The title may seem like a silly question but we have to be very cautious with our 15 year old dog. So I thought a trip to a large National Trust garden just south of Llandudno would help by giving us more shade. So we arrived at Bodnant Gardens – free for us being NT members. First observation was that it was quite hilly, probably not a surprise as we were in Wales, but was now a challenge for me carrying her. Good job we travelled light by leaving our main camera ruck sacks behind. The gardens were extensive with some long walks, but we weren’t spending all day here, so took some shorter paths.
Getting some lunch was a real challenge as the place was packed and from the map there were only 3 refreshment locations. I think Vanessa queued for about 25 minutes and choice was limited, so we had to make do with a sausage roll and a cold drink. I managed to carry Holly back up from the bottom of the valley which I found a challenge in the higher temperature – after all I’m not getting any younger myself. On the way out we exited under a Laburnum Arch which was quite impressive.
Next we headed off to Conwy which of course has a very impressive castle around the town.
To give my neck a rest from carrying Holly (who weighs 12.5Kg) we put her in the dog pram to walk around the town. She wasn’t as happy in this, but at least I was more comfortable.
Conwy is a small town that didn’t take us long to walk around. So we ended up in a pub on the seafront for a cool drink.
We decided on giving the evening sunset shoot a miss as we were a little tired and Holly really needed a rest as well.
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