3 October 2007

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Wednesday 3 October 2007--Conwy is very close by Llandudno, just up the river a little, and I arrive within minutes of vacating my hotel. Again, there is a walled town, quite a bit larger than Caernarfon. Unlike in that town, one may walk along the top of most of the walls. The town edges up a hillside, as well, making the prospects more interesting.

The castle, on the other hand, is considerably smaller than the other, and easier to explore in a methodical way. By the same token, the towers are all about the same, and I feel no need to explore all of them. Once again, see The Castles of Wales.

It's lunchtime, and my belly still aches a bit from my bout of indigestion the other night, so I soothe it with a lunch of vanilla ice cream. Then I visit Plas Mawr, reputed to be the best unspoiled Elizabethan townhouse in Britain. I couldn't argue, although I do learn that "unspoiled" means "extensively rehabilitated and structurally reinforced with steel beams and other modern materials and methods". I have gotten an inkling of just what it takes to keep many of the old timber houses I've seen in Britain standing.

I leave Conwy in midafternoon and head for Chester. As I cross the border into England, I am already thinking about another trip to Wales. The list of places to visit and things to see has only grown.

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