Loved this. Brought back many happy memories of wonderful holidays when the children were little. Beauty around every corner. We went down one of the slate mines, my son thought it was were he was going to have to go to work when he was older. You can imagine how stressed he got!
Hello from Ireland. We are hoping to head over to Wales in a few weeks time. We always enjoy your videos. My 12 yo son spent 2 months in hospital last year. Watching your videos and looking forward to getting back out in our camper kept us going. You reminded us that very soon we would be back on the road again, out and about, enjoying the simple pleasures the world has to offer. He's doing well now, life is getting back to normal. So thanks to you both.
Thank you for letting us know Ivan, that is such a heart warming comment. Hope your son makes a good recovery and you are soon back out in your camper enjoying life. Take care 🙂
We were in Betws-y-Coed last Saturday. Were dropping the motor home off for our son and his girlfriend to use after a week near Barmouth ourselves. They were booked in at the Riverside site and after we set things up for them, went to the cafe in the old train carriages opposite the railway station for a late lunch. The food was good, not over-priced and there was plenty of it. Staff were friendly too which is always a bonus. Lovely little town, wish we could've stayed but had to get home................
I’ve only recently came across your channel and I’m so glad I have found you! Your vlogs are magnificent. Lovely to watch your adventures and hints and tips along the way. :)
don't forget to check out the entire catalog... I love to see all the places they have been... I am eager to see them visit some places in the van that they did with the camper... hint hint lol
@@thebairdMi yes I’m catching up on the heading west travels as we are away going from Poole to Weymouth and Sidmouth next week! Hopefully there will be no floods! 😬
The Waterloo Bridge was named thus because it was built in the same year the battle was fought. Thomas Telford the engineer who built it, was most famous for his suspension bridge across the Menai Straights in the same concerted effort to improve the A5 road from London to Holyhead. All roadworks and improvements along the A5 came to a halt following the opening of the railways over the next 100 years and only restarted once they were decimated by Beeching in the 1960s.
What a lovely snippet of history. I had never made the connection of the railways killing road development at the time. I wonder where we would be if Beeching had not made those cuts? The cost if Rail travel today is one of many more recent crimes 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK We all blame Beeching who was only the technician, but it was a typical Tory slight of hand by Ernie Marples, the Minister of Transport who just happened to be COE of Marples Ridgway, a construction company which stood to make zillions from all the roads made necessary by closing around 30% of the country's railway lines. It was the biggest ripoff until the privatisation of the railways followed by the post office. It was a blatant "conflict of interest" but Marples was made a peer and later fled the country to avoid being taken to court for serious tax evasion. So yes, always follow the money! 😂
Carol and Ken what a beautiful part of north Wales just stunning ..and what a lovely couple you are so down to earth 😀 .as I have suffered with mental health since the age of 12 and now im 56 it's been a hard life at times but my dream of a motor home will hopefully come true if i can afford when I retire at 61 , i don't want to work untill 67 ,i need to live and make memories with my partner that's my dream anyway 😀 thanks for the video
Thanks for your lovely comment nidge. You certainly have the right attitude that life is for living and making memories. I hope it all goes well for you and you can retire early and get your motorhome. Best wishes to you both 😀
As with every video, I enjoyed this one and I am so happy to see how your subscribers have grown! Congrats to you guys! Keep taking us all with you on these wonderful adventures.
Tip for you Ken just point the camera at a sign & say this is where we are, you don't want to upset the Welsh do you!! Watching your video's always makes me hungry, can't think why!! 🤣👍😁
Can understand your problem with the pronunciation of Welsh names, but believe me as Welsh, it's annoying. Forgive you both anyway as you both seemed to enjoy your time here.
Yes need to keep the windows clean, although ours have always got dirty marks on them! We drove through Blaunea Ffestiniog but didn't stop unfortunately. Such beautiful scenery on these roads. Not been to Porthmadog so will have to put it on the list. 10,000 subscribers. Amazing. Well done. Girl after my own heart. I love ice cream lol.
Hi Carol and Ken, look like that bridge was constructed during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Since its completion its had some strengthening works applied to them, I suppose for modern day vehicle loading. As a structural engineer, it's wonderful to see beautiful cast iron bridges are still being maintained. Really adds to the wonderful aesthetic of North Wales
What a shame you didn’t go for a little stroll along the river and falls while you were in Betws-y-coed . It’s a gentle walk straight from the main road across the little bridge and wouldn’t have taken long at all . It would have been so peaceful too at that time of the morning . Lovely filming though. Safe travels x👍😊
Have been watching you for ages but usually watch on tv and forget to comment . Had to say I’ve loved your welsh tour in particular this one was lovely to watch as we were all around these places about two weeks ago and it was so nice to see your drone footage and seeing the beauty of Wales again . Thank you for taking us to these fabulous places x
That was a real hunt for breakfast🥪😳. Great video, beautiful drone shots. What I noticed is how clean all those places look, a pleasure to watch, thanks for sharing👍
I think the horns were going off due to the silver van being very dangerously perched virtually still on road you guys were at least tucked in a bit .....
