Thursday 3rd September
We had a slow morning but were eventually packed and ready to go by about 11.30. When going to the car, I heard a dreadful commotion, it was a sparrowhawk with a blackbird. As I moved the hawk dropped the blackbird who hid in the hedge. I then could not find my house keys so we spent ages looking for them,they were eventually found tucked in a map on the floor of the car. We left home at 12.20 and arrived at Llandudno at about 3 having stopped for a sandwich and taken a wrong turn which luckily we could turn round in a petrol station. We are staying on Bodolfan fields which is right on the promenade. It is a THS run by the BCC-ribblesdale section. It was very windy, the tail end of hurrican Bob, so we did not put up the awning this time.
Saturday 5th September
I popped out to get some rolls and Emily and Mike arrived whilst I was out. They were staying at Penmaenwahr in Sylvia and Jeffs caravan. We had a cup of tea and then walked along the prom and took the tram up to the top of Great Orme.
It is a cable tram ride in two parts. You have to get off halfway up to get onto another tram which takes you to the top. We had lunch in the café and then strolled around the top which was very windy. 
We found a couple of caches and then headed back down on the tram. Emily and Mike went back to change and shower and then we went out to find a restaurant for dinner. We went into a Mediteranean restaurant with a good selection of meals. Emily and I had tovuk rule, which was chicken with spinach and walnuts in a cream sauce. John had swordfish and Mike had sea bass.
Monday 7th September
It was a very windy night, but surprisingly warm and dry when we got up. We decided on a walk around Great Orme. I packed a picnic - Mike had bought us pork pies yesterday, and we set off along the prom. We walked towards Happy Valley and headed up through the gardens. After finding a cache we sat and ate our pork pies, enjoying the views. It was very warm, and we had worn coats thinking it would be windy so overheated a bit.
We climbed past the ski slope and followed the path towards St Tudno church. We diverted through the heather to find a cache, and then went down to the church. It was very small and pretty but had a very large cemetary, considering there is only a small population on the Orme. We were pointed towards an unusual grave of a lady, Buzzin Bee, Ms Hot Rod of the 20's who buzzed round Wales on her Beezer bike. Her gravestone was a motorbike wheel with wings.
We headed from the churchyard up towards the summit stopping under the cablecars, which were running, to eat a muffin, and then headed to the summit café for a cup of tea. We walked off the top and explored a small disused quarry where the rocks were full of fossils of big shells.
We had collected all the information for a multicache, so set off on a pleasant walk around the headland. The views were stunning and the heather and gorse beautiful. As we approached the cache area we walked through sheep tracks in the heather and finally found the right place, an ammo box hidden in the gorse. We had a lovely view of the lighthouse which was castellated!
After this we headed back towards the church and then followed the tram lines back down to Llandudno. It was very steep walking down the hill. We had walked 16km.
Tuesday 8th September
It was a lovely day so we decided to finish our walk at Conwy that we had started on Sunday. The entrance into Conwy is stunning as you drive over the river and beside the castle. We parked near the castle and walked into the town to buy some huntsmans pies from the butchers. We then found a path heading along the shore. We diverted into Bodlonbed woods to find a cache, where we had very good views across the sea.
We followed the path to the marina where we stopped to eat our pie whilst watching a shag. As we walked off to find a cache we disturbed a flock of lapwings -2 adults and several young. We walked round to the marina again to pick up a clue about the wartime Mulberry harbours. This clue led us back into the town and then out the other side, up a very steep hill to a trig point. We found the cache and enjoyed an alternative view of the castle.
We finished with a walk around the town walls and then went for a drink at the Liverpool Arms near the harbour. We had fish and chips sitting on the harbour walls whilst watching the birds.
Wednesday 9th September
We had a quiet morning, it was sunny but very windy. In the afternoon we decided on a walk to Little Orme.
We walked across the road from the site and found Bay View cache, and then walked along the road to enter a nature reserve. We walked to the trig point on Little Orme and then across the top to find a cache. We then followed the North Wales footpath to find another cache and walked around the cliff top looking for another. Unfortunately it was 50m away at sea level and we could not see a way down. We back tracked and followed a path down an inclined plane to the sea. We found the cache and then tried to work out how to get back. We decided to go back up the inclined plane and follow the NW path. It started to rain near the top and then the path disappeared. The rain got heavier, we were soaked and unsure of the way. I spotted the trig point and we followed my instincts which were right. We eventually regained the right path and got back to the van, soaked through having walked just 7.84km.
Thursday 10th September
It was a beautifully day so we decided to stay a bit longer rather than go home. We decided on a day on Anglesey starting by driving to Beaumaris, where we strolled along the water and round the castle. After lunch we drove to Din Lligwy where we stopped to do the neolithic village and butial chamber earth caches.
They were very atmospheric. We drove down to the beach and walked along the coast path for a while and then decided to drive home.
