The lighting of The Jubilee Beacon on The Great Orme

Having no visitors due to arrive till Tuesday I had a night off!! Luckily a friend rang to see if I wanted to go to see the beacon being lit. I'm so pleased she did as we had a super evening up on the Orme. I have to admit we killed two birds with one stone as we also wanted to see the Jubilee Concert. This must be the first time I've actually gone to a pub to watch TV! but it was brilliant as it was all decked out with bunting and they had a huge screen which helped make it more atmospheric. Gradually the pub filled up and the crowds started gathering around the summit. The Town Band arrived and started playing good rousing tunes. Being on the summit gave wonderfull views along the coast line. Once the beacon was lit (must admit we were suprised that the beacon was on the roof of the complex rather than on the ground but it did mean that all the crowd had a brilliant view.) Everybody then started looking out for the other beacons. It was a super evening with having the amazing views and then to have the party atmosphere of the lighting of the Beacon made it a really memorable evening. 

Flyer announcing  the lighting of the beacon

The crowds starting to gather on the summit

 

The sun has set and the crowds keep coming

The Town Band playing some rousing tunes to entertain the crowds while waiting

Showing the position of the  Beacon on the roof

The light is diminishing as the crowds await the lighting

 Almost time

 We had the sun setting and now the moon makes a spectacular entrance

.....and at last the Beacon is lit

 Once our beacon was lit the crowd was scanning the surrounding lanscape to find other beacons. We spotted about three. We think this one was above Penmaenmawr