PART 1 - Day Out in North Wales

11th May 2008

These are some pics of a day we recently spent in North Wales. This area is about 1 1/2 hours drive from where we live and absolutely beautiful scenery! North Wales is one of my favorite places in the UK. We saw lots of lambs as it's lambing season and I had to get out and try to capture a few photos.

Then we drove on to the ruins of Valle Crucis Abbey and had a wonderful walk around there.

I took pics of the wild flowers where ever I saw some. They were so pretty, saw them all day!

After the abbey, we drove just a little ways and visited a small church out in the country. After walking around the church, enjoying the views, we walked down a path behind the church to the River Dee, where several families were enjoying our warmest day so far this year. This was a really pretty area, as you can see. It was so much fun watching the children play. This area reminded me of growing up in the country in Alabama.

Hope you enjoy this part of our day. The rest of the day is in Part 2.

Janie & Ken

SHEEP!		THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SHOT!	NORTH WALES COUNTRYSIDE
THE ROAD WE WERE TRAVELING TO THE ABBEY RUINS		VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY RUINS	VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY
A ROOM INSIDE THE ABBEY RUINS	INSIDE THE ABBEY RUINS		JANIE & KEN INSIDE THE ABBEY
WAIT KEN! I'M COMING UPSTAIRS - IN THE ABBEY			ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ABBEY
ON THE SECOND FLOOR	NOTICE THE 2 FIREPLACES		SOME STEPS TO THE THIRD FLOOR
REMAINS OF A THIRD FLOOR BUT THE OUTSIDE WALLS ARE GONE!		WAIT FOR ME, KEN! I'M COMING DOWN!	WILD FLOWERS
VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY RUINS		THEY WERE HAVING A SPECIAL WORSHIP SERVICE AT THE ABBEY THAT MORNING	KEN IN THE ABBEY
INSIDE THE RUINS	MAKING FRIENDS WITH A DOGGIE AT THE ABBEY OFFICE	ANOTHER FRIENDLY DOG AT THE ABBEY
NEAR THE LITTLE CHURCH	BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CHURCH IN THE VALLEY	WILDFLOWERS	SNAPPING A SHOT OF KEN BY THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHURCH YARD
	KEN SNAPPED MY PIC	LLANTYSILIO CHURCH	WILD FLOWERS
BEHIND THE LITTLE CHURCH	THE PRETTY LITTLE CHURCH	HAVING A SEAT, ENJOYING THE SCENERY
WILDFLOWERS		THE LITTLE COUNTRY CHURCH IS VERY OLD!!!!	HEADING DOWN TO RIVER DEE FROM THE CHURCH - WAIT ON ME KEN!!
THE RIVER DEE	A DOG PLAYING WITH ITS CHHILDREN	LITTLE BOYS PLAYING BY THE RIVER DEE	A BEAUTIFUL OLD TREE BY THE RIVER DEE
THREE LITTLE BOYS ROLLING A LOG	SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! LOL