Sod Newquay, Shell Island it is

31st Jul
2006

Wotcha. Our trip to Newquay collapsed, so some of us crammed in a Micra and headed over to Shell Island on the west coast of North Wales. A ridiculously expensive trip to Tesco (we did buy a torch each...) and a somewhat slow drive in a struggling one litre later we were settled with steak on the barbecue and more alcohol than was sensibly neccessary. Here's some pics.

Heidi on Heidi Hill

(the rest of the photos reside on flickr)

Shell Island

tom and siobhan

Go macro.

tommy cooper?

Hanny bought Heidi a football. It got kicked once, and landed atop Tom's new kitchen knife (from Tesco too). Bye bye football, hello rather spiffing hat.

barbecue antics

Tom enjoys the fumes.

obligatory sunset

There you go, token sunset.

campsite

Our campsite once Hanny and Sammy left.

Heidi finds the only shade

Finding shade wherever possible.

lake wander

lake wander

Some people were getting desparate for some kayak action. Kayaktion.

teh fire micra!

teh fire micra!

Micra + bucket = mini fire engine

Barmouth/Dolgellau

The last couple of days of the week were spent flitting in and around Barmouth and Dolgellau.

skywire

Heidi in Barmouth

sandals

the arousal café!

The 'Arousal' Café. Hem hem hem.

river run dry

River run dry,

pebbles

Llanelltyd

Penmaenpool bridge

Penmaenpool toll bridge, where Heidi's dad works. We got across the rickety structure for free. You see, its not what you know, its who you know.

Penmaenpool

George III at Penmaenpool

We arrived at the George hotel/pub five minutes after food stopped being served. Bloody typical.

strange sign

We had no idea what this one was all about. Sounds like a tough break.

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Comments

Dad

I'll have you know my dad does not work on a ricketty bridge thank you.

Barmouth

what a great place and like the camp a bit of camping is always fun even in a micra he he

How many people did you manage to fit in that thing? and i went Newquay last yeah was pants just a loada strange people, i think you made the right second choice. not that my thoughts count for anything lol and i love that little toll bridge the old guy was ace, seeing his daughter has ruined it slightly tho i wanted him to remain a mystery

Four of us

Four of us in that beast. We off-loaded stuff into Hanny's car on the way down, including the most ridiculous Tesco shop ever. Unfortunately he and Sammy left earlier than us so we had to bin half a gazebo. Shame.