The last few days

 We've been away for a few days.  The weather wasn't as bad as we thought it might be.

Wales always delights.  Below, a few of the things we saw and places we visited.  

Bodnant Gardens near Conwy.

We've visited many times but this is the first time we've caught the famous Laburnum arch in flower.  I think it will be spectacular next week.

Llandudno - too cold and windy to walk any further along the Promenade or pier that day so we retreated into bookshops and art galleries.

Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno

The White Rabbit was one of the sculptures on the Alice in Wonderland trail around the town.

Conwy Castle taken from a bird hide at the RSPB nature reserve near Conwy later the same afternoon it was warm enough to sit outside with an ice cream.  

A new sculpture on the seafront at Colwyn Bay is of actor and comedian Terry Jones by Nick Elphick. It was unveiled only a couple of weeks before.  The event was attended  by two of his Monty Python colleagues Sir Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam. 

Conwy Castle.  We visited the day before it closed for a week.  Apparently it is being used as one of the settings for a new film.  

No one knew what film it was only that it was something similar to Game of Thrones or perhaps about dragons.  Cranes were hoisting equipment into place as we looked around.

Above and below the kitchen at Plas Mawr house in Conwy

I'm always drawn to the kitchens in historic houses.

Below beautiful painted windows designed by Alf Fisher MBE in the small but fascinating museum in Corwen.

  All the downstairs windows were decorated like this, each with different themes to represent the history, heritage and nature of the area.

Puppets in the Corwen museum created by local people and children to tell the story of national hero Owain Glyndwr.

All for now.  I'll be back next week with more on Bodnant Gardens and Plas Mawr house.