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Saturday 16th April 2011 was nice and sunny, and we went for a family day out
to Llandudno. We reached the McDonalds in a service area on the A55, just over
the border, around 11.30am and went in for an early lunch. On reaching
Llandudno, Marianne directed me to her favourite parking spot, at the end of the
road that the Empire Hotel is on and close to the cable car station. Free
parking if you know where to find it! We first dropped down to (almost) sea level and went onto the pier to play in
the arcade. Jimmy thrust 50p in 10p coins into my hand saying it was payment of
the bet I won last week. I decided to deposit these in the 10p machine. However,
within five minutes, such actions had converted this 50p into £2.50 in 10p
coins. I had to find a more effective way of getting rid of them, so I thrust
them into Marianne's hand, and she wasted no time in losing the lot. The four of us climbed back up to the cable car station. Marianne tried, without success, to persuade Jimmy and I onto the cable cars. While it is true that I am pretty terrified of anything like that, my more burning wish was to walk up to the summit from the bottom, something which, to my shame, I had never done. All previous activations of GW/NW-070 had followed a person-powered final ascent of about 200m horizontal and 15m vertical from the car park in front of the summit complex!
At around 5.30pm, we packed away, and then decided to be daring. We descended the hill by cable car. Without doubt, the best bit for me was arriving at the bottom station. My dislike of heights was confirmed as still present! A quick drive around Conwy did not reveal any suitable eateries, so we made for Colwyn Bay and the Bengal Palace. Except that it is now called the Madras Restaurant. A fine meal was enjoyed before the drive back to Macclesfield. Thanks to all stations worked:
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