Hi Ken and Carol, great video. Porthmadog looked a lovely place to visit. Liked the way you had the drone footage coming in from the sea showing all the colourful houses and landing smoothly near your van. Very skilled.
Put my feet up and watched another great video after long day of canning corn and making pickles and dehydrating tomatoes. It’s that busy time of year putting food up for the long winter here in Wisconsin
Hi love the videos you have got them nice the music is just right for it and I used to live not far from there and I loved till I moved to Arundel and love it here so all the best and keep them coming Nigel 🤗🇬🇧🤠
Absolutely fabulous, thank you, we spent a wonderful two weeks in North Wales in 2019, stayed at Black Rock Sands caravan park near Criccieth. You can park on the stunning beach there for the day and at that time you could park overnight. We enjoyed all the places you showed us, was just beautiful to see it from the air too ❤
That was so uplifting, you kept making me laugh! Those ice creams looked very yummy indeed. What a wonderful tour through such beautiful places. Thanks both. X
Good to see the weather improved for you after leaving Anglesey. Enjoying your mix of scenery and informative highlights. Our favourite channel, never miss an episode. We love that part of Wales having stayed in Porthmadog many times when the kids were young. Well done on reaching 10k.
i was waiting to see if you parked on the beach at black rock sands. beautiful vlog, everything looks so nice in the sunshine. you mention 10k subs in this vid an d now its 42k today, onwards and upwards
Love watching your adventures traveled Wales myself and lived there at Tywyn mid Wales between Barmouth and Aberdovey for over 10 years beautiful country try Tywyn lovely little place. Thank you for your efforts
Phew! We covered a lot of ground there. Brilliant. My heart skipped a beat when I saw from the bridge leaving Betws that we were on our way to Dolwyddelan, and congratulations on your 'th' for the Welsh 'dd' sound. I love that place and the immediate area, so thank dronie for the great aspect of the castle with Moel Siabod looking magnificent in the background. I shall make a screenshot of that, if that's ok? Prince Charles painted the castle as one of a set of British Castles that appeared on commemorative postage stamps in the '80s. Love the rest of the route too. You could have given a little plug for the Llechwedd slate quarry/mine just before the drop into Blaenau. Well worth looking up and visiting. This is a clip that I shall be revisiting soon. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Peter. OK to take a screenshot for your personal use 👍 Didn’t know that about the stamps, will have to look them up. We did visit the Llechwedd slate quarry on a previous trip and did the tour. It was very interesting 😀
Pleased you found somewhere to stay and Ken, you have my vote on the ice cream flavours.. Would you believe, I made cupcakes today.. Half salted caramel and half strawberry.. How spooky is that!!
Thank you again for your loverly video ,always a pleasure to watch . I have spent a good few holidays in North Wales, touring in a caravan years ago and more recently bed and breakfast and self catering . Well done for tackling the pronounciations of the welsh places . I am from South Wales and can find some hard to pronounce . Its worth visiting some of the historic attractions Bodnant gardens National trust owned would have been worth it . Also Llanberis Slate musuem owned by the National museum of Wales also Electric mountain in Llanberis fascinating ,you go in a little bus into the mountain after an introuduction in the visitors centre and shown how they produce electricity .Fom where you are go further along the Llyn peninsula to visit some of the loverly bays and go to the tip along the pilgrims route to see across to Barnsey Island where they use to go to . So many places mid and South wales you could be there for many more weeks if you wanted to visit it all , or make it another holiday out of high season
Thanks for all those tips Gaynor. We tried to get tickets for Bodnant Gardens but they were sold out when we were there. We will have to go back another time and see more 🙂
I'm loving your vlogs, thankyou. ❤️ We're gearing up for our annual fortnight based in Llandudno, so these videos are just right and bringing back precious memories of years gone by x
Great video, not sure about Betws but some great breakfast options for your next trip a bit further on : Lakeside in Tan y Grisiau, Spooners in Porthmadog, Jennys in Porthmadog, breaktimes in Porthmadog, iris cafe in Criccieth, tir y mor in Criccieth or Number 46 in Criccieth to name but a few!!
