We had a most stupendous trip to the bank at the beginning of the week, since part of the route took us through parts of Snowdonia National Park. The scenery is spectacular Welsh moorland for miles.
This is the view down the Tanat valley
Once over the summit, we pulled off onto a layby to send a text, and encountered a stranded motorist with a very severely ripped tyre. She was driving a rental car, and hadn't been able to swerve away from debris in the road because of oncoming traffic. Dale donned his suit of armor like any Welsh knight would, and helped get her back on the road.
Our bank is in the town of Bala, which sits on the shore of Wales' largest natural lake, Lake Tegid (or Llyn Tegid). We didn't have time to explore all the trails around it, but hope to return to cover some of the 3.7 mile long shore.
And then it was back up over Wales' second highest public road mountain pass through Eryri (Snowdonia National Park) to see new sights on the way home. A narrow little track was all we had to go on, making me think we'd end up at a farmyard, and not get back home. Motorcyclists seemed to enjoy the narrow twists and turns that accompany the breathtaking drops into the valley below. It sure made for an interesting drive.
The peat uplands stretch for miles,
and, of course, there are sheep and lambs everywhere.
Our route took us back home via Lake Vrynwy,
which presented us with a great display of woodland bluebells. What a magnificent sight.
Ahhhh, another amazing day in Wales!
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