The Great Orme

[Merddin Emrys]

I love driving round it as long as everyone apart from pedestrians goes in the same direction!

[Bellringer]

A bit like going round a roundabout and meeting a vehicle coming the other way!

[SteveH]

Taffy, one of the Royal Welsh Regiment's goats used as a ceremonial mascot, has died.
Officially known as Lance Corporal Gwillam Jenkins, he was descended from a blood line of Royal Regimental Goats which have been on parade since 1777.
The regiment's second mascot, Shenkin, will now be the only goat marching during a parade in Cardiff in June.
Taffy's death means a new kid goat will be selected from a herd on Llandudno's Great Orme and prepared for Army life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-32829048

[wrex]

I will have a look for one while im sitting above the Empire hotel watching the airshow.

[snowcap]

there,s a nice black one but I,m not sure if its a nanny or a ram as its just a kid yet

[Merddin Emrys]

Part of the Great Orme has been bought by the National Trust.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/fancy-slice-picturesque-welsh-coastline-9322961

[Fester]

They might be better off buying Piers!   Either Llandudno or Colwyn Bay?    Well they are listed structures.

[SteveH]

Large gorse fire on the Orme, above St Davids Hospice, Fire Service on site.
After a lot of scrambling the fire appears to be under control.

[SteveH]

This stunning Great Orme farm could be yours - for £1 a year
An iconic farm once owned by Premiership footballers is being offered to a young shepherd for a decade at an annual rent of just £1.

Parc Farm on the Great Orme , Llandudno , was bought for £1m by the National Trust 12 months ago and it now wants the place managed for wildlife.

The 140-acre farm, which includes grazing rights to 720 acres of headland, was sold to the Trust by a group of former footballers including Wales international Dean Saunders.

The Trust has revealed it stepped in because the property was being offered with the potential to develop a golf course on its fragile limestone grasslands.

Shepherding candidates are being warned to expect “long hours on often difficult terrain” due to the unique challenge of farming amid the Great Orme’s 600,000 annual visitors.

To give the tenant a head start, conservation charity Plantlife has also pledged to buy the successful candidate a new flock of sheep to graze the land.
MORE   http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/stunning-great-orme-farm-could-11348443

[Nemesis]

Chris Evans made much of Llandudno whilst talking about this this morning.

[Michael]

 So the Orme has 600,000 per annum. Could just Five in every thousand give me a look in.that would do me nicely thanks

[SteveH]

Applications to run Great Orme farm received from as far away as New Zealand, Canada and Switzerland.
More than 2,000 applications have been received to run a farm on the Great Orme - with expressions of interest coming in from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Denmark.

Phones at the National Trust went into meltdown on Wednesday when it was revealed the charity were looking for someone to take over Parc Farm in Llandudno.
By the end of Wednesday, they had received 1,600 applications and have now had more than 2,000, according to a Trust spokesman
Some particularly keen applicants even drove to the 140-acre property overlooking the Victorian resort town.
A spokesman for the Trust said: “On Wednesday, we were having more than 100 enquiries an hour.
“It is still very busy even now with applications. We’re now probably getting more like 30 an hour.
“Applications have been received from Canada, Austria, Australia, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand and of course all across the United Kingdom.

“There has even been some press interest in Tokyo and Brazil.
“We’ve had BBC Mundo (the BBC’s Latin America branch) asking for details.
“It truly has gone worldwide and it’s safe to say we were overwhelmed initially.”
More   http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/applications-run-great-orme-farm-11362054

[SteveH]

Anglesey couple snare Great Orme farm tenancy that the whole world was after.
An Anglesey tenant farmer can count himself one of the luckiest men in Wales after winning a dream National Trust job – for a second time.

Dan Jones, 38, from Llanddeusant, snared the job the whole world was after – the £1-a-year tenancy of iconic Parc Farm on the Great Orme, Llandudno.

With wife Ceri, 39, and son Efan, eight, he will take over the £1m farm on October 1 and stay there for the next decade.
National Trust Wales had launched a worldwide search for candidates, attracting interest from more than 2,500 people, but in the end found the successful applicant on their own doorstep.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/anglesey-couple-snare-great-orme-11763519

[SteveH]

Great Orme tightrope walker risks life in daredevil highwire stunt.

A daredevil woman risked life and limb to walk across cliffs of Llandudno’s Great Orme - on a tightrope.
The highwire walker was seen carrying out the stunt several hundred feet in the air yesterday afternoon at around 3.30pm.

Dangling precariously with the sea and rocks beneath her the woman funambulist appeared to manage the feat with ease until the last few yards.
As a crowd of around 50 people had gathered to watch the dramatic sight she appeared to struggle before completing the walk.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/great-orme-tightrope-walker-risks-11906939

Sorry double photo, please edit, Ta

[SteveH]

North Wales Police have urged potential daredevils to “think again” before going out to perform risky highwire stunts in the region.

It comes days after a woman was seen tightrope walking off the Great Orme in Llandudno.
The funambulist was spotted carrying out the stunt several hundred feet in the air, dangling precariously above the sea and rocks, on Sunday.

A crowd of around 50 people had gathered to watch the dramatic sight, but North Wales Police were left less than impressed after seeing photographs of the incident.
Sergeant Dave Cust from the local policing team said: “We would not encourage anybody to undertake such a dangerous activity.
Conwy County Council , who looks after the Great Orme, said: “Whilst this activity does not contravene any byelaws, we cannot condone it.”

It’s not known whether there have been any other high wire walkers on the Great Orme.

Llandudno historian John Lawson-Reay said: “I’ve lived in Llandudno all my life, and have researched the town’s history for many decades and I’ve never heard of anyone walking a tightrope between the cliffs on the Great Orme, it’s a first for me.”  refDP