WALES

Not trusting what might happen to travel by train, we got on an airplane and flew to Wales, then rented a car to take us to our timeshare near Prestatyn, Wales.  At the time, little did we know how close we were to Holyhead where we spent many hours waiting for a ferry because we missed the scheduled one due to the train fiasco from London.  We rented a car and traveled on the auto way misunderstanding how to make our way to Prestatyn.  What should have been no more than a two hour drive took us four hours, so we were into the early morning of the night.....AGAIN.  We arrived at the timeshare at 1:30 am and had to get the security man from his sleep to get the  key and show us our unit. The timeshare had its plusses, but not many.  But, we won't dwell on that.  Pea foul held reign of the grounds and the buildings.  It was fun to have a family of six using our porch as a resting place.  Mostly, it was cold and very dark the days we were there.  Very, very windy, too.  But, we did go for a few nice walks.  One on a trail ( just 2 miles ) from our unit to the town where we did our grocery shopping.  We also walked in the other direction to another burg where a pretty waterfall held our attention in a public park.  On that trek, we met some folk from London that were staying at the same timeshare that we were.  We would come across them every now and then through the week.  That was fun.  I swam in a great pool on the premises twice and enjoyed getting into the rhythm of the crawl.  Best was our trip and hike around the Cliffs of Mohor.  Dan has posted some photos of this tremendous place.  Also, Llindundo.  A lovely village set beside the Conwy Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.  We hiked up the mountain where sheep dwell all over and overcoming all kinds of dung, we were rewarded with a most fantastic panoramic view of the  huge water, the villages and the surrounding mountains.  Terrain was soft sod as well as rocky in many places.  We had a great day there.  Wore ourselves out.
Back at the timeshare, we were entertained by a singer named DEEMO, a bald headed tenor that was excellent.  Tuesday and Thursdays are his time to be on stage in the lounge there and children are even allowed in.  Probably the one thing, besides the pool that was worth anything.  However, it is a beautiful part of Wales itself and many folks spend their holidays on the beaches and camping spots near that area.