Trip to Britain Part 4: Wales

While it is always tough for me to leave the Scottish Highlands there was still a lot of beautiful countryside and interesting sites ahead. We went from Glen Nevis down to Chester to pick up Daniel, our younger son, who had been attending a conference on neutrino-nucleus interactions outside London. Chester is a charming town with Roman roots, famous for it's many quaint old half timbered houses. We only spent a few hours there walking about the central town and having dinner at an upscale inn. As we were heading back to our car, we saw lots of groups of three to five young women converging on the more popular pubs and clubs for an evening out, so Chester may be of interest to the younger set out there for more than it's historical sites.

From Chester we drove to Conwy in northern Wales. It is a walled city with a large castle, essentially founded by Edward I in the 1280s as an outpost to help secure his conquest of Wales. The town walls and castle are largely intact except for roofs and floor in the towers.  We toured the castle, walked through the town, and on the walls. The castle was home to  many very bold sea gulls and a few sea gull chicks. I can recommend the Albion Pub for beer and the Castle Hotel for dinners. The countryside around the town is gorgeous, including low mountains, fertile hillsides and the ocean, or at least a wide estuary.

On the second day in Wales, Daniel and I hiked up Moel Siabod outside Betwsy Coed. It was a great day, both for the company and the scenery. Here are some pictures: