{"id":8313,"date":"2024-09-18T01:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T01:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/languishing-at-llandudno-3\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T01:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T01:30:53","slug":"languishing-at-llandudno-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/languishing-at-llandudno-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Languishing At Llandudno – 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surveying The Summit<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is called The Summit Complex<\/span> but, in reality, it is currently very simple. It’s a caff and toilets.<\/div>\n
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Once upon a time it had a well stocked bar …<\/div>\n
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… which, oddly, celebrated the famous boxer Randolph Turpin …<\/div>\n
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… complete with statue.<\/div>\n
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Now, the room is merely used as overflow for the caff.<\/div>\n
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Round the back of the building you will find the minimalist terminal “station” for the cable car.\n
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There is also a good overview of the tramway’s Summit station …<\/p>\n

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Here there is a small visitor centre with information about the geology of the lump; with one of these on display.<\/div>\n
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For obvious reasons toilets feature oft in the fbb’s travel experiences, both good and bad. The provision at the visitor centre intrigued. There was this …<\/p>\n

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It was a ludicrous\u00a050 P 2 P<\/span>!<\/p><\/div>\n

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But, literally just round the corner in the entrance of the visitor centre …\n
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… a much more amenable service was available.<\/p>\n

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Yippee<\/span>!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whilst in their hotel, fbb had read an article on-line about the re-opening of an “attraction”<\/span> at the Great Orme summit. Initially excited, the old folks became less enthusiastic when it turned out to be crazy golf!<\/p>\n

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Despite the day’s being overcast, it was being well used when the fbb’s alghted from their 26 bus.<\/p>\n

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Signage was hardly to a slick professional standard and the warnings about bad weather were doubtless of some importance to she who sat at the receipt of custom!<\/p>\n

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But if you averted you gaze from the “attractions”, there were some gorgeous views – even though the weather was somewhat overcast. Here a view over the north shore where sat the fbbs hotel and further on to the Little Orme. …<\/p>\n

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… and looking south in the direction of Conwy.<\/p>\n

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Weedy phone camera shots do not do justice to the real thing. But here’s something better from the Visit Conwy web site!<\/p>\n

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Likewise, pictures taken from the window of Arriva’s descending 26 are even less justice-doing! But you will get the idea.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And Down To Town<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pleasant rugged scenery all round …\n
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… plus a few of the Orme’s celebrated caprine residents!<\/p>\n

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There are plenty of glimpses of the bay …<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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… and the tram is never far away.<\/div>\n
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All views are better experienced live rather than from the lens of a camera onboard a small bus!<\/div>\n

Interestingly, most passengers on the 26 were holders of Welsh free travel passes and several rode to the summit, sat tight and rode back.<\/p>\n

So for Great Orme on the cheap, go by bus<\/span>!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we ride the full length of the cross-town 26 and get to see Llandudno away from the touristy bits.<\/p>\n

fbb will also take a look at publicity for the service (GUESS!) and the presentation of the timetables on line.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the\u00a0 route passes Cafe Nero as enjoyed by the fbbs on the Monday of their holiday.<\/p>\n

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A careful perusal reveals that this was the very location of the tram terminus of the line from Colwyn Bay, closed in 1956.<\/p>\n

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The rounded corner of Cafe Nero, the one bay window next door and the peaked roof of the red coloured edifice serve to fix the location.<\/div>\n\n

Alas no more street trams run in Llandudno, but fbb did photograph a 26 at the same spot!<\/p>\n

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And today’s buses to Colwyn Bay and Rhyl still pass thataway!<\/div>\n
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Breaking News : Breaking Depot!<\/span>\n
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News arrives (thanks to correspondent Roy) that Arriva’s depot at Belle Isle in Wakefield has been suddenly closed “due to a structural problem”; i.e. it is falling down!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Arriva has permanently closed a bus depot which houses its Yorkshire head offices due to serious structural problems. The operator took emergency action following the discovery in an engineering building at Wakefield bus depot.<\/span><\/div>\n

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This depot was previously the home of West Riding Automobile Services Ltd …\n
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… and is on an extensive site on Barnsley Road.<\/p>\n

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As many bus watchers will know, it was the home to a large fleet of Guy Wulfrunian front entrance front engine double deckers.<\/p>\n

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This was a marque which was spectacularly unsuccessful but which appears to have been adored by West Riding.<\/p>\n

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Thay also came in red!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Next 26 blog : Thursday 19th September\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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