home :: 09 September 2006
Here are a few shots from our week away in Gogledd Cymru. We stayed on a Haven holiday park in Portmadog. Here's J inside our
caravan.
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And heres what it looked like inside.
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More of J messing about around the caravan. Yes, that is a pink elephant, this was one of the characters in the
Haven holiday park kids' shows, "Anxious the Elephant". I tried to foist a "Rory the Tiger" soft buddy onto J but he was adamant
he wanted the girly pink elephant in a dress instead. Am I worried? Not yet.
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While in Wales, we visited Portmeirion, the beautiful Italiante village built by Sir Clough Williams Ellis in Penryhdeudreath.
A working hotel now and extremely beautiful place to visit, Portmeirion is probably best known outside
of architectural circles for being the location for the cult 60's TV epic "The Prisoner".
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Being a huge cult TV fan, I've personally visited Portmeirion a few times, but it was the first time for Lu and J.
Here's me outside Number 6's residence, now the "Prisoner" shop in the village.
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And here's Lu, now forever a prisoner of the super-secret, super-science retirement home for spies known only
as "The Village", until she shares with us the secret of "why she resigned"!!!.
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Cant imagine what super-secret spy information they dont want J to impart, but it looks as though he's been
incarcerated in the Village as well.
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OK, enough corny captions. Here are some more pics.
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The guys at the wishing well, in Portmeirion.
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J on the beach at Portmeirion. I also have a picture of this with the "Rover" weather balloon bouncing up ready
to envelop J for attempting to escape, email me if you want it.
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A great pic of Lu at Portmeirion, moody eh?
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This picture needs some explanation. This is J pretending to be a statue in an alcove, being as still as he can be.
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As well as Portmeirion, we also visited the magnificent Caernafon Castle.
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This really is a magnificent castle, probably the best I've ever been to, and I've been to Lincoln Castle and Dover
Castle. A word of advice though if you've never been, its no place for little kids, not for kids as old as J anyway.
It really is full of vertigo-inducing drops and really steep steps, and there are a lot of high parapets with very
little fall protection. So leave the toddlers at home if you ever visit.
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More Caernafon Castle.
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Lu on one of the high parapets.
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More Caernafon Castle.
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More Caernafon Castle.
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This is Lu in the deepest darkest dungeon at Caernafon Castle. Unfortunately, she found her way out though.
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Which is more than I did, because I'm still trapped down here, "help".
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Me at Caernafon Castle.
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Heres J in Caernafon with the castle in the background.
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We also went on the Welsh Highland Railway from Portmadog to Blaneau Ffestiniog and back. Here we are on the platform
at Portmadog.
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And here's J at Ffestiniog.
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And on the way back to Portmadog. It really is breathtaking scenery on this railway, travelling through the
mountains and the Snowdonia National Park.
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And here's the train we went on.
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I'll finish with two shots of what J got up to to impress the girls at the Haven evening show and disco.
Now I never knew J could breakdance or bodypop, but he just got down on the floor and started popping it.
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This was, in fact, completely hilarious. J was absolutely pulling off breakdancing moves. At one point he
spun around on his back with his legs pulled up in a true proper breaking stylee. The boy has it.
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Its goodbye from Wales. We had a great time.
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