It is a holiday weekend here and as ever the weather is unpredictable, one minute sun and the next heavy rain..on Friday after work I was ‘picked up’ by some friends and we went to Llangollen a lovely little village along the banks of the River Dee. It was very busy, it usually is busy, this time though I noticed a change in the place…it is now full of tacky shops selling what can only be described as ‘tat’. There used to be a plethora of unusual little shops seling interesting things. Perhaps its a sign of the times and nobody soes tat anymore.

Yesterday I went there again with another mate and we only stayed for a coffee before heading out to a little village called Carrog, it was a lot quieter there and trés peaceful.  We wandered around an old railway station and made some photos…it was good to get out and away from the town and into the stunning Welsh countryside…one good thing about the amount of rain we’ve been having is that everywhere is so green, I mean really green, there are so many different shades of green it’s wonderful.

     

Detail from an old Railway carriage

            

          

 

 

 

 

 

Castell Dinas Bran above Llangollen

 

            

Elvis dashboard dancer

 

                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the ‘Thomas’ characters