Ilkeston Cam on Holiday
w/e 13 July 2025
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300 or a
Galaxy S20 Mobile Phone.
Part 01 - Dwygyfylchi
We were last in North Wales twenty five years ago in August 2000
and although we visited Pembrokeshire from 2001 through to 2004,
a return to the Principality was probably long overdue.
Our holiday in 2000 was based in Llandudno but this time we were
a little further around the coast and on the other side of the
River Conwy at the village of Dwygyfylchi. Don't ask me how to
pronounce that, I have no idea but Google translates it as "Two
Circles". The view from the accommodation for our stay was
across Conwy Bay to the Great Orme at Llandudno and, on the right,
the nearer Penmaen-bach which translates as "little headland".
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We could also see the Isle of Anglesey and the smaller Puffin
Island off its most easterly tip from our accommodation, and
also from the footpath to the beach that we walked down as we
began to explore the area.
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The footpath leads to a bridge over the A55, the North Wales
Expressway.
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The bridge also crosses the railway line that runs alongside
the A55.
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From the other side of the bridge there is direct access to the
beach, a mere two minutes walk from where we were staying.
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From the beach we could look back over the footbridge to the
high ground beyond. This is part of the Eyri National Park formerly
know as Snowdonia.
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There are two distinct parts to the beach - sand at the low water
mark and stones and pebbles where the tide comes in.
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Between the two there are larger rocks and boulders.
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I was intrigued by one fist-sized stone which had a tartan-like
pattern all the way around it- but Scottish tartan in Wales?
It looked as though something was wrapped all the way around
the stone but on inspection, it appeared to be impregnated in
the stone itself.
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 Looking
towards Anglesey, was that a seal or another animal at the water's
edge? Later in the week closer inspection revealed it was neither.
It turned out to be a piece of driftwood lodged in the sand but
at the end of our first day in Dwygyfylchi,
we were left with two puzzles to contemplate. One was solved
but I'm still pondering about the patterned stone.
Continued in Part 02 - Llandudno
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