Ok.. 1.. I am loving the geography of the recent content... really helps me understand why the Welsh were able to cause problems for the English during the early era of conflicts with the swords etc.. 2. yeah we also have an interesting time finding good food in the morning from something local instead of a McDonald's... due to Covid many places just are not as open as early as they used to... many have totally skipped the breakfast window all together.. in part due to the hard time just finding help... let alone consistent business
Thanks Chad. It must be very hard for the restaurants to keep after suffering the lockdowns. I think there must also be a lot of regulations set by the government that they have to abide by that makes it difficult to go back to how it was before.
Waterloo bridge was named after the sense of relief, when Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo. 👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👍🏴🏴🏴🏴👍
Congrats Ken and Carol on hitting 10k subs, really enjoying this wee trip with you around North Wales. Seeing that carpark in Bets y coed reminded me I was there 1972 on a coach heading to Monmouth for my 1st summer camp with the scouts. 50 years later ive now have a tent and ive had my 1st outing, just me and Judy dog, onwards and upwards. Keep up the good work and enjoy your hols.
Thank you for this lovely vlog and visiting Betws- y -coed, it brought back so many happy memories of childhood holidays ( many years ago 🤭). Ive been hoping you would pass by there. Congrats on 10,000 subscribers ! You are both great to watch .
Lovely views and historical content as usual. Ken, your Welsh pronunciations are excellent. Ever thought of doing some of Carol's "on the go" food recipies, they look yummy?
@@andyh6849 To be fair, Ken nailed Dolwyddelan, as he did Beddgelert in a previous video. It's slightly unfair to expect 'foreigners' magically to be able to pronounce words from an unfamiliar language. Nevertheless, "Betsy Coid" - ych a fi!
Ahoy Pirates! Congratulations on the very well-deserved 10k subscribers! Keep going, dear folks! Thanks for this cute and beautiful piece! Always enjoying your adventures! It's been a while now since I subscribed and feels like knowing you two for a lifetime! Started with Ireland adventures, which I am re-watching from time to time! :) Bear hugs, Captain of the good old Blackthorne
Good to see that you made up later for missing out on a pukka brekkie! The curry looked delicious. Some interesting drone flying going on lately, love it 👍
I’m really impressed with the level of research you’ve undertaken to produce this episode.The connection with Waterloo and Betwys I believe is the first bridge was opened/build in the year of the battle. There is a big plaque on the river side of the bridge giving date and if i remember the is also a coat of arms.Great Video as always thanks for sharing your travels.
Hi guys. Congrats on the 10k subscribers. Well deserved :-) Your Wales trip is bringing back wonderful memories of several holidays spent there over the years.
Hi guys, Another great little video. A very beautiful part of the country, enjoyed watching this. Me Mom was from Wales, Abergavaney” don’t think my spelling is correct, anyway you Continue to bring parts of the UK into my living room in Ca and I thank you for that. Looking forward to your next video. Stay safe and stay healthy Mik.🚗🚗🚘
Great job guys really enjoyed the mix of the video on this - some fantastic drone shots and clarity of composition / insight into your travels at a personal level / facts. Pissed squirrel classic lol. That Indian looked a great meal … albeit there seemed a lot of it lol - stay safe and superb 10k achievement on subs well deserved - we both said you are flying and smashing it out the park with quality and interest
The bridge was built by Thomas Telford in 1815 to commemorate the battle of Waterloo, if you walk in the field you can see the writing on the side of the bridge
The Welch countryside once again is just stunning, along with the towns and village's. It's such a shame about the parking,and the locals who give you a hard time for parking up. Ps are you guys still eating the ice cream 😂😂
Love your channel. As I live on Anglesey, Betws-y-Coed is not too far to visit on a day off. My great grandfather came from Garth Eryr, Betws-y-coed. I would be interested to know the size of your bed. I have a Fiat Doblo camper which is too small. Many thanks. Enjoy Wales
Lovely vlog Ken x Carol “Pissed Squirrel” 😂😂 LOL Too many Guinness ehh x Your both struggle like me with those Welsh 🏴 name Tongue Twisters . I got told off a few times 🥲🥲🤭 👍 x SMALL Small ?? Well what a Whopaa Carol 😜🍦🍦x Very Tasty m mmm x ATB hugs Stephen 😘👍👊👊
Cheers Stephen. Still getting the Welsh names wrong but happy to be corrected 😁 Those ice creams were delicious and who could choose only one flavour 😂 Looking forward to your next adventure, take care 😀🚗🚐👍
Could it be possible the reason you weren't able to find somewhere to have breakfast in Betws y Coed is Wales has different Covid 19 restrictions to England.
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Loved this. Brought back many happy memories of wonderful holidays when the children were little. Beauty around every corner. We went down one of the slate mines, my son thought it was were he was going to have to go to work when he was older. You can imagine how stressed he got!
