We hired a guide for the day to take us around to some of the sites in North Wales. We started at The Ugly House Tea Room.
It may not be gorgeous on the outside but I think the inside is rather cute.
Next we visited the National Slate Museum which tells the story of slate mining in this area.
We attended a very interesting demonstration on how slate is mined and split. Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material, and for gravestones. This is how the slate is split.
And this is how the edges are finished.
The museum also has the largest working waterwheel in mainland Britain. The waterwheel was constructed in 1870 by De Winton of Caernarfon and is 50 ft 5ins in diameter, 5 ft 3ins wide and was built around a 12in axle.
We then visited Beaumaris Castle. Work was begun on the castle in 1295 but the King's priorities changed, construction stopped in 1330, and the castle was never finished.
Next up was Caernarfon Castle. The town of Caernarfon has a walled old town similar to Conwy.
We even stopped at the town with the second-longest place name in the world:
In case it is not obvious to you how to say it, here is a pronunciation guide:
And here is what the name means:
On maps and road signs it’s called by its nickname “Llanfairpwll”.
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