Travelog for: Gwennie

Hello Mum
Christmas is in the air, the shops are full of Christmas things. We have come to a garden centre in the middle of Anglesey

Nice decorations

Lights.

Nice white artificial tree.

A cute owl.

We've come out for a walk, but first, a geocache

is near here.

A tree!

This is the only nuclear power station in Wales still active. Wylfa is a Magnox reactor.

This is the Esgair Cemlyn and is a naturally created shingle ridge.

The way we came.

It will be dark soon, with the sun setting over the lagoon.

A closer shot of the power station.

We welcomed a new visitor to my host's home

His name is KalliHH

My host had put in some dried fruit for soaking in brandy the other day.

Today, we will make the Christmas cake.

The butter and sugar is being creamed.

Eggs were added.

Flour, spices, the fruit, nuts and treacle also get added.

The cake will take 4 hours in the oven, after our bedtimes. Maybe we'll have a photo with it when the cake is fed some more brandy.

Today, we've come out late to Porthmadog to find a Geocache.

We are in a bird hide. Porthmadog is a coastal town and is sited on the estuary of the River Glaslyn. On another occasion, my host has seen a red-breasted merganser bird.

I can't see any birds out there.

This is a geocache, with the logsheets in a 35mm film canister. It is getting dark and time to go home.

My host is doing a jigsaw

She isn't quite finished yet...

Luc Zeke is leaving today.

For travel, he's popped back into his egg. ...

Today, we went for a walk. We've come to Penrhos Coastal Park on Anglesey.

It is a  bit windy.

The coastal park also has a woodland. They have a pet cemetery.

Having a rest on Tunnicliffe's seat.


We saw some fungi.

Not sure why this yellow bear is on the fence post.

Holyhead mountain is in the distance.

Near here is a geocache.

The geocache was found but we didn't want to reveal the exact location of it.

More fungi. Brr, it is cold.

Oh dear...

There's a piece missing....

We heard that there had been snow in the mountains, so we jumped on a bus

and headed out to them. Can you see the snow on the mountain?

We came to Llanberis. This is Padarn Lake.

On the other side of the lake is where the Quarry Hospital is. We were over there in October.

Ducks!

It is too late in the year to go on the train up Snowdon, in fact, they are closed for the off-peak season and are doing maintenance.
The view may not have been good either, though perhaps better than when I went to the summit!

Snow isn't all that far down the mountain.

Before the bus home, we had time for a quick look at Dolbadarn Castle. You can't see the really snowy mountain in the background!

We've come out to Porthmadog to go shopping, but first, a look at the snowy mountains.

Some houses on my host's estate have outside decorations.

We went to my host's mum's for Christmas.

We heard they were doing the tree so we all came for a look.

These lights work!

We hid among the tinsels


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What is behind us in the wrapping paper?

Gold!

We've come out for a New Year's Eve walk to the beach.

The brown layer is Carrstone, a sandstone with cement. Above, there is red and white chalk.

The old lighthouse sits atop the cliffs.

The sun will set soon.

There isn't as much white chalk on the cliff, some had fallen down.

We are going to enjoy the rest of 2011 and relax. Tomorrow is a new year!