I'm back, after taking a break away from my blog for awhile.

I had to get my priorities in order during our upheaval period of house painting and decorating, preparing for our summer letting.
In  mid June my other half and I decided to take a break and took our eldest grandson to visit my family in Wales and England.
Maybe you might like to see some of the places we visited. My grandson met cousins he hadn't seen before, and they took him to visit the places I had grown up in.

This was the old city of Chester.

Boat trips on the river Dee.

Then we went to Llandudno which is on the coast in North Wales, where my brother has an apartment
and  he can spend time relaxing and enjoy the milder weather.

This area is very popular for retired and elderly people to visit as it has a micro climate, due to the mountain called the great Orme which makes it sheltered from the cold wind in winter.

You can take the tramcar to the top of the Orme.
The view is spectacular. Unfortunately we didn't have time.
 But I remember it from my childhood visits with my mother.

   

This is the small island of Anglesey just off the coast,

which can be reached by crossing the bridge over the river Menai.

The name of this town on the island  is written in the Welsh language 

and has 58 letters and is the longest name.

We went to where the old railway station used to be.
which is now a great tourist attraction with lots of small boutique shops.

This is the translation of the name .

Just a little bit of info

Whenever I have my camera, I like to capture the things I find amusing.
I stopped to talk to this elderly gentleman. who told me he motors along the promenade everyday with his two dogs ,One who sits between his feet. but had just that minute jumped off for his daily run along the beach.and this one who rides in the basket, looked too fat to do much else but enjoy the sea air.

I Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the places I visited.

I'll show you some of the other places we visited next time.
Until then.

à bientôt

Barbara Lilian