Saturday It rained all night in Bangor and all through breakfast too. Bangor has some indoor things to do, but I couldn't stay because every room had been taken by parents of new students arriving for freshers week. Fortunately by the time I was ready to leave the rain had stopped.
Leaving Bangor was a slog up a big hill but worthwhile for the views of the Menai Straits that separate Anglesey from the mainland. Bikes can be ridden over the oldest suspension bridge in the world, built by Thomas Telford, but I walked to stop and take photos. Most of the traffic on Anglesey uses the new A55 dual carriageway, so the older A5 is reasonably pleasant to cycle, with more great views of the Straits. The first town inland is Llanfairpwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllahtysiliogogogoch to give its full name, the longest place name in the world. Bit of a cheat though, as the name was artificially lengthened by a committee. What I don't understand is why the big attraction in town is the James Pringle Weavers shop that is Scottish, not Welsh. Most of Anglesey was already booked for Saturday night; it took the tourist office a couple of hours to find a B&B for me that wasn't either halfway up a hillside or unfeasibly far away. The train extended my options so I ended up in Y Fali, more familiarly known as Valley, where there's an RAF base that does search and rescue missions. Had a short afternoon ride in sunshine to Four Mile Bridge and then across the embankment to the coastal park at Penrhos. The one grey cloud in a bright blue sky scudded in my direction while I was sitting at Penrhos so I started back. Halfway across the embankment, where the road and railway cross about a kilometre of open water, the rain cloud caught up and the deluge began. The sunshine all around created an excellent rainbow, but this wasn't much compensation for getting soaked. Total for the day 14 miles, all sunny but some wet too. Regards Steph [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
