Conwy Suspension Bridge & Conwy Castle

Wednesday 9^th May 2012

Woke this morning to another cloudy day, temperature a very cold 6°. We have not seen much sun so far in Wales.

We decided to drive north to the coast and visit Conwy. Walked part of the city walls which were originally part of Conwy Castle, another one of the 14 castles built by Edward I.

Right next to the Castle is the Conwy suspension Bridge, another designed and built by Thomas Telford in 1826. The bridge is now only for pedestrians so we walked across and back to take some photos.

Lynne outside he smallest house

Next we headed down to the Quay and saw the smallest house in Great Britain, which measures 3metres high by 1.8 metres wide.  Lynne went inside and could just stand in the bottom level. There was a steep ladder used to access the upper level, which contained a narrow bed. Apparently a 6ft tall fisherman once lived in  the house. We walked back to the town centre and went into Aberconwy House- a 14^th century merchant’s house that is thought to be the oldest townhouse in Wales.

Bruce on Great Orme Tram

We walked around the outside of the Castle but it was starting to rain so we jumped back in the car and headed to Llandudno.

We bought tickets for the Orme Tramway, Britains only cable hauled street Tramway. Great ride up a very steep hill. You have to change trams half way up in order to get to the top. It was so cold at the top on the Orme that we came back down on the next tram. By this time the rain was getting heavier so we got back into the car (which was warm) and headed to the Trefriw woollen mills to see the weaving and look around the shop.

Dinner tonight was at the Gwydr Hotel, roast lamb with mint sauce.

We set off tomorrow for The Lakes, hopefully the weather will improve.