Day Six

After breakfast we went to the Castle, had a walk round the town, returned to our B&B and picked up our trolleys, then caught the bus for our next stop at Rhyl.
As we stepped on the bus the driver smiled and said, "Excuse me, but are you the two ladies going round Wales using your Bus Passes?" Then I said, "Excuse me, but have we met?" He laughed, "No, but an article about you is on the Notice Board in the Depot and we've been asked to keep a look out for you and to help you if you needed it." Soon afterwards, a man and wife sitting behind us asked us if we were the two ladies going round Wales using our Bus Passes. We said we were , and it seems that the gentleman had seen us in the local paper and on the Web site. During our conversation he told us that he had worked in the Steel Works in Port Talbot forty years ago and he used to live in London Road, Neath. It was most interesting to meet someone who, a long time ago, had a connection with Neath.
We soon arrived at Conwy. We were now in a part of Wales where I had never been before, and I really wanted to see the Castle about which I had heard so much. I had been looking forward eagerly to this part of our trip but I was to be disappointed. We didn't see anything of the town or the Castle because, when we got off the bus, there was a biting wind and it was so cold we felt as if we had landed in the Arctic. We looked across the road and we saw the welcoming sign "Cafe". We had a lunch of hot soup and when we had thawed out we caught the bus to Deganwy where we were met by Mr. Aled Edwards and taken to his home. His wife Patricia, the Secretary of the Llandudno Soroptimist Club, and several members were waiting to greet us and we had a wonderful welcome. The ladies were anxious to meet us because our fame had gone before us and they had read about us in the Denbigh Newspaper. Again the time passed very quickly and as we left I thought how nice it was to have again met a group of ladies as strangers and parted as friends.
We then caught another bus which took us to Rhyl where we were staying for one night. It was a B&B so, again, we had to go out and look for our evening meal. We didn't want to go far because we didn't want to wander in a strange place in the dark. As we walked down the street we saw a Fish and Chip shop ahead of us and we went in. I asked if we could eat inside and we were told we could, so we ordered our fish and chips and sat down. The fish and chips were freshly cooked and very tasty, but we nearly burst out laughing but we didn't. The reason why we nearly laughed was this. The two nights before, we had dined in the big Hotel and had paid a lot of money, and here we were tonight, only paying £3.20 each. Even so, the food was excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed our supper. It was money well spent. We went back to our B&B and made a cup of tea in our bedroom. They say that variety is the Spice of Life.
We had had a varied and busy day, and here we were half way through our trip and enjoying every minute.