Showing posts with label Aberconwy House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aberconwy House. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Right Royal Rain

Hoods up against the rain as this little group cross Lancaster Square in Conwy. The building in the background is the local police station and the painted statue on the left is of Llwelyn ap Lorwerth, also known as Llwelyn the Great (c1172-1240) who united and ruled Wales for forty years. The statue and the ornamental fountain it stands on was unveiled in 1898 to commemorate a water supply to the town.  The square (which expands behind me) is also home to the annual Honey Fair in September which dates back more than 700 years when local bee-keepers were given the right to sell their honey within the walls of the town by the Royal Charter of Edward I.
Here is a close up of the statue of Llwelyn the Great from Wikipedia with blue sky background. The statue was created by E O Griffith and is in Llwelyn's royal colours.
More rain as we take a turn around the town and pass the traffic lights. The building is Aberconwy House a medieval merchants house and warehouse.
Tourists ignoring the rain while photographing the smallest house in Great Britain with its traditionally costumed curator.
Meanwhile down by the harbour no day sailors can be seen out on the water in the misty rain
But part of the mural by the car park underpass shows sunnier sailing days by the coast and a sunbathing crab.

An entry to ABC Wednesday, a journey through the alphabet, this week sojourning at R here