Love that! Some great memories 🤗
All the places I went as a kid 57 now living in Australia thx you
Hope we brought back some good memories for you Donald. Thanks for watching 🙂
Your icecream looked sooo good. Hope that you both are having a wonderful time. Take care. Have a great day
May be too late, but Portmeirion is worth a visit, fabulously quirky architecture, where the old “Prisoner” tv series was filmed, we loved it!
Yes we went to Portmeirion in 2008. Great place 👍🙂
Another enjoyable video Ken. We love your calm commentary and think you have a real talent in videography. Keep them coming!
Thanks Peter 🙂
Thank u for sharing Yr travels
@@joannenash1247 you’re welcome 🙂
Hello from Ireland. We are hoping to head over to Wales in a few weeks time. We always enjoy your videos. My 12 yo son spent 2 months in hospital last year. Watching your videos and looking forward to getting back out in our camper kept us going. You reminded us that very soon we would be back on the road again, out and about, enjoying the simple pleasures the world has to offer. He's doing well now, life is getting back to normal. So thanks to you both.
Thank you for letting us know Ivan, that is such a heart warming comment. Hope your son makes a good recovery and you are soon back out in your camper enjoying life. Take care 🙂
We were in Betws-y-Coed last Saturday. Were dropping the motor home off for our son and his girlfriend to use after a week near Barmouth ourselves. They were booked in at the Riverside site and after we set things up for them, went to the cafe in the old train carriages opposite the railway station for a late lunch. The food was good, not over-priced and there was plenty of it. Staff were friendly too which is always a bonus. Lovely little town, wish we could've stayed but had to get home................
Sounds like you had a great time. We are hoping to go to Barmouth next time we are in that area 😊
Love your videos watch them regularly ❤❤
Congratulations on the 10,000 + subscribers! You’ve a great channel and deserve it. Your videos are top notch. Love them. Take care you both. Mary
Thank you so much Mary and thank you for supporting our channel. Take care 😀
I’ve only recently came across your channel and I’m so glad I have found you! Your vlogs are magnificent. Lovely to watch your adventures and hints and tips along the way. :)
Thanks so much CJ. Glad you enjoy the videos 😊
don't forget to check out the entire catalog... I love to see all the places they have been... I am eager to see them visit some places in the van that they did with the camper... hint hint lol
soo I will consider that a possiblity lol
@@thebairdMi yes I’m catching up on the heading west travels as we are away going from Poole to Weymouth and Sidmouth next week! Hopefully there will be no floods! 😬
Another great video, chilled relaxed full of beautiful filming and information, keep up the good work always love you vids
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoy the videos 🙂👍
I really enjoyed this trip it brought back memories of our trip to the area a few years ago
Glad you enjoyed it and we could bring back some happy memories for you 🙂👍
The Waterloo Bridge was named thus because it was built in the same year the battle was fought. Thomas Telford the engineer who built it, was most famous for his suspension bridge across the Menai Straights in the same concerted effort to improve the A5 road from London to Holyhead. All roadworks and improvements along the A5 came to a halt following the opening of the railways over the next 100 years and only restarted once they were decimated by Beeching in the 1960s.
What a lovely snippet of history. I had never made the connection of the railways killing road development at the time. I wonder where we would be if Beeching had not made those cuts? The cost if Rail travel today is one of many more recent crimes 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK We all blame Beeching who was only the technician, but it was a typical Tory slight of hand by Ernie Marples, the Minister of Transport who just happened to be COE of Marples Ridgway, a construction company which stood to make zillions from all the roads made necessary by closing around 30% of the country's railway lines. It was the biggest ripoff until the privatisation of the railways followed by the post office. It was a blatant "conflict of interest" but Marples was made a peer and later fled the country to avoid being taken to court for serious tax evasion. So yes, always follow the money! 😂
I spent a night in Betws-y-Coed over 40years ago in a little hi-ace campervan. Well done Ken for catching how beautiful north Wales is.
Thanks Frank. Glad you enjoyed it.
If you head back to Betws Y Coed, you can stay in the swallow falls carpark for £10 which includes electric and showers/toilets 👍🏼
That’s good to know for next time, thanks 🙂👍
Carol and Ken what a beautiful part of north Wales just stunning ..and what a lovely couple you are so down to earth 😀 .as I have suffered with mental health since the age of 12 and now im 56 it's been a hard life at times but my dream of a motor home will hopefully come true if i can afford when I retire at 61 , i don't want to work untill 67 ,i need to live and make memories with my partner that's my dream anyway 😀 thanks for the video
Thanks for your lovely comment nidge. You certainly have the right attitude that life is for living and making memories. I hope it all goes well for you and you can retire early and get your motorhome. Best wishes to you both 😀
As with every video, I enjoyed this one and I am so happy to see how your subscribers have grown! Congrats to you guys! Keep taking us all with you on these wonderful adventures.
