Europe by car

Day 5, didn’t get on the train, went on a boat instead

Written by

Stefan Axelsson

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  • Breakfast menu at the hotel
  • Egg Benedict
  • Photo session along A4086
  • Great views along the road
  • Line-up for photos
  • Lots of sheep, some on the road as well
  • Parking in Caernarfon
  • Low tide
  • Boats waiting for some water
  • The castle in Caernarfon
  • Part of Snowdonia from the sea
  • Fort Belan
  • Nice day for a boat trip
  • Tide coming in
  • The Anglesey pub
  • Fish’n’chips for lunch
  • Shopping street in Caernarfon
  • Section of the old wall
  • Parked up at the entrance to Anglesey Circuit
  • The proud winners
  • Deserted track by the sea
  • Track layout at Anglesey Circuit
  • Anglesey transport museum
  • Anglesey transport museum
  • Anglesey transport museum
  • Mini van
  • Morris Minor police car
  • Sierra Cosworth
  • Escort Mk2
  • Escort Mk1
  • Tractor at the museum
  • Swedish plastic bike Itera
  • Nice scenes built up
  • Some military vehicles
  • A sad Hawker Hunter sat outside
  • Railway station with a very long name

On our first day in Snowdonia, we decided to have a go at the train to the Mt Snowden summit (https://snowdonrailway.co.uk). So, after breakfast we set of to Llanberis. This took us via some great roads in the Snowdonia park. Once we reached the train station, it turned out that the train was fully booked. When we looked online to see if we could book for the next day, it turned out that the first available time was the week after. So, if you intend to go there and take the train. Make sure to book well in advance! At least in the Summer time.

Instead we pushed on to Caernarfon to have some lunch. Once there, we stumbled upon a sightseeing boat that were about to depart. Quick decision and we went on a 40 minute bout tour. Quite interesting to see the tidal water coming in. After the boat tour, we went for a lunch at a seaside pub. Quite ok, apart from the wasps. We then went for a stroll around the castle.

We then set off to visit Anglesey Circuit. It’s very close to Caernarfon. So, would be a shame not to go there. Despite no activities going on this particular day. We managed to lose one car in the traffic out of Caernarfon. Their GPS couldn’t find the track either. So, they went back to the hotel. The rest of us made it to the track. Great location and seemingly in a good nick. New tarmac in the paddock and nice garages. We spoke to some workers at the site that came out to look at our cars. They suggested that we should go and visit a local car museum on the island. Since we didn’t had anything else planned, we went there. The museum is called Tacla Taid or the Anglesey Transport Museum (http://angleseytransportmuseum.co.uk). It was a nice little collection of cars, motorbikes and tractors. But nothing compared to the larger car museums.

The final destination for the day was the train station of “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch”. Which is a tourist gimmick dating back to 1860. At least according to Wikipedia. Then we drove back to the hotel and a cold beer.

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