Llandudno is said to be inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, it's oversized streets and the scale of the sundaes in The Looking Glass ice cream parlour help to support this theory!
We achieved a total of five ticks in the 52 Weekends by the Sea book.
The Marine Drive walk around the Great Orme, the Haulfre Gardens and tea shop, Great Orme Tram, the longest pier in the UK and the Fish Tram Chips restaurant.
We took a bracing walk over the summit of Great Orme and saw the resident goat as well as good limestone pavement and spring flowers.
The St Tudno church which dates back to the sixth century is what gave Llandudno it's name which means 'lands of the church of Tudno'
Llandudno is not a fading sea side town, very few shops are closed, it has not one but two M&S shops (not sure why) and has enough tea shops to keep countless coach parties happy. The Grand Hotel looks spectacular from a distance. It commands the pole position in the bay but closer inspection from the pier shows rather a lot of rot and rust!
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