Llandudno, North Wales

On Friday I travelled to Llandudno by train complete with a suitcase full of fibres, samples and backgrounds. The trains were on time and I arrived just after 2 o'clock. It was a short walk to my hotel on the sea front and after a cup of tea I was out exploring. The bay is a beautiful C shape with the g-Great Orme one end and the Little Orme the other. I started to take photographs and realised I had left the camera battery in the charger so had to make do with postcards!

The next day was the workshop day which I will write about separately.
On the Sunday I decided to go up the Great Orme. The tram is now closed until Spring so I took a taxi to the top and walked down.

The Great Orme is a beautiful limestone headland which has been used by man since Neolithic Times. The views from the top were beautiful but the Orme has a very interesting human history.
There is evidence that the first hunter gatherers arrived on the Orme about 12000 years ago[about10000 BC] while we were still connected to Europe by a land bridge.
Also found on the Orme is a bronze Age copper mine with a part of the mine as old as 4000 years with other parts about 3500years. Sadly the mine was also closed but some parts could be seen from the fence.

I was also lucky enough to see one of the feral goats that live on the Orme.
After I reached the bottom I explored the Christmas market which looked very pretty as it got dark and the Christmas lights began to sparkle.
It was a good weekend and I was very lucky with the weather. Llandudno is well worth a visit.