A statue of Rt.Hon. David Lloyd George who was M.P. for Caernarfon and Prime Minister during World War I.
A view of Caernarfon Castle.


This is called the Eagle Tower. Edward II was born her and was made Prince of Wales as a baby by his father Edward III. The king had told the Welsh nobles that he would give them a prince who could not speak a word of English and he kept his word. 		 
A view across the courtyard.


King Edward designed the walls of the castle with bands of different coloured stone so that they would look like the walls of the city of Constantinople.

  



In 1912 another Edward was made Prince of Wales in this castle and the ceremony took place in this stone circle. The present Prince Charles was also made Prince of Wales here.


A haunted passageway in the castle
Yachts in the river by Caernarfon Castle.

Crossing the Menai Bridge to the island of Anglesea		 Beaumaris Castle. King Edward made a whole new town here for the English. It’s name is French for beautiful marsh.

The castle was the most advanced of its day, based on the crusader castles.		  


The moat around it was originally sea water but now it seems that it is fresh water, as I tasted it.

Castles can be expensive and king Edward ran out of money and was unable to completely finish it.

Yachts at the ferry port of Holyhead.

Which way to the castle?
This is the Conwy station, which looks like part of the castle.


The gateway to the castle. King Edward built this castle as well, he liked to fight the Welsh and build castles.		 Looking over the town from Conwy Castle.


The walls are still standing but inside it is quite a ruin.

The floors of the towers are long gone.
Bridges over the Conwy Bay

A view from the courtyard of the castle.
The town of Conwy
My kite from Nova Scotia flies for the first time on Llandudno beach.

The coastal road.

I climbed a hill to take this picture of the coast.