George & Victoria's Travels

 Dear Gentle Readers Today dawned bright and clear so we ventured in to St Davids to see the Bishop's Palace and Cathedral. Google Maps led us down a tiny twisting lane to the back of the Palace where there was free parking! A rarity in the U.K. I parked the car then saw this sign. No not a brand of car but the ford of a river where you crossed it at a very shallow point. Interestingly, it says "Not suitable for vehicles". So I went down to look at it. And here it is, a real true to life ford in the middle of a town. They never built a bridge here and just left it as a ford. I didn't attempt to "ford" the river, but I thought it interesting just the same. This was our first view of Bishop's Castle. Mostly built by Bishop Henry de Gower between 1328 and 1347 when he died. His grave is in the adjacent cathedral. This is inside the Palace looking towards the Great Hall. Bishop Gower improved it over a previous Bishop, Thomas Bek. This is a panoramic shot of...

 Dear Gentle Readers We left Aberystwyth and headed south for Pembrokeshire. On the way we stopped off at the Cenath Falls.  This is the Cenath Falls. Dramatic eh? Unfortunately in summer the water flow is not as great as in winter when the falls are really spectacular. However, the weather would cold, wet and miserable then, so we were happy enough to see them in summer. Was not impressed to be charged £3 just to park there, every car park in the UK has to be paid for. It gets really annoying after a while, especially as we usually have no cash on us and this one was cash only! The bridge over the river was interesting though, especially with those holes through it. According to the nearby documentation, they were to lighten the bridge weight and also to lessen the stress on it. It has obviously worked as the bridge was built in the 18th century. There was an old mill on the other side of the river with an old water wheel that would have originally powered the milling equipme...

 Dear Gentle Reader Today we went to the Llandudno SDA Church (don't ask me to pronounce it) for Sabbath worship. The internet said the main service started at 11.30 but when we got there we found it didn't start till 12.10pm after Sabbath School. Sabbath School went over time and didn't finish till 12.15pm. At this point we realised that if we stayed till 1.30pm when it finished, we would be very late to our destination, so we reluctantly left after Sabbath School finished. It was a very traditional church singing only hymns and only had about 20 people in attendance. They met in a Methodist church and were very welcoming. It was much cooler today, thank goodness so we drove to Harlech Castle, another of Edward I constructions. The drive there was very scenic with high hills covered in verdant greenery and dotted here and there with sheep. Like Switzerland, photos cannot capture the grandeur of the scenery. Of course there were the usual towns with very narrow streets, som...