North Wales - August 2009
A few days away in North Wales
View from the Beaches hotel in Prestatyn
Part of the nearby wind turbine farm
Prestatyn promenade
An evening view of the wind turbines
..... and again
A beach fisherman
Just after sunset
Children's entertainment in Llandudno
That's the way to do it!!!
Llandudno bay
Bodysgallen Hall Hotel and Spa
The hotel had extensive gardens...
... carefully tended by a team of gardeners
Part of the formal garden
Val enjoying a walk in the gardens
Echinops - the Globe Thistle
Lots of echinops
Lilies
A mass of everlasting flowers
A view of the Hotel from the kitchen garden
Masses of poppies
Poppies again
Poppy with marigolds
A Dahlia
Another dahlia
A rare 17th century parterre of box hedges filled with sweet-scented herbs
Val in the herb garden
More herbs
Pete relaxing by a fish pool
We walked to the nearby obelisk
... where we found this banded snail
The views included Conway Castle ...
... The river Conway ...
... and Llandudno
Several fungi were growing near the obelisk
The pin mill in Bodnant Gardens viewed across the lily pond
A water lily
Dierama pulcherrimum - a grass called Angel's fishing rods
A view of the dell
By the river
Pete at the waterfall
Another view of the dell
Bodnant Hall
A very old tree