trail, Llandudno
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Recently for my birthday we spent a week in Llandudno, Wales (and there will be lots of posts coming up about the many things we did whilst based there). On our first day of wandering around the town we came across the below sculpture of the Queen of Hearts from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was here that I learned that Alice Liddell – the real life inspiration for Carroll’s heroine – spent many summers with her family in Llandudno and her adventures there served as inspiration for many aspects of the books.
Categories: Llandudno, Wales
Tags: Alice, Alice in Wonderland, history, photo post, Queen of Hearts, statue, The Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, walking trail
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Throwback Thursday: The Nottingham Industrial Museum
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The Nottingham Industrial Museum is based in part of the 17th century stable block at Wollaton Hall and as it’s only open on weekends and Bank Holidays it took quite a while before I got around to visiting. It focuses on a wide range of Nottingham industries including lace, bicycles and mining.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, Black Boy Hotel, framework knitters, industrial museum, photo post, watson fothergill, Wollaton Hall
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