Day #72 Llandudno to Bangor.

Menai Suspension bridge looking towards Angelsey.

        

       A frustrating start to the day. Left the B & B promptly at my usual early starting time. My efforts to make miles early were thwarted however by the difficult lay-out of Llandudno town which is located on a peninsula and any travel back to the mainland requires one to locate a specific road, which on this day was chosen for closing and major construction work to be undertaken. Bottom line—I walked the empty, early morning streets of Llandudno for over an hour before finding my escape route. Trust that Her Majesty had better luck with the traffic yesterday!

        Picked up the road to Menai, famous for its impressive suspension bridge, being the only land link with the island of Anglesey. As mentioned in my log yesterday, this coastal section of North Wales is challenging for the long distance road walker as it is wedged between mountains and sea and in places the two meet. The road builder’s solution on today’s route was to construct tunnels under the coastal cliffs large enough to accommodate heavy traffic (main route to the ferries for the trucks from all over that go to Ireland). These long tunnels are pedestrian restricted ie: progress blocked. Action plan ‘B’, return to the previous village, seek advice, take local bus for about 5 miles to my target town, the attractive university city of Bangor. In fact, I am told, there is a way to Bangor avoiding said tunnels, but it would have necessitated a 35 mile hike over the mountains. Not an option for these aging legs!

        Located the most attractive water-front Harbour Inn. The view from my room was more impressive than the service. Kept waiting a full 3 hours for the room to be cleaned & released to me. TV did not work, and internet connectivity had inexplicable problems.

 16.0 kms. walked today per pedometer.                       Cumulative Kms. covered: 1733.3

Hours of walking today including rest stops:  4.50

Type of accommodation: Harbour View Pub.

Cost of bed & breakfast: pounds. 30.00, excl. breakfast.

Please go to Flickr.com (traveller6666) to view pics of the walk.

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