In 2007 my mum left Yorkshire to pursue her dreams of running a Bed and Breakfast. Lymehurst has been open for business since 2009, this blog will tell its story
I didn't know that Tide Clocks existed until a
friend told me
about them and then this Christmas I got one as a present. It's
facinating that you can tell how long it is till the next high or low
tide. To set it up we had to wait till it was a full moon, then look up
the high tide for this area, point the hands to high tide put the
battery in and that was it set up. So now I can judge which beach walk to go
on. We had some really good blustery weather yesterday so after
consulting the Tide Clock we thought Westshore beach would be the best
walk so we coild see all the waves. The windy weather also brought out
the kite surfers
High tide at Westshore, lots of people on the coastal footpath
Waves at Westshore
The Great Orme in the background
Kite surfers enjoying the wind and waves
Westshore attracts plenty of kite surfers when the conditions are right
Well
after the stormy weather the wind fortunately subsided and the rain
stopped so that we could enjoy bringing in the New Year on Llandudno
Promenade. First we had a very brisk walk to the quieter end of the prom
and back, then we gathered with a few
other people awaiting midnight. Several groups had brought fireworks
some were cracking open champagne and we from Lymehurst had a flask of
mulled wine. So between watching the various fire works and listening
to two guys who turned up and started playing Christmasy music on their
cornets (I have to check and see if thats the correct instrument!) it
turned out to be a very festive event. Happy New Year to everybody. Let's hope it's a good one
Well wrapped up for the New Year's Eve Walk
musicians turned up and played festive tunes
firework displays.......not quite the Millenium display!
Christmas Eve in Conwy. The traditional
gathering in Lancaster Square for carol singing before going to the
Castle to see Father Christmas arrive and a fireworks display.
Crowds gathering in Lancaster Square , Conwy
After the carol singing everybody paraded to Conwy Castle
Father Christmas arrives on the ramparts to much cheering
Then the fireworks begin
Aspectacular display with the background of Conwy Castle
After so enjoying the atmosphere at last years Boxing Day Dip in a fit of festive madness I decided to accompany my daughter into the freezing sea in Llandudno's North Bay. We were joined by my sister and her son who was visiting from France. As per usual everything was a bit last minute so between preparing the boxing day meal for 12 people and making the house ready I had to rush around trying to create a fancy dress costume suitable for the sea!
Here are a few photos from the day, enjoy, we did.
The ubiquitous Panto camel
Team Podiller!
The pre Dip group photo
Still looking happy.......
The first ones in.......they cheated and went in on the count of 2!!
The mad dash
.....and even the camel went in. RNLI on standby.
Looking remarkably alive after the Dip
..........and we found Matthew
A video taken by my nephew's wife
If anybody would like to sponsor these brave, intrepid Dippers the money will go to St David's Hospice in Llandudno. www.stdavidshospice.org.uk
Christmasy feel in the entrance hall in Lymehurst B&B
Well
the weather isn't exactly Christmasy. The Great Orme that we see from
the front of Lymehurst was shrouded in mist this morning. That cleared
but it's still rather dull but the two guests that have arrived from
Leicester have said that it's much better weather here than at home.Apparently they had a really good trip here so is everybody else keeping off the roads?
Getting more Christmasy here. Have just baked my first batch of 36
mince pies so the guests had some straight from the oven. Now it's on to
marzipaning and icing of the Christmas cakes followed by present
wrapping. Need to dig out my favourite Christmas CD ( the best Christmas
....ever!) it is unfortunately suffering from being played so much!! It
has to be well over 10 years old so might have to be replaced.
So now another job off the list. Christmas cake iced........very simply. I have used roll on icing which makes it a lot easier .Now for the present wrapping
Mince pies looking festive infront of the Christmas tree
Christmas cake
Mince pies made with Great Granny's amazing pastry recipe
When
i went to post yet another parcel at the Post Office I was served by a
rather disgruntled reindeer!! As I didn't show any suprise at seeing a
reindeer behind the counter but continued to ask how much the postage
would be, he was very put out, until I
explained that I'd become quite used to being served by somebody dressed
in a full reindeer outfit and had actually taken a picture of his
colleague last week to which he became even more indignant (in a panto
way) as I wasn't taking a picture of him!! Ho ho ho. So good that Post
Office staff do that little bit extra to raise a smile.