Thanks Terry. Will do 👍🙂
Great local roads to us. We still love exploring them. Penmachno roads my favourite xxx
It is a beautiful area 👍🙂
Thank you so much for sharing all the beautiful videos you are making during your holiday in Wales, cheers from far away Argentina.....
Greetings to you in Argentina. Thanks for watching 🙏😀
Tip for you Ken just point the camera at a sign & say this is where we are, you don't want to upset the Welsh do you!! Watching your video's always makes me hungry, can't think why!! 🤣👍😁
Thanks for that tip, sounds like a great idea 😁
Can understand your problem with the pronunciation of Welsh names, but believe me as Welsh, it's annoying. Forgive you both anyway as you both seemed to enjoy your time here.
I am addicted to your videos ❤
Sorry 😁👍
Yes need to keep the windows clean, although ours have always got dirty marks on them! We drove through Blaunea Ffestiniog but didn't stop unfortunately. Such beautiful scenery on these roads. Not been to Porthmadog so will have to put it on the list. 10,000 subscribers. Amazing. Well done. Girl after my own heart. I love ice cream lol.
Thanks Helen and Karl. We’re always amazed how beautiful the roads are in this area. The ice cream was very good 😊
@@LifeistooshortCK we will try some when we get there!
Recently found your vlogs and watching them, love seeing your adventures, hubby & I do a lot of wild camping, mostly in Scotland xx
Lovely video.
Greetings from Ohio! I know I keep saying this, but your Wales series has been one of our absolute favorites!
Thank you so much. Glad you are enjoying it 🙂
Fantastic music at the end!
Thanks James 🙂👍
Hi Carol and Ken, look like that bridge was constructed during the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Since its completion its had some strengthening works applied to them, I suppose for modern day vehicle loading. As a structural engineer, it's wonderful to see beautiful cast iron bridges are still being maintained. Really adds to the wonderful aesthetic of North Wales
Thanks for the info Will. Yes, great to see the bridge still in use after more than two hundred years.
Your drone filming is really improving well done!!
How on earth does the lovely Carol keep her figure? She is forever eating!!!
Thanks Roy. The camera must just catch her every time she puts food in her mouth 😁
Great video, bringing back lots of childhood memories of holidays spent in North Wales 🏴🧶🌈🍓
Glad you enjoyed it Jenny 🙂
What a shame you didn’t go for a little stroll along the river and falls while you were in Betws-y-coed . It’s a gentle walk straight from the main road across the little bridge and wouldn’t have taken long at all . It would have been so peaceful too at that time of the morning . Lovely filming though. Safe travels x👍😊
Yes, that would have been a lovely walk. We only walked across the bridge 🙂
Have been watching you for ages but usually watch on tv and forget to comment . Had to say I’ve loved your welsh tour in particular this one was lovely to watch as we were all around these places about two weeks ago and it was so nice to see your drone footage and seeing the beauty of Wales again . Thank you for taking us to these fabulous places x
Thanks so much Tina. Wales has so much to offer. We hope to go again soon and see some more 🙂👍
Great shots of the castle from the drone. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it Larry 🙂
That was a real hunt for breakfast🥪😳. Great video, beautiful drone shots. What I noticed is how clean all those places look, a pleasure to watch, thanks for sharing👍
Thanks Anita, we were worried we wouldn’t get a breakfast 😁 Thanks for watching 👍
I think the horns were going off due to the silver van being very dangerously perched virtually still on road you guys were at least tucked in a bit .....
Hi Ken and Carol, great video. Porthmadog looked a lovely place to visit. Liked the way you had the drone footage coming in from the sea showing all the colourful houses and landing smoothly near your van. Very skilled.
Thanks Martin 👍 Porthmadog is a great area. Plenty to do nearby and close to Snowdonia National Park.
Put my feet up and watched another great video after long day of canning corn and making pickles and dehydrating tomatoes. It’s that busy time of year putting food up for the long winter here in Wisconsin
Thanks Marie. Hope we helped you to relax at the end of a busy day 😊
Parking within the edge of the forest is amazing, luckily you found the place, it seems like not enough parking for camper vans in Snowdonia erea.
There are several campsites but we prefer to wild camp. They certainly don’t like you parking your campervan in the car parks near the mountains.
Thanks again both, I've loved the tour of Anglesey and Betws Y Coed is definitely on the list too. It looks fab x
We thoroughly recommend Betws-y-Coed, there is plenty to do and beautiful scenery all around 👍😀
Thank you for taking me back to Porthmadog, my home town.
