We start our day visiting world-famous Bodnant garden. 80 acres of rare plant collections, a waterfall, rose gardens and a yellow Laburnum arch were brought together by five generations of plant hunters in the 19th and 20th century.
It’s only a 30 minute drive. Tim puts his macro lens on his camera, so we capture the flowers in detail, but the broader overview of surroundings not so much.
The children have fun seeking the hiking signs. We see many roses, rhododendrons and hosta’s (and many more flowers we don’t know). It’s much cooler then the past days so we climb happy up and down the slopes of the Conwy river.
After two hours, we continue our trip and hike at Fairy Glen, a secluded gorge that also lies on the Conwy River. It had been subject to many stories around fairies, concealed behind magic and toadstools under moonlight.
We hike during day time, and pay some pounds to cross private land. We are amazed by how quiet Wales is, parkings are empty, roads are abondened and at hiking trails we meet only a few other couples.
We don’t take the Deuter everytime anymore, the children become good hikers. Unfortunately, we don’t see any fairies, but we have some good fun climbing rocks near the river before we return to our car.
Our final hike is to the Conwy falls, still following the Conwy river. It’s a steep hike down, following the mossy cliffs. After 300 meter we have a good view of the waterfall and we make some pictures and do a stome throwing competition (keilen). Tim is the winner, managing to throw stones with four bumps across the water to the other riverbed.
We’re back home at 17, eat nasi and relax.
