Llandudno, On The Welsh Riviera

We were just the one night in Llandudno, a beautiful old resort town on the Irish Sea, but we made the most of it, taking in the scores of Victorian hotels (including ours), the beach, the Parade, the shopping, a fine fish and chips dinner for me, and a full Welsh breakfast the next morning. It's not the season here yet (July?), cool and cloudy, and although our hotel was fairly full, not much else seemed that way. Llandudno struck us as fairly stuck in time, Victorian time--not a bad place in some ways--but certainly not what would attract younger people these days.

Many Victorian beauties such as this

Our hotel, the Winchmore, is the coral one

Looking down the Parade, the two miles of sand, shingle, and 
pebble beach stretching between the two heads, the Great Orme 
and the Little Orme

Other way, the Littel Orme or possibly the Grand one, with the
19th century pier and amusement park

Lined with hotels its length

Amusement park

No Fidos!

Apart from things like latitude, climate, etc., Llandudno has a
sea gull problem; the front of this hotel looks like it's been carpet-
bombed by the birds; every building along the Parade suffers
similarly

Interesting water feature; locally sourced

Famous Victorian writer, cultural critic

Adverts everywhere, special specials for week-days

Not everything is Victorian

One block over from the Parade is Mostyn road, the shopping/
eating area

Gotta' like a place that sells Monkey Puzzle trees
right on the main drag

Full Welsh breakfast