Luxury North Wales Apartments: April 2010

Thursday 22 April 2010

Swallow Falls

Swallow Falls is a name coined by early tourists for the Rhaeadr Ewynnol, (English: Foaming Waterfall), one of Wales's largest waterfalls, located on the Afon Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, in Conwy county borough. It is visited by thousands of tourists annually.

Criccieth Castle

Criccieth Castle is a castle situated on the headland between two beaches in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in North Wales, on a rocky peninsula overlooking Tremadog Bay.

Construction on Criccieth began in the early 13th century at the behest of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth of Gwynedd, and was later continued by his grandson Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales. Because of its strategic location, it was a focal point in the war between England and Wales — eventually it was captured by Edward I of England during his second campaign in North Wales (1282-1283).

Caernarfon

Caernarfon is a royal town in Gwynedd, northwest Wales.

Caernarfon is the traditional county town of the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The town is best known for its great stone castle, built by Edward I of England and consequently sometimes seen as a symbol of English domination. Edward's architect, may well have modelled the castle on the walls of Constantinople, possibly being aware of the alternative Welsh name Caer Gystennin; in addition, Edward was a supporter of the Crusader cause. On higher ground on the outskirts of the town are the remains of an earlier occupation, the Segontium Roman Fort.

Caernarfon was constituted a borough in 1284 by charter of Edward I. The charter, which was confirmed on a number of occasions, appointed the mayor of the borough Constable of the Castle ex officio.

Sunday 18 April 2010

Sheep by Road in North Wales

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Ifor Williams Trailers Trailer in Llanrwst

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Two Mute swans in a Ox Bow Lake

Friday 2 April 2010

Black Sheep and Black Lambs in North Wales

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Bangor, Sydney

Bangor is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bangor is located 28 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Bangor sits on the southern bank of the Georges River.
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The Isle of Anglesey

The Isle of Anglesey is an island and county off the northwest coast of Wales, with a predominantly Welsh-speaking population. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges spanning the Menai Strait: the original Menai Suspension Bridge (carrying the A5), designed by Thomas Telford in 1826; and the more recently constructed Britannia Bridge (originally designed by Robert Stephenson); which carries the A55 and the North Wales Coast Railway Line.

Llŷn peninsula

Llŷn peninsula
The Llŷn Peninsula extends 30 miles (48 km) into the Irish Sea from north west Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey. It is part of the modern county and historic region of Gwynedd. The name is thought to be of Irish origin, and to have the same root — Laigin (Laighin) in Irish — as the word Leinster. The name Llŷn is also sometimes spelled Lleyn, a spelling which is less common today than in the past and is generally considered to be an anglicisation which ignores the phonetic values of Welsh. Much of the eastern part of the peninsula, around Criccieth, is technically part of Eifionydd rather than Llŷn, although the modern boundaries have become somewhat vague.
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North Wales

North Wales (Welsh: Gogledd Cymru) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England.

It comprises the island of Anglesey, the Llŷn peninsula and the Snowdonia mountain range, together with the catchments of the Rivers Conwy, Clwyd and Dee with the River Dyfi often said to form the southern boundary along part of its course.

However, northern Powys is the same distance north as south Gwynedd so that could also be classed as North Wales.
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