Beddgelert - Sunday 12 July 2009

This morning we arranged to meet up at Bethan’s house to go and catch the steam train which runs from Caenarfon to Beddgelert where John and Mary live. Beddgelert is very pretty. The name means Gelert’s Grave and comes from a local legend of Prince Llewlyn’s dog Gelert which he killed after he thought that the dog had killed his baby son but it turned out the dog had killed a wolf that was attacking the baby.

The old fashioned steam train ride was fun and after a lovely lunch prepared by Mary and John we all wandered down for a walk along Fisherman’s Path. The kids stripped off to play in the chilly water on the way back but didn’t stay in for long especially when we bribed them out with the promise of an ice cream on the walk home.