Our pleasure Elizabeth. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Hi love the videos you have got them nice the music is just right for it and I used to live not far from there and I loved till I moved to Arundel and love it here so all the best and keep them coming Nigel 🤗🇬🇧🤠
Thanks so much Nigel. You have lived in some beautiful parts of the UK. Arundel is lovely 😀👍
Absolutely fabulous, thank you, we spent a wonderful two weeks in North Wales in 2019, stayed at Black Rock Sands caravan park near Criccieth. You can park on the stunning beach there for the day and at that time you could park overnight. We enjoyed all the places you showed us, was just beautiful to see it from the air too ❤
Thanks Wendy, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
That was so uplifting, you kept making me laugh! Those ice creams looked very yummy indeed. What a wonderful tour through such beautiful places. Thanks both. X
Thanks Louise. We did enjoy those ice creams 🍦🍦😀😀👍
Good to see the weather improved for you after leaving Anglesey. Enjoying your mix of scenery and informative highlights. Our favourite channel, never miss an episode. We love that part of Wales having stayed in Porthmadog many times when the kids were young. Well done on reaching 10k.
Thank you guys for your support and lovely comments 😀
I should mention I have the same fun as Carole when visiting HSBC. Even worse, I live in Fife where no HSBC exists!
i was waiting to see if you parked on the beach at black rock sands. beautiful vlog, everything looks so nice in the sunshine. you mention 10k subs in this vid an d now its 42k today, onwards and upwards
Thanks for your support 🙂👍
Had to replay your comment about the squirrel a couple of times, very funny 😁👍🏻
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Love watching your adventures traveled Wales myself and lived there at Tywyn mid Wales between Barmouth and Aberdovey for over 10 years beautiful country try Tywyn lovely little place. Thank you for your efforts
Thanks for watching Sue. We have made a note to visit Tywyn when we are next in that area, it looks lovely 👍🥰
Phew! We covered a lot of ground there. Brilliant. My heart skipped a beat when I saw from the bridge leaving Betws that we were on our way to Dolwyddelan, and congratulations on your 'th' for the Welsh 'dd' sound. I love that place and the immediate area, so thank dronie for the great aspect of the castle with Moel Siabod looking magnificent in the background. I shall make a screenshot of that, if that's ok? Prince Charles painted the castle as one of a set of British Castles that appeared on commemorative postage stamps in the '80s. Love the rest of the route too. You could have given a little plug for the Llechwedd slate quarry/mine just before the drop into Blaenau. Well worth looking up and visiting. This is a clip that I shall be revisiting soon. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Peter. OK to take a screenshot for your personal use 👍 Didn’t know that about the stamps, will have to look them up. We did visit the Llechwedd slate quarry on a previous trip and did the tour. It was very interesting 😀
Brilliant as usual.. Smithy would be proud of that bhuna lol..
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Pleased you found somewhere to stay and Ken, you have my vote on the ice cream flavours.. Would you believe, I made cupcakes today.. Half salted caramel and half strawberry.. How spooky is that!!
Woah, that is spooky! Bet those cupcakes were delicious 😋
@@LifeistooshortCK they're in the freezer to stop us eating them all at once lol
That squirrel 🤣. Great vid, you had a real spring in your step on this one and deserved the curry after the breakfast disappointment.
Thanks Mike. I’ll take any excuse to deserve a curry 😁👍
Great cafe in Blanaeu by the festiniog railway line great breakfast.
We will have to remember that one for next time 👍🙂
Thank you again for your loverly video ,always a pleasure to watch . I have spent a good few holidays in North Wales, touring in a caravan years ago and more recently bed and breakfast and self catering . Well done for tackling the pronounciations of the welsh places . I am from South Wales and can find some hard to pronounce . Its worth visiting some of the historic attractions Bodnant gardens National trust owned would have been worth it . Also Llanberis Slate musuem owned by the National museum of Wales also Electric mountain in Llanberis fascinating ,you go in a little bus into the mountain after an introuduction in the visitors centre and shown how they produce electricity .Fom where you are go further along the Llyn peninsula to visit some of the loverly bays and go to the tip along the pilgrims route to see across to Barnsey Island where they use to go to . So many places mid and South wales you could be there for many more weeks if you wanted to visit it all , or make it another holiday out of high season
Thanks for all those tips Gaynor. We tried to get tickets for Bodnant Gardens but they were sold out when we were there. We will have to go back another time and see more 🙂
I'm loving your vlogs, thankyou. ❤️
We're gearing up for our annual fortnight based in Llandudno, so these videos are just right and bringing back precious memories of years gone by x
Thanks Emma. Glad we can bring back some happy memories for you 😀👍
Very enjoyable ride along. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Great video, not sure about Betws but some great breakfast options for your next trip a bit further on : Lakeside in Tan y Grisiau, Spooners in Porthmadog, Jennys in Porthmadog, breaktimes in Porthmadog, iris cafe in Criccieth, tir y mor in Criccieth or Number 46 in Criccieth to name but a few!!
