Day 243 - August 31st

Roses still flowering in my Mum & Dad's garden.

Day 242 - August 30th

Tux.

Day 241 - August 29th

Homemade Carrot Cake.

Day 240 - August 28th

Today Wayne and Lara went fishing and Lara managed to land the biggest fish of the day.

Day 239 - August 27th

This afternoon I did some scrapbooking.

Day 238 - August 26th

When its raining outside, there's only one place for Tux.

Day 237 - August 25th

Today it rained! Its been a long time coming.

Day 236 - August 24th

The chillies in the greenhouse are now ripening.

Day 235 - August 23rd

I couldn't resist buying these jelly penguins whilst on holiday.

Day 234 - August 22nd

It has been hot and dry for sooooo long - the grass has really suffered.

Day 233 - August 21st

Today, for the first time in a long while. the ice-cream van stopped in our street so it would have been rude not to buy from him.

Day 232 - August 20th

Today we said good bye to Wales and drive home. The start of our journey took the scenic route driving through Snowdonia.

Day 231 - August 19th

Today was our last full day in Wales and we visited Plas Newydd House and Gardens, a National Trust property on Anglesey.

We were warned by the volunteers that the house wasn't looking it's best. Over the next 2 years, the National Trust are undertaking a large scale project at Plas Newydd to upgrade the heating and electrical systems, the majority of which were first installed in the 1930s. Work to prepare the property for this began prior to the pandemic but when lockdown was announced work had to stop. Therefore much of the furniture is now covered or missing and artifacts not on display.

An impressive display of military uniforms were however still on display.

Plas Newydd is home to one of the largest murals in the United Kingdom, painted by artist Rex Whistler. The fantastical mural is over 17.5 metres long and was designed as an imaginary view from the windows of Plas Newydd.

The rooms in the house which are still furnished and accessible were beautiful.....

... although Lord Anglesey’s study was very chaotic!

Outside, the grounds and gardens were lovely - especially the Italianate terrace

On leaving Plas Newydd, we decided to drive to Pwllheli , We stayed near Pwllheli last year and knew Pwllheli beach was a good place for a walk.

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Pwllheli, like many other town and villages during lookdown, encouraged children to paint pebbles. The pebbles which were painted during lockdown (and some since) have been permanently cemented onto the top of the walls on the promenade.

In the evening we made a last visit to Dinas Dinlle and climbed once again to the hillfort to watch one last welsh sunset.