A Wee Pros-y Hol attempt again - take four...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
byslantedlightSo we left our intrepid adventurers in Portmeirion, roaming the woods and the seashores of a faux-Italianate Welsh village...
Coming to a bend in the path, we decided to set off down the Ghost Trail, which looked lovely and shady and dappledy-light-y...
But then... something went wrong... the path got narrower, and narrower, and steeper, and less welcoming, and although we could see the way down, there was never a way back up...
...but then at last there was - a very long way indeed, that involved coming out onto a tiny path again, a great size for rabbits and other foresty-creatures. There was just us... and the mournful cries of the people behind us who'd also somehow found their way down and couldn't get back up...
Clearly the ghost trail was so named because once you set off on the way, there would be no return...
...and then at last we came out behind this sign - behind it, mind - turned around to read it, and worked out why...
*headdesk*
After that it was rather nice to wander amongst signs of civilisation again, coming closer and closer to what we knew as... somewhere to have lunch... *g*
You know, it's almost impossible to stop adding pictures of Portmeirion... but I will. *g*
Finally we took ourselves off and over a wee toll bridge, past pylons wearing rubber boots (didn't I take pictures of them? I thought I had!), past castles perched casually on hills above pebble-dashed houses, and winding, summer-y roads...
... to the house of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jaycat92, which was a very civilised place to be and involved G&T on the lawn in the sunshine and much lazy chat, before Mr Jaycat took us all out to the local eatery for further chat over tasty veggie food... *g* Very nice! And of course when Mr Jaycat and Lads Jaycat had absented themselves later that night, we retreated to the study, land of lads and computers... *vbg*
There was, by the way, a rather fab exhibit of art on the wall by the pub, made from shiny, glittery, recycled materials - look in the top right corner by the butterfly, you can see a CD! *g*
The next day, there was just time for another yummy lunch (it's all about the food!) in ancient Montgomery, before we had to head back along summer-y roads, and back over the bridge twixt Wales and England...
And I'm sure it's only coincidence that it's always cloudy and wet when I go into Wales, and always sunny and shiny when I leave... *g*
On the bright side, when we stopped to collect my car again, there was time to say hello to ourrosie55 before cornishcat headed south, and I headed east, and Rosie headed back to work...
And that's it - adventure over... until the next Pros-y time. Which will be this weekend. *g* In London...
Coming to a bend in the path, we decided to set off down the Ghost Trail, which looked lovely and shady and dappledy-light-y...
But then... something went wrong... the path got narrower, and narrower, and steeper, and less welcoming, and although we could see the way down, there was never a way back up...
...but then at last there was - a very long way indeed, that involved coming out onto a tiny path again, a great size for rabbits and other foresty-creatures. There was just us... and the mournful cries of the people behind us who'd also somehow found their way down and couldn't get back up...
Clearly the ghost trail was so named because once you set off on the way, there would be no return...
...and then at last we came out behind this sign - behind it, mind - turned around to read it, and worked out why...
*headdesk*
After that it was rather nice to wander amongst signs of civilisation again, coming closer and closer to what we knew as... somewhere to have lunch... *g*
You know, it's almost impossible to stop adding pictures of Portmeirion... but I will. *g*
Finally we took ourselves off and over a wee toll bridge, past pylons wearing rubber boots (didn't I take pictures of them? I thought I had!), past castles perched casually on hills above pebble-dashed houses, and winding, summer-y roads...
... to the house of
jaycat92, which was a very civilised place to be and involved G&T on the lawn in the sunshine and much lazy chat, before Mr Jaycat took us all out to the local eatery for further chat over tasty veggie food... *g* Very nice! And of course when Mr Jaycat and Lads Jaycat had absented themselves later that night, we retreated to the study, land of lads and computers... *vbg* There was, by the way, a rather fab exhibit of art on the wall by the pub, made from shiny, glittery, recycled materials - look in the top right corner by the butterfly, you can see a CD! *g*
The next day, there was just time for another yummy lunch (it's all about the food!) in ancient Montgomery, before we had to head back along summer-y roads, and back over the bridge twixt Wales and England...
And I'm sure it's only coincidence that it's always cloudy and wet when I go into Wales, and always sunny and shiny when I leave... *g*
On the bright side, when we stopped to collect my car again, there was time to say hello to our
rosie55 before cornishcat headed south, and I headed east, and Rosie headed back to work...And that's it - adventure over... until the next Pros-y time. Which will be this weekend. *g* In London...
