Ilkeston Cam on Holiday
w/e 17 August 2025
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
Part 04 - The Summit
Considering much of the UK was enjoying (enduring) the third
heatwave of the summer, the weather in Llandudno remained dull
and decidedly cool as we continued to the summit of the Great
Orme on the second afternoon of our holiday in North Wales.
On the way to the top from the car park and wildflower garden,
we passed a mini-golf course built into the contours of the hillside.
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After our warming drink in the summit cafe I found a rocky outcrop
which is one of the highest natural points on the Great Orme
and carefully balancing on it, got a decent view of the Little
Orme on the other side of Llandudno Bay.
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The same vantage point was adjacent to the cable car terminus.
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Crossing to the other side of the summit cafe and gift shop complex,
we could peer across Conwy Bay through the murky conditions.
Our base for the holiday was somewhere over there.
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Despite the conditions parties of schoolchildren, probably on
end of term outings, were chatting noisily and obviously enjoying
themselves.
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As well as road and cable car access to the summit there is also
the alternative means or reaching the top with the famous Great
Orme Tramway.
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As we watched one of the trams departing the depot and another
car arriving, we spotted a pattern in the form of a cross on
the hillside opposite.
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A closer look showed that names had also be formed by stones
placed on the grassland. These stones probably came from the
old quarry nearby, one of several on the Great Orme.
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As we made our way back down from the Great Orme the road at
times ran parallel to the tram tracks.
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It was quite steep in parts but enabled some good views of Llandudno
seafront.
As we made our way back to base we caught a glimpse, through
the gloom and across the River Conwy, of the castle at Conwy.
The following day we would return to the town and the weather
then, and for the rest of our holiday, was much better.
Continued in Part 05 - Conwy Bridges
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