Lodge Life :: November 2023

Hi there everyone 😀

I know this is a bit late but I am playing catch up with my Lodge Life posts.

The park is closed at the moment … it opens again for the season on 1 March and we can’t wait to get back … but for now here is what we got up to in November.

We managed a two week break back in November and it was a real mixture of weather and activity. There was plenty of relaxing, a birthday weekend visit from Jackie and Phil and a bit of exploring.

Our trip over was an interesting one, with not much visibility over the mountains …

… but clearing as we came down into Bala … with plenty of autumn colour …

We did our usual detour along the front in Criccieth to look at the sea … where it was wet but starting to brighten up a bit …

As usual we spent our first full day just relaxing into lodge life but decided to make the best of the weather on the following day …

We had a ride to Bangor for a walk on the pier… which is always a treat …

… and a sausage sandwich in the cafe …

We were lucky with the weather the following day too so just had a ride into Criccieth …

… where we did one of our favourite wanders …

… and had a look at the start of the Christmas yarn bombing …

It was then time to welcome our guests and we had a lovely few days. We had a big day out in Llanberis …

… followed by a day mooching round the Christmas craft fairs and shops in Caernarfon, with a trip for lunch at our favourite garden centre thrown in for good measure …

We even ventured out to Nomi, a restaurant we’d had recommended to us, for a birthday evening meal …

… which was followed by a late night Christmas shopping visit to a very nice and quiet Asda 😂😂😂

After Jackie and Phil had headed for home Martin and I went on an exploratory mission to a new cafe we’d seen … to check out the breakfast. It was a bit off the beaten track … but we thought it would be good when we saw all the white vans parked on the car park … and we weren’t disappointed …

After our breakfast we did a bit of exploring. Firstly a quick look at the reservoir by the power station …

Then a drive up some very narrow lanes to the Cwmorthin waterfall … which was stunning …

We drove back via Blaenau Ffestinniog, hoping to get a glimpse of the Stwlan Dam, which we did … from a distance …

It’s somewhere I would love to visit but, sadly, the road isn’t accessible to public vehicles. It is possible to walk up, but that would be way beyond our capability.

Our last big day out before heading for home was to Conwy …

… where we did a bit of mooching and had a good wander around the harbour …

… before trying out the Conwy Dylan's for lunch …

The day before we came home we woke to see our first frost and it just looked lovely …

We’d had a lovely two weeks away. It’s so nice to get to see places at different times of year. Everything really does look so different 😀

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