We had a slow morning but were eventually packed and ready to go by about 11.30. When going to the car, I heard a dreadful commotion, it was a sparrowhawk with a blackbird. As I moved the hawk dropped the blackbird who hid in the hedge. I then could not find my house keys so we spent ages looking for them,they were eventually found tucked in a map on the floor of the car. We left home at 12.20 and arrived at Llandudno at about 3 having stopped for a sandwich and taken a wrong turn which luckily we could turn round in a petrol station. We are staying on Bodolfan fields which is right on the promenade. It is a THS run by the BCC-ribblesdale section. It was very windy, the tail end of hurrican Bob, so we did not put up the awning this time.
Saturday 5th September
I popped out to get some rolls and Emily and Mike arrived whilst I was out. They were staying at Penmaenwahr in Sylvia and Jeffs caravan. We had a cup of tea and then walked along the prom and took the tram up to the top of Great Orme.
It is a cable tram ride in two parts. You have to get off halfway up to get onto another tram which takes you to the top. We had lunch in the café and then strolled around the top which was very windy. We found a couple of caches and then headed back down on the tram. Emily and Mike went back to change and shower and then we went out to find a restaurant for dinner. We went into a Mediteranean restaurant with a good selection of meals. Emily and I had tovuk rule, which was chicken with spinach and walnuts in a cream sauce. John had swordfish and Mike had sea bass.Monday 7th September
It was a very windy night, but surprisingly warm and dry when we got up. We decided on a walk around Great Orme. I packed a picnic - Mike had bought us pork pies yesterday, and we set off along the prom. We walked towards Happy Valley and headed up through the gardens. After finding a cache we sat and ate our pork pies, enjoying the views. It was very warm, and we had worn coats thinking it would be windy so overheated a bit.
We climbed past the ski slope and followed the path towards St Tudno church. We diverted through the heather to find a cache, and then went down to the church. It was very small and pretty but had a very large cemetary, considering there is only a small population on the Orme. We were pointed towards an unusual grave of a lady, Buzzin Bee, Ms Hot Rod of the 20's who buzzed round Wales on her Beezer bike. Her gravestone was a motorbike wheel with wings.
We headed from the churchyard up towards the summit stopping under the cablecars, which were running, to eat a muffin, and then headed to the summit café for a cup of tea. We walked off the top and explored a small disused quarry where the rocks were full of fossils of big shells.
We had collected all the information for a multicache, so set off on a pleasant walk around the headland. The views were stunning and the heather and gorse beautiful. As we approached the cache area we walked through sheep tracks in the heather and finally found the right place, an ammo box hidden in the gorse. We had a lovely view of the lighthouse which was castellated!
After this we headed back towards the church and then followed the tram lines back down to Llandudno. It was very steep walking down the hill. We had walked 16km.Tuesday 8th September
It was a lovely day so we decided to finish our walk at Conwy that we had started on Sunday. The entrance into Conwy is stunning as you drive over the river and beside the castle. We parked near the castle and walked into the town to buy some huntsmans pies from the butchers. We then found a path heading along the shore. We diverted into Bodlonbed woods to find a cache, where we had very good views across the sea.
We followed the path to the marina where we stopped to eat our pie whilst watching a shag. As we walked off to find a cache we disturbed a flock of lapwings -2 adults and several young. We walked round to the marina again to pick up a clue about the wartime Mulberry harbours. This clue led us back into the town and then out the other side, up a very steep hill to a trig point. We found the cache and enjoyed an alternative view of the castle.
We finished with a walk around the town walls and then went for a drink at the Liverpool Arms near the harbour. We had fish and chips sitting on the harbour walls whilst watching the birds.Wednesday 9th September
We had a quiet morning, it was sunny but very windy. In the afternoon we decided on a walk to Little Orme.
We walked across the road from the site and found Bay View cache, and then walked along the road to enter a nature reserve. We walked to the trig point on Little Orme and then across the top to find a cache. We then followed the North Wales footpath to find another cache and walked around the cliff top looking for another. Unfortunately it was 50m away at sea level and we could not see a way down. We back tracked and followed a path down an inclined plane to the sea. We found the cache and then tried to work out how to get back. We decided to go back up the inclined plane and follow the NW path. It started to rain near the top and then the path disappeared. The rain got heavier, we were soaked and unsure of the way. I spotted the trig point and we followed my instincts which were right. We eventually regained the right path and got back to the van, soaked through having walked just 7.84km.
Thursday 10th September
It was a beautifully day so we decided to stay a bit longer rather than go home. We decided on a day on Anglesey starting by driving to Beaumaris, where we strolled along the water and round the castle. After lunch we drove to Din Lligwy where we stopped to do the neolithic village and butial chamber earth caches.
They were very atmospheric. We drove down to the beach and walked along the coast path for a while and then decided to drive home.
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