I doubt today's sun would be enough to dry up all the rain, but what a complete contrast to yesterday's weather, blue sky's all round :-)
I got to take my walk along the canal, well, part of it, and how beautiful it was!
I walked in the direction of the Horseshoe Falls, which you can see in the last photo.
Thoroughly enjoyed my walk, I wish I had such a pleasant place to take walks back home.
I was ready for some lunch after a two hour walk so found a nice little bistro in the high street that did a lovely Sunday roast.
Then I spent a quiet afternoon with Suzannah again.
She now has an arm, which looks quite out of proportion to the rest of her body, lol
It's back home tomorrow, I've really enjoyed my little weekend break, it's nice to jump off the hamster wheel and press the reset button occasionally, I think we all feel better after a little 'me' time don't we?
I hope that you have been able to spend some time doing what makes you happy this weekend too :-)
The rain continued this morning making for some scary moments on the roads leading to the Nimble Thimble. The main roads were fine but once you got onto the lanes there were some pretty big floods to negotiate.
Wales is a series of hills and valleys and so when it rains to the extent that we have had over the last couple of days of course the water runs down the hills and fields faster than the drains can cope with and there is no where for it to go, so you end up with these mini lakes in the roads.
I had to turn around at one coming back this afternoon (not this one) because is was just too deep to drive through. It must be terrible for the people who live near to where it floods like this, it must take weeks to drain off, especially this time of year.
Thankfully everyone managed to get to and from the meet up without any mishaps.
I've probably shown these same photos before from previous meet-ups so I apologise for the sameness.
Chris always decorates the shop for Halloween
She specializes in American charts and also stocks a lot of Shepherds Bush and The Drawn Thread.
As I have bought quite a few charts recently I went with the intention of buying threads to kit up a few charts that are already in my stash, but of course, it's inevitable that you will come across at least a couple of charts that will just have to come home with you :-)
Isn't that snowman cute!? He was a last minute find (by Mouse), just as I was going to pay for my things, well I couldn't leave him could I? :-)
My selection of over-dyed threads
Suzannah, by Carriage House Samplings came on the outing with me today, she hasn't seen the light of day in quite a few months. I got some more done on her right arm and started on her skirt.
When I got back to the hotel the rain had cleared so I went for a walk, I needed to stretch my legs seeing as I'd been sat on my bum all day :-) The river drew me again, I think I've said before that although water, as in rivers and the sea scare me I am fascinated to watch it, from a safe distance.
I don't think I would fancy living in that white house with the river like it is at the moment! It's up quite a few feet to what it usually is
I wanted to show you how fast the river was running so made this little video, if you look closely at the beginning you can just make out the heron hiding in the trees on the far side.
This is my first attempt at a video, it's not brilliant but you get the idea
You can view the video on here, but is better if you click to watch it on You Tube.
I've got another day here tomorrow, hopefully the rain will keep off long enough for me to go for a walk along the canal.
I had planned on having a nice walk along the canal when I got to Llangollen this afternoon, but the weather was horrible, I stopped off in Oswestry en route, it's a nice market town with some shops that we don't have local to us anymore so I always like to have a look to see if anything takes my fancy. I got rather wet today though, the rain hasn't stopped all day!
My room is on the top floor of the hotel and looks out onto the river Dee which in this section is very fast flowing, you can hear the noise from it when I open the window.
I've had a nice quiet evening and done a little bit of stitching on Merry Christmas by Brenda Gervais.
I'm close to finishing this one, just that section with the trees and snow to stitch, there are some snowflakes scattered around the piece but I'm not sure I will do those yet.
I will try and post again tomorrow and tell you all about or stitching day at the Nimble Thimble, there is going to be quite a few of us this time.
I'm off to make a hot chocolate and have a chocolate malted milk biscuit (or two) before I turn in :-)
The weather forecast did not look good for the weekend, but sometimes they get it wrong, and I'm so glad that they did this weekend for my little trip to Llangollen and Llandudno.
Friday started off wet but by the time I arrived, just after lunchtime, it had stopped so I could have a little walk around Llangollen.
This place has a prime spot on the canal with great views
Saturday morning I set off for Llandudno, about an hours drive from where I was staying in Llangollen.
I had never heard of the Great Orme or the Great Orme Tramway until a few weeks ago so this was my first visit. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from it, I certainly wasn't expecting it to be as beautiful there as it turned out to be!
Not knowing what to expect I chose the tram ride to the summit, but I definitely would like to visit again and next time walk to the top. There are many pathways around the top to enjoy the stunning views and to fully appreciate this wonderful place I think you need to set aside a whole day to explore.
If you are more adventurous you can reach the summit by cable car
No idea if this video will work, i do hope so because it will give you more of an idea of how lovely the views were
You can find out more about the Orme HERE if you are interested
I made a quick visit to Llandudno pier and an even quicker visit to the town, (I just wanted to visit the Pandora shop to treat myself )but I liked what I saw.
The Grant Hotel at the end of the pier looks very impressive, and very Victorian
Another little video, of Llandudno beach (if it works)
I paid my £1.00 entrance fee and can tell you that it is extremely small, apparently one man who lived there was 6 feet 3 inches tall! It was last occupied in 1900 and is still owned by the same family today.
Conwy quayside and town are very pretty and have some nice individual shops.
The road into town is dominated by the 13th century fortress, and I realised too late in the day that you can actually walk the castle walls, the time on my parking ticket was almost up so I didn't get to do that and I'm a little bit disappointed because I bet the views are fantastic.
There are many more interesting places to see in and around Llandudno and Llangollen and I will definitely visit again soon.
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