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Politics & Current Affairs / Re: The Great British Weather Debate

« Last post by Hugo on July 04, 2025, 10:36:34 pm »

Llandudno - North Parade Webcam
Live streaming webcam of North Parade in Llandudno, UK.

https://www.minydonllandudno.co.uk/en-GB/llandudno-webcam     


Here's another one on the Pier
https://www.360panoramas.co.uk/36/343/Llandudno_Pier

Our weather seems exactly the same as yours Mull, it's awful at the moment

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Games, Jokes & Quizzes / Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

« Last post by Hugo on July 04, 2025, 10:23:15 pm »

DVT   Llyn Cowlyd is one of those lakes that are off the beaten track and usually only seen by the keen hill walkers so you did well to guess it from the clue I gave.     The road finishes about a mile from the lake so you would have only had a short walk to it
I've tried Google street view and only got as far as the gate that you refer to so Google mustn't go beyond the gates
Don't get tempted to go up there in  that nice car of yours as it's not worth the risk

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Games, Jokes & Quizzes / Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

« Last post by DVT on July 04, 2025, 04:12:21 pm »

Hugfo ... many years (about 50!) since I last went up there!  I seem to recall getting my car fairly close to the lake.  It was your clue about it being in the news that gave it away for me!
Just tried going up the road on Google Maps but it reached a gate and some repair work going on, so got no further!

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Walks in North Wales / Re: Walking

« Last post by Hugo on July 04, 2025, 02:25:51 pm »

Llyn Cowlyd walk plus Gower Road in Trefriw

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Walks in North Wales / Re: Walking

« Last post by Hugo on July 04, 2025, 02:18:49 pm »

Llyn Cowlyd Walk

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Walks in North Wales / Re: Walking

« Last post by Hugo on July 04, 2025, 02:05:51 pm »

Tellytubby phoned me up and wanted to go for a walk on Wednesday and wanted it to be somewhere where we hadn't been before.    However because of various ailments that we all have he thought that it should be on flat ground and not too strenuous but he liked the idea of going to Llyn Cowlyd so I agreed to find a route for us and phone him back.
I have been to Llyn Cowlyd before and know that it's in the middle of the Carneddau mountain range and there is no easy way to get there on foot.   Searching on Google I found that there was a road from Trefriw that went to Llyn Cowlyd and just stopped about a mile from the lake.
With the route sorted out, four of us met in the car park in Trefriw and set off in Tellytubby's campervan so what could go wrong?
Well we soon found out when we turned off the road to Crafnant and headed for Llyn Cowlyd.
The tarmac road is single track and there were several short sharp and very steep hairpin bends and in a large campervan it was never going to be easy.    Thanks to some expert driving by Tellytubby we reached the top of the road and then stopped to look at the scenery.  It's a very high moorland plateau and the views in all directions was breathtaking.    Carrying on from there we continued along and down hill until we reached an area where we could parrk the vehicle.    It was then only a short walk to Llyn Cowlyd where we had a look around the dam area before stopping for lunch.
The area is very remote and is moorland with just a few trees scattered around this vast area and even fewer ruined buildings.     There was just one derilect farmhouse and judging from the condition inside the building it must have been abandoned many many years ago
It was just a short walk of  about two miles but it was nice seeing the lake again and also meeting friends again and enjoying the banter that flowed continually.
So it was back to the campervan and that journey back to Trefriw and you have to done it to believe just how bad the road was.     
Tellytubby had to drive all the way down the hill using his brakes  and by the time we arrived at the car park in Trefriw the brakes were so hot we couldn't risk driving just then.     Instead we settled for a nice walk along Gower Road until we came to Gower Bridge and crossed over the river to the Llanrwst side.     Gower Bridge is also known as the Lovers Bridge on account of the number of padlocks that couples had left on the bridge.   There were 40 padlocks there at one time but the council removed then all recently on the grounds of Health and safety.       It was nice to see that love is back in the air after a new padlock has appeared on the bridge.
It was a great day out which we all enjoyed but we all agreed that we would never ever go up the road to Llyn Cowlyd again !    Once is enough!

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Politics & Current Affairs / Re: The Great British Weather Debate

« Last post by Hugo on July 04, 2025, 01:56:02 pm »

I've just copied this from Google
The West Shore Beach Cafe webcam in Llandudno is currently unavailable. The cafe's Facebook page indicates the webcam feed is not live, and the page itself has experienced some issues. Specifically, the page stated that the webcam feed was suspended, potentially dueYouTube, according to a Facebook post. The cafe's Facebook page also mentioned that the webcam was previously operational between 10am and 10pm GMT daily.

Privacy issues for a web cam?   what's the world coming to?

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Politics & Current Affairs / Re: The Great British Weather Debate

« Last post by mull on July 04, 2025, 12:49:25 pm »

What has happened to the West Shore Webcam this year ?
I was hoping to see some sunny weather to make us smile.  After a sunny spring it has been all downhill up here on Mull ,heavy rain and strong gale this morning.

See Life on Tiree " website for our weather this morning.  Ferries are still running although late, slowing down for passenger "comfort".
Tiree about 15 miles west of us on Ross of Mull.

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Local News & Discussion / Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?

« Last post by norman08 on July 03, 2025, 07:25:29 pm »

I couldn’t get to coed pella last night but watched the stream  the 3 Llandudno councillors were very good.   They council say they would save £125 k a year.     We subsidise the venue by £900+ k a year.  We also subsidise the porth erias over £300 la year.  The meeting was a farce you had more of the committee sat at home on zoom and they had no interest what so ever.  It’s about time these out of town councillors realised Llandudno brings into Conwy the biggest income  none of them have any real vision which is a shame..

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Local News & Discussion / Re: What's Llandudno Like Right Now?

« Last post by Hugo on July 03, 2025, 05:40:53 pm »

Llandudno library move a step closer despite 'grave concerns' over savings
A senior council officer said she found it 'quite disappointing and dismaying' concerns had been 'whizzed out of a hat'   

Conwy Council's head of finance Amanda Hughes said moving the library would save the authority £126K a year, costs which came from a service charge to landlord, national non-domestic rates, utility bills, and cleaning. "If the library was moved, we are confident we would save over £100,000 of these costs,” she said.

I'm at a loss to understand the logic of it all.       Llandudno owned the Library in Mostyn Street, yet sold it a few years ago to Mostyn Estates ( price not known)          Then theCCBC rented or leased the library,  presumably at the rate of £126K per annum.
Once it's gone from Mostyn Street it has gone forever
Just like the sand on the North Shore and the cycle track on the West Shore they have gone forever.      CCBC don't seem to learn anything from all the mistakes they have made








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