Welsh Highlands - Day 4 - Anglesey

Part of Beaumaris Castle on the eastern side of the island of Anglesey

The sea-front at Beaumaris

That place with 58 letters in its name takes three lines on the map!

Beaumaris bay

Children are crabbing off the pier

Leaving the pier for a sail to Puffin Island

Passing the castle

Puffin Island is getting ever closer

The island is an 'SSSI' (Site of Special Scientific Interest) because of the bird-life.

Cormorants, Shags and Kittywakes abound

The white thing in the picture is a basking seal.

The island is no longer inhabited

A young cormorant comes close to the boat - hoping for food.

Welsh Highlands - Day 3 - Snowden Mountain Railway

The engine sheds at Llanberis - the start of the railway to the summit of Snowden (3,560 ft.) 

One of a number of locomotives that shunts passengers to the summit.

Going up and up and up!

Hundreds of walkers of all ages were doing it the hard way.

Not heading for a collision.

The scenery is opening up before us.

The final steps up to the trig point on the summit. At this point the mist has come down but not for long.

Sheltering from the strong winds

The mist is beginning to lift

The island of Angelsey and the Llyn peninsula 

We're nearly as high as this police helicopter.

Time to go back down.

Back down at Llanberis

Welsh Hightlands - Day 2 - Caernarfon & Penrhyn Castle

Caernarfon Castle with a statue of David Lloyd George in front of it.

The marina on the river

Another view of the castle

The entrance to Penrhyn Castle

Looking across the Menai Straits to Puffin Island

One of the many rooms in this splendid castle

Looking up the staircase well

The chapel

Part of the Victorian kitchen

Another view of Puffin Island and the Great Orme at Llandudno is just visible on the horizon.

The entrance to the walled garden

A fuchsia-covered terrace