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Wales 2024 - Seal-ing sad (Day 4)

Today was the fourth and last day of our holiday to North Wales. Before we headed home, we just had a few more stops to see things we hadn't yet ad chance to do. The first was to go to Angel Bay in Penrhynside, at the end of the Little Orme. This is a small bay about 10 minutes walk from the residential road, which is home to seals. If you visit between September and December, as we did, you may be lucky enough to see a large number of seals and even a pup as this is the pupping season. This was definitely one of the highlights of our trip, watching the seals and the pup on the beach. 


After our trip to Angel Bay, we headed to Aber Falls, which is somewhere Nicole has wanted to visit for some time. When we looked online prior to visiting, we saw that the route should be easy and accessible for all. In reality, this isn't quite correct as the first part from the lower car park onto the main walk, and the first part of the main walk, are both steep in sections and may be difficult for some. It's worth bearing this in mind if you may struggle with steep terrain. The walk takes about an hour and half to go to and from the falls, and goes through farmland with a lot of sheep! Aber falls itself was very much worth a visit. The power and force from the water could be felt from the path several metres away, and it was an absolutely spectacular sight. 




We headed from Aber falls into Conwy, where we took a quick driving tour of the suspension bridge and castle, before heading off to our final stop of the day. This was to North Wales Ice Cream World, which is part of Garden World in Conwy. There was a vast array of flavours to choose from, and the ice cream was a very generous portion. Shannon chose rhubarb and custard and apple and sour cherry flavours, and Nicole chose peanut caramel chocolate crunch and the rhubarb and custard. Both were absolutely delicious! This was a great find, and it was just a shame (or maybe a good thing) that we only found it on the last day. 

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