North Wales 2023: Wrexham and Colwyn Bay
I’m travelling back in time to September 2023 again to continue the story of our three-country, three-cottage trip.
On leaving our cottage in Cumbria we headed for the next one in North Wales, but with 6 hours between check-out and check-in times we needed to find places to visit on the way. Neither of us has ever been to Wrexham so we stopped there for lunch. Afterwards we visited the lovely 15th / 16th century church of St Giles which claims to be one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Wales. After negotiating the gates (dating from 1720), a rather baleful looking sheep, and a painted bicycle we went inside.
I hadn’t actually found the exterior unusually interesting but the interior was very impressive. With sixteen musical angels and a wee Devil’s face in the roof, what’s not to love?
We made another stop in Colwyn Bay where I once had a holiday with my sister, one of my cousins, and a friend. I was 19, they were all 16, so I suppose I was the responsible adult. I tried to remember where we had stayed, but beyond recognising the railway bridge which we passed under on the way to the seafront (now decorated with street art on either side) I couldn’t. I enjoyed a nostalgic wander though.
Here’s a close up of those pink and white benches on the pier for Jude. I loved the way they matched the fence.
After a coffee at a beach café it was time to head off to find our home for the next week – Derwenfa here we come!
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
Aaah north Wales. We stayed in Betwys-y-Coed when we were there back in March. Stunning country.
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Yes, it is. We didn’t get to Betwys-y-Coed though.
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I somehow missed this post last week….another trip to somewhere new for me.
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It was somewhere I didn’t know very well either, but would like to go back to Wales in general.
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