Fred climbs through the barriers
Conwy, Holyhead and the Ferry to Ireland - 21st December 2015
It's the final leg of a two-day trip over to Dublin, via Holyhead. From Chester, we stop off at Conwy for a poke around the castle, thanks to our English Heritage membership giving us free entry - with only an hour of daylight left and £20 to get in we probably wouldn't have bothered otherwise. After that, we continue our journey on to Holyhead and the ferry over to Dublin. As our original catemaran had been cancelled, we get given a cabin, which proves to be a real hit and helps to while away the four-hour crossing.
next album: Christmas Eve in Dublin and Blackrock, Ireland - 24th December 2015
previous album: A Party and a Road Trip to Chester, Suffolk and Cheshire - 20th December 2015
Fred and Isobel in a painted subway
Climbing the steps to the castle and town
The nice Victorian floor of the Tourist Office
Isobel and the boys walk along the castle walls
Fred in an alcove
The view inland from the top of the castle
Fred looks at a fed-up-looking statue
Isobel roams around inside the castle
A view over the town
It's high up alright
Inside a castle tower
The moon rises over a Gormenghast tower
More exploring
Fred pokes about
The adjacent railway lines
Fred is thrilled to see a crown on a stick
Harry and Isobel in the great hall
Harry and Isobel peer over the walls
A suspension footbidge
Boats on the river
The fed-up statue dude
Harry and Fred in the café near the castle
Looking back down the painted subway
Holyhead train station
The check-in booths at Holyhead ferry terminal
We're almost first in on the car deck
Isobel pokes around
Fred and Isobel
In the bowels of the ferry
Christmas decorations on the ferry
Fred and Harry are super-excited with their bunks
Fred climbs down the ladder
The adjacent ferry at Holyhead
Holyhead ferry terminal
The empty decks of our ferry
Isobel and Harry on the stairs
Isoble and the boys discover a mirror ceiling
Fred upside down
Double Isobel and Fred
Fred considers some tourist trinket
Isobel scores some salad
Harry eats spag bol as Fred and Nosher eat cheese
Fred untangles his headphones
Harry, Fred and Isobel watch Dublin's lights
The empty decks
The Pilot boat comes out to meet us
The Beaufort Pilot boat nudges the ferry along
The Jonathan Swift is moored up
We consider the lift
A ferry-funny sense of humour
Harry, Fred and Isobel decorate the tree
A graffiti bin
A swan stomps over to give us the hairy eyeball
Fred at the top of the pyramid
Harry runs around underneath
The Blackrock bandstand us being rebuilt
Harry roams around
Fred on the monkey bars
Isobel has a go
Fred hangs around
Fred runs around the park
The underground car park of the Blackrock Centre
Abandoned barriers on the high street
We find Da Wheeze working in M&S
Louise stacks fruit in Marks and Spencer
Harry and Isobel in SuperValu
Harry and Fred watch something on the PooPad
There's a cool Players cigarette-card collection
Harry with his cousin Nicholas
Sofa chat
Nicholas has a go of Fred's monkey
Annalua tries to steal Foo-foo
Harry despairs
Fred flings his monkey around
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Fred climbs through the barriers
Fred climbs through the barriers
Fred and Isobel in a painted subway
Climbing the steps to the castle and town
The nice Victorian floor of the Tourist Office
Isobel and the boys walk along the castle walls
Fred in an alcove
The view inland from the top of the castle
Fred looks at a fed-up-looking statue
Isobel roams around inside the castle
A view over the town
It's high up alright
Inside a castle tower
The moon rises over a Gormenghast tower
More exploring
Fred pokes about
The adjacent railway lines
Fred is thrilled to see a crown on a stick
Harry and Isobel in the great hall
Harry and Isobel peer over the walls
A suspension footbidge
Boats on the river
The fed-up statue dude
Harry and Fred in the café near the castle
Looking back down the painted subway
Holyhead train station
The check-in booths at Holyhead ferry terminal
We're almost first in on the car deck
Isobel pokes around
Fred and Isobel
In the bowels of the ferry
Christmas decorations on the ferry
Fred and Harry are super-excited with their bunks
Fred climbs down the ladder
The adjacent ferry at Holyhead
Holyhead ferry terminal
The empty decks of our ferry
Isobel and Harry on the stairs
Isoble and the boys discover a mirror ceiling
Fred upside down
Double Isobel and Fred
Fred considers some tourist trinket
Isobel scores some salad
Harry eats spag bol as Fred and Nosher eat cheese
Fred untangles his headphones
Harry, Fred and Isobel watch Dublin's lights
The empty decks
The Pilot boat comes out to meet us
The Beaufort Pilot boat nudges the ferry along
The Jonathan Swift is moored up
We consider the lift
A ferry-funny sense of humour
Harry, Fred and Isobel decorate the tree
A graffiti bin
A swan stomps over to give us the hairy eyeball
Fred at the top of the pyramid
Harry runs around underneath
The Blackrock bandstand us being rebuilt
Harry roams around
Fred on the monkey bars
Isobel has a go
Fred hangs around
Fred runs around the park
The underground car park of the Blackrock Centre
Abandoned barriers on the high street
We find Da Wheeze working in M&S
Louise stacks fruit in Marks and Spencer
Harry and Isobel in SuperValu
Harry and Fred watch something on the PooPad
There's a cool Players cigarette-card collection
Harry with his cousin Nicholas
Sofa chat
Nicholas has a go of Fred's monkey
Annalua tries to steal Foo-foo
Harry despairs
Fred flings his monkey around