Wonderful Wales

due south of the Wirral is Wales...the southwest corner of the United Kingdom--a land full of beautiful and majestic countryside, breathtaking views, quaint towns, and a lot of sheep! we took the road trip with Pastor John, Linda, Janet, Terri & Audrey--Pastor John and Janet are both at home in Wales as they are indeed Welsh.

2 years ago, John took us on a similar journey, but extended it this oast Sunday--and what a wonderul day--my first day in England where i desired sunglasses and bathing suit! so hot and sunny i forgot that i was in the UK

we began with a brief break at Bala lake--a nice ''photy'' (picture opportunity) as Linda would say. we then continued due south (2 years ago, we went inward to the west to Mt. Snowden) down to a panaromic view where a river emptied into the sea below us

i'll insert the names of these locations later :) -- the Welsh don't skimp on their use of letters, especially consonants which can double in all sorts of tricky pronunciations.

after lunch at that majestic point, we continued around the coast to H______ castle along the sea--we were so hot that we had to put our feet in and wade a bit, as well as looking for rocks and shells.

from their, we moved along the coast to yet another town and Cricketh castle (time for ice cream for the kids and tea for the adults) -- on from their to Caernaervon, the largest of the castles. we skipped Beaumaris castle as it was getting late in the evening and we were eager for our tea (dinner). but we had to stop in Conwy and take a walk on the Town Wall that wrapped around this beautiful town leading up to the majestic castle.

we soon stopped at a wonderful fish & chip restaurant for a late tea--but once overly filled, had to make our way to the Promenade--a very wide boardwalk type area along the east coast of the town of Londonier (?). as we watched the sun set we took more photies, collected more rocks, and refelcted on a marvelous day

my reflections began to consider this area of Wales--then of Northern Ireland, and Scotland, too. it's like whole states where we don't have a church work, along with declining church influence.

especially Wales, so close to the Wirral. once the site of the historic Welsh Revival, leaving a chapel in every community--unfortunately now, few active chapels remain.

surely, something can be done--surely, in the States, we would do something. why can't we? what if?

(pictures to come...)