I return
from
the Lands of the Dragon

Wales

Photo courtesy of Welcome to Conwyn Bay


Sorry I have taken so long to post the photos but have been a bit busy and a fall has slowed me down since returning.
Thank you for stopping by and for leaving your comments
and kind wishes. :-)

Well here we go to a
place steeped in myth and legend



The weather was kind; the sun shone and the sound and smell of the sea beckoned. You could walk for miles along the promanade or on the soft golden sand. The walk to Rhos-on-Sea (a sleepy little town) was only about two miles.


Walking back, clambering over the rocks and pasing by the pier at Colway Bay, closed and I believe, struggling for its life as with most of the seaside piers today which is a great shame.




Strolling along the sand, the lines of breakers like black teeth.








and here ~ especially for my ornithology friend neko .... abracadabra...
...... a bird! lol

Let's face it, the coast wouldn't be the same without the wheeling and diving and the cry of seagulls.

Conwy Castle

Walking through the skeletal ruins -touching stone, treading steps and archways that once rang with the clamour of armour the swish of scabbard, the hiss and flare of naked flame; walking among ghosts.

There is given
Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent,
A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant
His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power
And magic in the ruined battlement;
For which the palace of the present hour
Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Lord Byron

looking down over the Conwy Estuary breathing in the briney scents, listening to the gulls.
Looking back in time, seeing the myth and legend come to life;
wondering if such as the Afanc had swam in those blue waters far below.

and a panoramic view from the BBC



And now, as the train slows, clickity-clack over the points, England ahead.
Beyond the window the wind pushes the rain clouds ever closer, shadows deepen;
"Sleep dragon, sleep,
it's time to say 'Goodnight!' to Wales."