Thanks for all the suggestions Dan 😀👍
Ok..
1.. I am loving the geography of the recent content... really helps me understand why the Welsh were able to cause problems for the English during the early era of conflicts with the swords etc..
2. yeah we also have an interesting time finding good food in the morning from something local instead of a McDonald's... due to Covid many places just are not as open as early as they used to... many have totally skipped the breakfast window all together.. in part due to the hard time just finding help... let alone consistent business
Thanks Chad. It must be very hard for the restaurants to keep after suffering the lockdowns. I think there must also be a lot of regulations set by the government that they have to abide by that makes it difficult to go back to how it was before.
Waterloo bridge was named after the sense of relief, when Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo. 👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👍🏴🏴🏴🏴👍
Congrats Ken and Carol on hitting 10k subs, really enjoying this wee trip with you around North Wales. Seeing that carpark in Bets y coed reminded me I was there 1972 on a coach heading to Monmouth for my 1st summer camp with the scouts. 50 years later ive now have a tent and ive had my 1st outing, just me and Judy dog, onwards and upwards. Keep up the good work and enjoy your hols.
Thanks Stephen 👍Sounds great, enjoy your camping with Judy 😀
Thank you for this lovely vlog and visiting Betws- y -coed, it brought back so many happy memories of childhood holidays ( many years ago 🤭). Ive been hoping you would pass by there. Congrats on 10,000 subscribers ! You are both great to watch .
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. Glad to bring back some happy memories for you 🙂👍
Really enjoying your videos, You deserved that curry after missing out on breakfast. Great shots and scenery.
Thanks Tina 🙂
Thankyou once again for an interesting informative video and both of your sense of humour ☺️x
Thanks so much! 😊
Lovely views and historical content as usual. Ken, your Welsh pronunciations are excellent. Ever thought of doing some of Carol's "on the go" food recipies, they look yummy?
Love the channel, but his pronounciations are terrible! don't give him false hope!
@@andyh6849 To be fair, Ken nailed Dolwyddelan, as he did Beddgelert in a previous video. It's slightly unfair to expect 'foreigners' magically to be able to pronounce words from an unfamiliar language. Nevertheless, "Betsy Coid" - ych a fi!
Still working on the pronunciation Ted but thanks for the compliment ☺️
Ahoy Pirates! Congratulations on the very well-deserved 10k subscribers! Keep going, dear folks! Thanks for this cute and beautiful piece! Always enjoying your adventures! It's been a while now since I subscribed and feels like knowing you two for a lifetime! Started with Ireland adventures, which I am re-watching from time to time! :) Bear hugs, Captain of the good old Blackthorne
Thank you very much Kata. We feel like we know you too from all your comments. Thanks for your continuing support. Take care 😀
Love the music and you sure had nice weather on this one.
Thanks Larry. The nice weather was most welcome 🙂
We’re off to Betws this week. Looks gorgeous.
Enjoy 😀👍
Good to see that you made up later for missing out on a pukka brekkie! The curry looked delicious. Some interesting drone flying going on lately, love it 👍
Thanks Sue. The curry was great 😋
Betws also has a bridge across the River Conwy. This one, made of cast iron, was built in 1815, the year of the Battle of Waterloo.
Thanks for the info Julie 👍🙂
18th Century Roads. At least in width. Not even a "Rotten Ronald"s" in he whole place? Supper looked very filling. Great scenic shots.
We did enjoy the curry 😋 Thanks for watching 👍
I’m really impressed with the level of research you’ve undertaken to produce this episode.The connection with Waterloo and Betwys I believe is the first bridge was opened/build in the year of the battle. There is a big plaque on the river side of the bridge giving date and if i remember the is also a coat of arms.Great Video as always thanks for sharing your travels.
Thanks for the info. We thought there had to be a connection somewhere 🙂
Hi guys. Congrats on the 10k subscribers. Well deserved :-) Your Wales trip is bringing back wonderful memories of several holidays spent there over the years.
Thanks Fergus, that’s very kind. Great place to spend family holidays, glad we could bring back some happy memories 😀
Yummy dinner!
Congratulations on your 10k! Keep up with the interesting videos. We’re enjoying them all.
Thanks so much Chris. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Congratulations on your 10k well deserved hard work pays off. The drone footage was excellent loved the whole video .
Thanks Thomas. We appreciate your comment 🙂
Enjoyed that vlog. Think Graham was envious of Ken’s ice cream. Curry looked good too. Beautiful scenery. Well done getting to 10,000 👍E🧙♂️
Thanks Ellie and Graham. We can confirm the ice cream and curry were both very good indeed 👍🙂
Lovely. Our house was called Betwys y Coed.
