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After we left St. David’s on the southwest coast of Wales, we headed up to the north coast.

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I wanted to see Anglesey, and we were going to stay at Llandudno, a Victorian Beach Resort town on Colwyn Bay. It was a 4 1/2 hour drive.  It was not boring.

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My Beloved Brit volunteered to drive the narrow winding roads along the coast…

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through the small villages and towns…

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that made their home by the sea.

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This is Wales as I imagined it.  We wound around the coast on the western most edge of the UK.

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And then on up in to the Snowdonia National Park.

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Mountains and the sea. As we left the coast behind, the roads seemed to get darker and windier.

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It was one of the times on this trip when I really felt like we were on holiday.

IMG_9849As we headed in to town at Llandudno,  I was rather sorry to leave the coast and mountains of Wales.

IMG_9851The next morning we headed over to the island of Anglesey.  It proved another lovely drive.

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We drove out to Holyhead where the ferries leave for Ireland.  It started raining…again… and as we saw a rescue helicopter overhead, I wondered if it was Prince William whose RAF base was nearby. f course in the news this week, it was announced that it was his last week at this job.  Perhaps this was his last flight.

 

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As we crossed the bridge back to mainland Wales, it was time to head east to England.

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We must have seen a half-dozen rainbows driving out of Wales.  Quite amazing. IMG_9879

Wales does have its own personality.  Rugged, and artsy and beautiful.