Wednesday, 22 August 2007

We drove from Capel Curig, down the Vale of Conway to Llandudno and Great Orme. It was a wonderful place: Jackie found a beautiful haberdashery in Llandudno and I enjoyed the eccentric second-hand bookshop in the Great Orme visitor centre. We walked the length of Llandudno Bay enthusing about wonderful Wales: beautiful scenery, magnificent history, and a great seaside town. What more could we want?

Then we got careless and drove ten miles further along the coast to Rhyl. The transformation was complete: from elegant quaint Victorian splendour to bleak soulless modern slum. How could anyone tolerate this?