Pandemic holiday - day 2.
Aug. 18th, 2020 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaOff to sea the trains today! If we're going to Wales, I really need to see a narrow gauge railway. The one I liked the look of was sold out but the Bala Lake railway was available. It's not actually a preserved narrow guage railway - built along the route of a standard gauge railway - but the locomotives are genuine, and used to work on the slate mines. Also has a nice little heritage centre.
Messed up a bit and ended up at the wrong end of the line. Ooops. But it was only a 15 minute drive to the other end of the line, and we had a chance to sit in a cafe by the lake and drink tea while we worked out where I went wrong. On the plus side the weather has now improved.
Train took us along the route. Nice view of the lake and lots of people like to wave at the train so we waved back.
Went to Llandudno via hotel.Turns out that the room hadn't been made over because they're not doing that either, apparently because of Covid. Not sure that makes sense.
Still, Llandudno is quite nice. Has a pier and a beach, so we walked along the pier, then I went for a swim.The water was bloody cold, but that's just a question of getting used to it. Bravely went all the way in, and did a bit of a doggy paddle so I can claim to have been swimming.
Hoping to do a Puffin cruise tomorrow. Options were limited so we booked a rather too late slot (social distancing regulations again). Have received an email suggesting that that may be cancelled due to weather. Not promising.
Messed up a bit and ended up at the wrong end of the line. Ooops. But it was only a 15 minute drive to the other end of the line, and we had a chance to sit in a cafe by the lake and drink tea while we worked out where I went wrong. On the plus side the weather has now improved.
Train took us along the route. Nice view of the lake and lots of people like to wave at the train so we waved back.
Went to Llandudno via hotel.Turns out that the room hadn't been made over because they're not doing that either, apparently because of Covid. Not sure that makes sense.
Still, Llandudno is quite nice. Has a pier and a beach, so we walked along the pier, then I went for a swim.The water was bloody cold, but that's just a question of getting used to it. Bravely went all the way in, and did a bit of a doggy paddle so I can claim to have been swimming.
Hoping to do a Puffin cruise tomorrow. Options were limited so we booked a rather too late slot (social distancing regulations again). Have received an email suggesting that that may be cancelled due to weather. Not promising.
