The following two pictures were taken Tuesday at Bodnant Gardens.
Wednesday morning we awoke to almost sunny skies but the weather forecast was encouraging for an outing to Mount Snowdon. So off we went. When we arrived we just missed one train to the top so we had to wait a bit for the next one. That meant not having enough time to hike down the mountain.
Our train arrived and they packed us in for the ride to the top of Mount Snowdon. It was a coal-fired steam engine (cog rail), built in Switzerland in 1986. The ride to the top was alongside the mountain and the views were beautiful. Still lots of sheep to see along the way. Once on top we had 30 minutes to see the view from atop the mountain. We were grateful we had a view because more often than not people get to the top and the clouds have enclosed the mountain top and there's nothing to see. The was still a little snow as you will see in the pictures below (as well as how cold we were).
Today, Thursday, we woke up to rain so our Catbells hike is off. But, we discovered that Beatrice Potter's Hill Top home is not open tomorrow so we we drove south by the lakes to her home. It was a pretty drive through the country and past more pastures full of sheep, but this time we saw lots of black lambs which we later discovered are Herdwick lambs. We had hoped to visit Dove Cottage today, but parking was non-existent - maybe tomorrow.
Rather than drive around the lake we took the ferry across which saved us some time.
We toured the house and gardens at Hill Top and then headed back to Kessick as Pete was not feeling well. Laverne, Jim and I spent the afternoon at market square visiting all the booths and ducked in a few shops before stopping for some scones and tea. Then it was time to pick up laundry we had left this morning. And here we are at the internet cafe. Time to sign off for today with a few pictures from Hill Top.
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