How lovely 😀
Hi guys,
Another great little video. A very beautiful part of the country, enjoyed watching this.
Me Mom was from Wales, Abergavaney” don’t think my spelling is correct, anyway you
Continue to bring parts of the UK into my living room in Ca and I thank you for that.
Looking forward to your next video. Stay safe and stay healthy
Mik.🚗🚗🚘
Thanks Mik. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
The connection is the arched bridge was built in the same year as the battle of Waterloo .
Thanks for letting us know Ken. We thought there must be a connection somewhere 👍🙂
Hi guys them curries looked delicious
Hi Nigel. The curry was very good 👍 😋
luv video
always luv the views and scenery.
I myself don't like hot and spicy foods, but im glad you enjoyed.
stay safe.🙂
Thanks Moira. We do enjoy a good curry 🙂👍
Great job guys really enjoyed the mix of the video on this - some fantastic drone shots and clarity of composition / insight into your travels at a personal level / facts. Pissed squirrel classic lol. That Indian looked a great meal … albeit there seemed a lot of it lol - stay safe and superb 10k achievement on subs well deserved - we both said you are flying and smashing it out the park with quality and interest
Thanks Stew and Jane, glad you are enjoying the content. That Indian meal was well within our appetite level 😂
Always love your videos and love Wales,I keep going there been few times this year and stayed few weeks at a time.
Thanks Richard. Hope we did Wales proud. We love going there too 😀
Another beautiful video and amazing views❤️
Thanks for watching 🙂
The bridge was built by Thomas Telford in 1815 to commemorate the battle of Waterloo, if you walk in the field you can see the writing on the side of the bridge
Thanks for the info Julie. We didn’t know you could see writing on the side of the bridge 👍🙂
Congrats on the 10,000 subs well deserved.
Thank you so much Anthony 😀
Excellent Ken and Carol an area I’m really keen on visiting loving this latest series 👍😎
Thanks Ian. We definitely recommend it 🙂👍
Lovely video......
Loved the music.💜👍
Thanks John 🙂
Porthmadog is delightful…better and better videos. Thank you 😊
Thank you Michele. Glad you like them 🙂
Very nice place.
Thanks 🙂
Salted caramel my favourite Ken. Carol how do you stay so slim after breakfast baps and ice-creams? Great video again, beautiful views.
The ice creams were lunch 😊 Thanks Michelle 😀
This is North Wales all over. Great scenery and woodland walks but customer service from locals deserves a kick up the backsides
How nicely put the comment to the huuuuge ice cream of your wife. You're a real gentleman.:)
The Welch countryside once again is just stunning, along with the towns and village's.
It's such a shame about the parking,and the locals who give you a hard time for parking up.
Ps are you guys still eating the ice cream 😂😂
They were rather large but delicious and we had no trouble eating the lot 😁
Love your channel. As I live on Anglesey, Betws-y-Coed is not too far to visit on a day off. My great grandfather came from Garth Eryr, Betws-y-coed. I would be interested to know the size of your bed. I have a Fiat Doblo camper which is too small. Many thanks. Enjoy Wales
The bed is 101cm wide and 170cm long. Thanks for watching 🙂
@@LifeistooshortCK Thank you so much for taking the time to answer.
Another good un. Keep them coming, bet you have forgotten where you live by now! How many days out to date?? Andy.
Thanks Andrew. The North Wales trip was 24 nights in total.
Lovely vlog Ken x Carol “Pissed Squirrel” 😂😂 LOL Too many Guinness ehh x Your both struggle like me with those Welsh 🏴 name Tongue Twisters . I got told off a few times 🥲🥲🤭 👍 x SMALL Small ?? Well what a Whopaa Carol 😜🍦🍦x Very Tasty m mmm x ATB hugs Stephen 😘👍👊👊
Cheers Stephen. Still getting the Welsh names wrong but happy to be corrected 😁 Those ice creams were delicious and who could choose only one flavour 😂 Looking forward to your next adventure, take care 😀🚗🚐👍
Very enjoyable vlog 👍🍺😁
Cheers Matthew 🙂👍
You needed to go to the back of the train station there's lot of food places there
Thanks Roger, we’ll remember that for next time 🙂👍
Had to google "giving me kittens" and what a laugh it gave me...
It’s a great phrase Winnie 😁
Could it be possible the reason you weren't able to find somewhere to have breakfast in Betws y Coed is Wales has different Covid 19 restrictions to England.
The hotels and restaurants were open while we were in Wales but the hotels were only serving breakfast to the residents.