out and about - 2015
03 August 2015 .............. Colwyn Bay
Not the best of days, but not the worst - and I had another rather good swim off the beach at Colwyn Bay - my second swim there in two weeks.
Then it was up onto the roof-top garden above the restaurant, from where you get good views looking along the beach in both directions.
This is looking along to the east - I haven`t succeeded in working out what parts of the North Wales coast you are seeing here - it could be as far as Rhyl and Prestatyn, or it could be much further, along to the Wirral, or even further - Lancashire.
This is looking along to the west, with Rhos-on-Sea in the distance, and the sad remains of a Victorian pier, now all isolated off from the world by security fencing.
Here is another closer view of the pier - it is sad to see it like this - it is probably getting to the point that someone somewhere should make the decision that it is beyond redemption and no longer viable, and take the plunge and just remove it altogether, and restore the beach to its natural state - it is a good beach, and the pier is now an eyesore.
Colwyn Bay has a super walkway / cycle route away along the coast to the west, which goes at least as far as Penrhyn Bay, maybe further, I don`t know.
This is approaching Rhos-on-Sea, and looking out to the harbour there.
Looks like somebody has pulled the plug out and all the water has gone away -
I headed along the walkway away past Rhos-on-Sea until I could see around the long curve and could see Penrhyn Bay, the next village along the coast.
The hill beyond and to the right of the village is Little Orme, the wee brother of Great Orme - it is Little Orme that separates Penrhyn Bay from Llandudno - in the past there was a limestone quarry on Little Orme, and the cliffs are used by climbers.
I climbed up on to the rock barrier to take that picture, and when I had finished, I looked down and realised that the rock I was standing on was made of shells - thousands of them.
It wasn`t just on the one surface, the shells were all the way through.
It is funny to think that these shells were from lifeforms that existed before the rocks were made, and maybe still exist today.
Starting to head back, and I came across St Trillo`s Chapel - it must be one of the smallest chapels in the country - it has six seats in it, and services are still held there.
Sycamores are amazing - these ones have taken root in amongst the rocks of the sea wall - growing in salty shingle, getting blasted by sea spray and waves.
Back past Rhos-on-Sea - and this bike fairly stands out - it is an advert for a bike shop.
I hope the bikes they sell have better brakes than this one !
Looking along the beach to the west side of the pier -
As I was heading back through Rhos-on-Sea it had begun to rain, but it didn`t come to anything, and by now I was well into the drier weather.
However away to the east there was a massive rain storm which blocked the view completely of the far off parts of the coast, except for one small bit of coast which was catching the sun.
I was glad I was in Colwyn Bay, not wherever it was that was getting very wet.
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