Gardens at the end

At the end of our walk around and over the Great Orme, we decided to take a look at the gardens of 'Happy Valley'.

This was a lovely, quiet spot to wander around and enjoy the well-cared-for gardens. A sure sign that summer was coming to an end, were these wonderful  Autumn Crocus.

The Fuchsias were still looking good...

and we had some fine views through the palms and pines to the sea beyond.

Well, that was about it for our little break away in Llandudno. We'd had a great time and enjoyed some spectacular views...

Glimpsed distant Castles, like Conway - here covered in scaffolding a mile and a half across the estuary.

We had seen some rare flora (wild Cotoneaster here)...

those wonderful Kashmir Goats...

and marvelled at the cheek of the Herring Gulls as they attacked fish-and-chip eaters on the sea front and on one occasion, snatched an ice cream from the hands of an unsuspecting pensioner! This one was undeterred by the anti-bird spikes on our hotel windowsill.

I manged to snap Malcolm taking pictures...

and he got his own back on me too! (Don't look at the wrinkles.)

That's it! Time to head for home for a rest after walking about 40 miles during our three and a half days away.