Flowers, Fibers, and Natural Beauty

Yesterday morning we made a visit to the woolen mills in Trefrew. After lunch in Llanrwst our Wild Wales Tour group visited the botanical gardens at Bodnant here in North Wales under sunny blue skies.The Dolbadaran castle built by Llewelyn ap Gruffydd sits right behind our hotel here, The Royal Victorian in the mountain village of Llanberis. Today we will be visiting the castle in Caernarfon and after lunch we will take the Welsh Highland narrow gauge train through the Snowdonia National Park mountains down to the seafaring town of Porthmadog where we will be given a presentation at the Maritime Museum.