Travelog for: Knöpfchen

Today, we've come to Porthmadog to go on the Ffestiniog Railway.

Looking out at the sea.

A pretty garden at one of the stations

There's the engine.

Trawsfynydd's old power station.

A station with a loop.

Tanygrisiau reservoir.

A waterfall.

The train was slowing into a station...

So we were able to get more photos of it.

At Blaenau Ffestiniog. The engine needs to take on water.

On the return journey,. there's a bit of the loop again.

Passing another train at a station.

The tickets.

Returning to Porthmadog.

Today, we've come to Llandudno for the Victorian Extravaganza.

There were many old engines.

We listened to some music.

There's a little railway with little engines.

Choo choo

We didn't go for a ride though.

My host didn't go on the chair-o-plane.

A wheel on an engine.

Some engines are tiny!

But this one is bigger!

Today, we went to the Centre For Alternative Technology in mid-Wales

We travel up to the centre via a little cliff railway.

The centre is in an old quarry high up in the hills.

Some herbs.

Inside the polytunnel, brassica (cabbage family) seedlings.

That is an education centre.

A herb bed.

Details of electricity generators.

Closer view.

Small life.

Starting to look lush.

On the way back, we take a stroll.

while the sun is shining and the sky is blue

Baa!

Afon (river) Mawddach

The railway also crosses here.

A trip to the allotment today...

Found some gooseberries on the bush but they aren't ready..

Peas are growing as are the weeds... My host has a lot of work to do!

A sunny day is perfect to visit Bodnant Gardens

The Alliums are in flower.

Bodnant Gardens is famous for its Laburnum arch.

The yellow flowers are pretty


The flowers are late out this year.

There's a little fountain in this garden.

More pretty yellow flowers

This is different.

A little waterfall

A little stream running through the gardens.

This is another iconic view of Bodnant, the lily pond.

Too early for the flowers.

Wisteria


Another lily pond.

Croquet lawn.

Poppies

Garden is closing so we sneaked another look at the arch

We went for a walk, with my host after she had met some friends for lunch,

on the Uwchgwyrfai Common (Gwyrfai is a river, uwch means upper).

We are going to the red line, a road, by the map legend.

Rhos = moor/heath.  Pawl = pole/stake. A farm hand fell in love with the daughter of a nearby landowner but the landowner refused permission. He challenged the young man to spend a night naked on the slopes of Mynydd Mawr (lit. big hill). The young man did, but to keep warm, laboured putting a wooden pole in the ground with a hammer. He survived and he married the landowner's daughter.

We set forth to find some geocaches on route. Found one near this tree.

We found another one and inside, was The Traveler, a trackable on the Geocaching website.

That's Mynydd Mawr.

There's another geocache nearby.

Hello,
Today we went to the North Wales Agricultural Show just outside Caernarfon

Eggs...

Pet rabbits..

I hope I don't get pecked..

More chickens..

Guinea Pigs...

Inquisitive rabbits..

Sheep being judged..

Poll Dorset sheep

More sheep...

Even more sheep...

Wiltshire Horn Sheep...

Yet more sheep...

Different sheep..

Yet even more sheep..

Black sheep..

Owl crafts...

More exhibits in the tent..

Pretty pink things...

Vegetables..

Fruit..

Plants and potatoes and ...

A woodcutting demonstration..

What's he making?... It was a chair.

Vintage tractors..

More vintage tractors..

Yet more vintage tractors..

And even more tractors..

And even more...

Hello,
Today, we went to Stone Science.

There were fossils..

And rocks...

More rocks..

Amethyst...

Fossil shells..

Calcite..

My last trip out before travelling onwards was to the allotment.

Pumpkin patch..

Yummy slug damage... I need to come here at night and couple them up in the act.

Root vegetables

Brassicas, beans and pumpkin...

Hi!

I'm in Finland!!! Hurray!!!

First I crawled out of my envelope...


...I met many other ToyVoyagers here! There's Kurnau, Phillip, Nyankororin, Ronya, Dottie Mouse and Nayeli.
I showed them the postcard I took with me from United Kingdom.


They gave me a group hug


Here's Kurnau. He is also my host here. He promised to show me some interesting places over here.


I'm sure I'm going to enjoy my time in Finland.

Love,
Knöpfchen

Hi mommy!

SNOW!!! We got snow today!!! Look! It's amazing!!! 

Mommy, I'm cooooooomiiinnnnggg home!

I'm already travelling.

See you soon!
Knöpfchen