Great Orme walking

 The day started with rainy weather but it soon cleared and the rest of the day was bright.  

It was a perfect day for my walk around the Great Orme, not too warm and there was a slight breeze.  I did this walk for the first time last year but you can see more photos on my Driving The Great Orme post from 2021 here

The walk is around 5 miles long, there are a couple of sections with gradual climbs but on the whole it is is fairly level.  You can start the walk at either the North Shore, just behind the pier or at the West Beach.  I chose to start at the North Shore and end at the West Shore.  I did note last year that If you start at the West Shore the incline is longer than starting at the Pier end.

Considering that the weather was perfect for walking there were surprisingly few people around.  I did see some climbers and had an up-close sheep encounter, which made me smile.

I don't think I'd ever tire of these views, I hope you enjoy the photos

A little 360 of a section of my walk

I've a day out planned for tomorrow, a little further afield but somewhere I've wanted to go for a while.

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Driving the Great Orme

 I didn't head straight for home on Monday, I decided to take my time and make the most of my last day.  I'd been very lucky with the weather while I was here, it was sunshine all the way, and Monday was no different.

I've mentioned previously that I visited the Great Orme in 2018,  there are more photo from the summit on that post HERE, that time I took a trip on the tram that runs to the top, this time I wanted to drive.  The start of the road is just past the pier and behind the Grant Hotel,  it's a toll road but only costs a few pounds and is well worth it, most of the road is one way traffic with a small section of two way, which makes for lovely drive with surprisingly very few cars. There are various places along the way where you can pull in to enjoy the scenery, I took my time and stopped often to walk along a section and enjoy the views.  The road splits off at one point, turn left and it will take you to the summit, carry straight on and it will take you to the West shore of Llandudno, (I posted about the West Shore a few days ago).  I drove to the summit first although I didn't spend too long there this time and then I drove back down to the intersection where you carry on down to the West Shore.

People do live on the Orme, I wonder if they realise how lucky they are or if you have this view everyday do you start not to notice?

There is also a hotel, no wonder there are no vacancies, what a view!

Saint Tudno's church dates back to the  6th century and is well worth stopping to see and walk around the grounds.  (I did take a video walking around the grounds but can't seem to upload it from google photos)

The next two photos are taken from the summit 

And then it was back down and the drive to the West shore

It was such a lovely way to end my few days away and I'm glad I took the time to do it.  

Of course, the place is so much better than my photos could ever do it justice and you have to be there to appreciate the peace and tranquility.

 

So now I've taken the tram and driven the Orme, next time I visit I would like to walk it, there were quite a few people walking and I think you could take your time, enjoy the views and it would be fantastic.

Another long photo heavy post so If you made it to the end, thank you for indulging me :-)

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