On Monday after all our castle adventures, we got back to Betws-y-Coed and ordered an official "tea for two" for our dinner.

Let me just say, it was HUGE. Just look at the layers!

Cream tea, pie, cakes, egg salad sandwiches (yes, with cucumbers in them), cookies... it was endless.

And way too much for us.

We bloated ourselves up anyway, though, and boxed up the rest. (Which was interesting, because clearly the server was surprised we wanted a box. She had to ask where they were and go hunting.)

Back at the B&B, the power was still out. This distressed me because I was supposed to be posting my fiction for merry_fates, which I'd been organized enough to write weeks earlier before we left Kansas. Maggie and Brenna had a copy in case I couldn't, but it was frustrating none the less!

However, Gwawr brought us a bottle of red wine to make up for the inconvenience and let us know they'd told her the power would be back by 9. So Natalie and I settled in and took turns taking long, hot baths by torchlight. With wine.

It was kind of awesome. :D

And the power did eventually come back on so I got my story posted.













Here's our B&B!


The bathtub we enjoyed so well:



So I've talked a lot about the driving. How the roads were narrow and it rained all the time. But I haven't mentioned so often the mountains we were staying in the middle of. Every time we wanted to go somewhere, we had to drive through them. The Snowdonia mountains.

I got a little carried away with the pictures. I couldn't stop taking them! But it was so dramatic and lovely (and scary).

Without further ado, here is the picspam!









LOOK! SHEEP IN THE ROAD! We really had to stop for them.



And here's another day, when it was totally foggy and raining.



For all we knew, we were about to drive off into nothing.



It was cold, and very windy.



This is in a valley, but check how low the clouds are.







More fun signs!



Heather!



Lake and more low clouds!



The sun reappears! I like the lighting here.







But THIS is my favorite of all the pictures I took on the road:




Next up, our crazy adventures tromping through farmer's fields to fine ancient things!