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.
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| Many Victorian beauties such as this |
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| Our hotel, the Winchmore, is the coral one |
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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 |
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Other way, the Littel Orme or possibly the Grand one, with the
19th century pier and amusement park |
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| Lined with hotels its length |
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| Amusement park |
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| No Fidos! |
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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 |
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| Interesting water feature; locally sourced |
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| Famous Victorian writer, cultural critic |
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| Adverts everywhere, special specials for week-days |
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| Not everything is Victorian |
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One block over from the Parade is Mostyn road, the shopping/
eating area |
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Gotta' like a place that sells Monkey Puzzle trees
right on the main drag |
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| Full Welsh breakfast |
