Conwy Travel Blogs

Hey and welcome to the blog about me and my trip to Ireland. I'll be abroad the whole semester so expect constant updates from about the end of August to the middle of December.

As in Ireland, the Welsh isle of Anglesey offers vast pasturelands speckled with sheep and several stone construction ruins.  With more power lines, rubbish yards, urban development, brush, and woods, however, notable distinctions are also easy to draw.  On the train through Wales, I was …

Back in Wales recently visiting my old university town & friends. Aside from Bangor, Conwy, Betws-y-Coed, Llanberis & Snowdonia were also visited. Despite the typical Welsh summer(ie. wet)I made a hike up Mount Snowdon via Pyg Track & down via Miners'Path.

Weekend drives through the British Isles

Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent To blow up King and Parliament. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England's overthrow; …

We left Chester early & drove across the border into Wales.  We stopped at Conwy Castle, which is a great big chunky looking castle, and a wall that surrounds the whole city.  The castle is a ruin, but it certainly looks impressive & imposing, and some of the 'rooms' inside were…

Woke up that morning with a sniffy nose but nothing to worry about. Breakfast was hopeless. I'd told the lady the previous day that I'm a veggie, and I got child's portion of mashed potatoes, baked beans in sauce and some waffle like thing. It was a rip off. We started off that day a lil bit l…

school trip to scotland (wales,england) 21.6.-1.7.2007

Final Trip of year 13 around England and Wales. Great trip with Ferry from Rotterdam to Hull, with a stay at the adelphy a gig at the cavern and lifemusic at a great Irish pub. We also did the Ferry across the Mursey and after it we visited Chester and Conwy Castle on the way to Llanberris in the Snowdonia National Parc. We climed Mount Snowdan and on our way back to Hull we visited York and saw one of the best art exibitions I ever saw: the memory of place in St. Mary's Abbey.

This was just a brief afternoon walk with friends on a hill in Conwy on a greyish and a somewhat misty day. The hillslopes were covered with the most stunning carpet of lilac common heather (Calluna vulgaris), deep purple bell heather (Erica cinerea) and dwarf form of gorse (Ulex europaeus) - the s…