Barmouth Break

We are back from our short break with friends Marion and Phil,,we have had a brilliant time in Barmouth celebrating Bills 65th birthday.   The weather was kind to us, there was hardly any traffic on the road, and the hotel was just perfect! Ive got loads of photos to inspire new paintings as well..

You could have been abroad with views like this one....

The hotel Min-Y-Mor was just a few yards from the beach- and we had ground floor rooms , both were lovely--but its the first time ever Ive forgotten to take pictures of the rooms!  We had a right laugh on Saturday night at the Karaoke in the bar and on Sunday night we had a go at the quiz night--it was surprising at the mine of useless information we had between the 4 of us!

Barmouth has some of the most beautiful scenery in Wales...

beautiful..

After several Vodka and Tonics and a walk down to the beach in the moonlight on Sunday night it seemed like a good idea to get on one of the huge lions that stand either side of the door!

what beautiful views

I can feel a picture coming on ....

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This was a lovely touch by the hotel--a birthday card with a voucher for a free drink from the hotel..

On the way home yesterday we stopped by at http://www.gigrin.co.uk/     to see the red kite being fed,,,,,

Its an amazing sight to behold--they come from up to 40 miles away and feed on the fresh meat put out by the farm from the back of the tractor...Take a look at the website to see more about it.

The crows all sitting on the fence posts waiting for the food to be put out!

Meet Max who lives at the farm..Max is completely blind bless him..has been for 3 years-as a result of bad breeding his vet thinks..he loves playing with empty plastic water bottles and sticks--as you can see he has worn away his bottom teeth chewing things!

This is a lovely carved wooden Kite outside the shop.

There are some beautiful resident peacocks living there too--

Mollie the young sheepdog is kept in her pen while there are visitors on the farm as she is a little boisterous bless her..

You can see the colours of the red kite better here.. It was a lovely end to our break which was much needed by all of us after having a horrible few months due to illness and bereavements..we all have our batteries re-charged ready for life again..