Had a very interesting day today, starting with an antique fair in a local church. Bryan gotcouple of old pcs which may be useful in his family history. We had a lovely walk to Conwy waterfall which i nearby, beautiful cascading fall but as usual we had to cough up money to see it. In Britain they charge for everything. The latter part of the day we spent scouring the graveyards in Penmachno as one of Bryan's rellies lived there. We were just going into the old Anglican church when two men arrived on the scene. They had both served in the armed forces in Afghanistan and a good friend of one of them had been killed there, and his funeral had been held at that church. It seems the soldier who was killed had given the landlord of the local pub £1000 "for his wake" obviously knowing he was going to a very dangerous location. At the time of his death the church had fallen into decline and was unused but his funeral sparked the locals into reigniting it, even installing a beautiful new window, all done by locals. A very moving story.
More ancestral fossickings tomorrow but right now food... Bellies registering empty.
Jealous! Jane and I went to Conwy castle many years ago. I don't remember a waterfall being mentioned, but guess it was there....! Those old stone bridges are magnificent. I'm reading James Herriot again at the moment. He would have rattled over a fair few of them in his old Austin in Yorkshire. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteOh that scenery makes me want to visit... Ireland and Wales are definitely on my wishlist. Sounds like your accommodations have been rather lovely. All the best with your history searching.
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