Yesterday, Tellytubby and I took advantage of the break in the weather and had a nice walk on the Great Orme. We set of from the West Shore and we were heading for Pigeon's Cove to see the Seal pups that were on the beach. The route took us past the Haulfre Gardens cafe and then past the Caersalem Chapel that was later converted into a grammar school where William Morris Hughes was educated. He later became the Premier of Australia from 1916 to 1923.
Then in Old Road we followed the tram lines up the steep incline to the traffic lights at the junction of Old Road and Ty Gwyn Road. We stopped there for a breather and also to take a photo as I wanted to reflect on how much that spot had changed in my lifetime. The building on the left was a former Post Office and shop, while the unusual shaped building on the right was a grocery and provisions shop. In Winter times that building has had a number of cars crashing into it because of the camber in the road, hence the bollards in front of the building for its protection, During the great flood of 1993 it also took the full force of the torrent of water running down the Orme.
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We then headed up Wyddfyd Road past the donkey field and Ski Centre and on to the public footpath leading to the Pink Farm. The visibility today was perfect and we could see the Cumbrian hills and slightly to the west was the Isle of Man. It wasn't long before we came to the Pink Farm and many years ago it was a busy cafe as well as a farm and you can still see the faint painting of "TEAS" on the roof of the building, From there we took another less well trodden footpath that dropped steeply down to the Marine Drive and we then made our way to Pigeon's Cove. As we descended to the cove we saw the RNLI having an exercise nearby and when we got on to the ledge leading to the cove our way was blocked by two volunteers who were keeping visitors away on account of the Seal pups that were on the beach. In fact the female volunteer had told the RNLI not to go any nearer the cove as they would be disturbing the pups and to be fair they should have known about the pups anyway. We could only see one pup but as it was so far away it was impossible to take a photo of it. We then climbed back up to the Marine drive and continued walking along it until we came to a bench where we had our refreshments in the Autumn sunshine. After that we moved on and we saw two climbers, the female was scaling a vertical cliff face and made it look easy, but rather her than me as I couldn't and wouldn't want to have a go at that. A little further on we saw a Stonechat, a beautiful little bird and it kept posing for us while we took its photo so Tellytubby was in his element as he is a dedicated bird watcher.
Then we went through the Happy Valley to the King's Head just as a tram was coming down the track and it was completely full of people enjoying the warm sunny day. Then we carried on down Cwlach Street until we reached our cars parked at the West Shore. It was a very pleasant walk and made you realise how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful area
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