Day 6, Conwy, Northern Wales Continued

A great view (stock photo), of the harbour walking area with The Conwy Castle looming over the city.  Conwy is an historic fishing village built by Edward I in 1283, in Northern Wales.

It's still very much a fishing village/ a port city.

While we didn't have time to tour the actual castle we did walk about and get a feel for the little fishing village.

A good use of the old phone booths!

 There was a little amusement area for the wee ones.

I'm not sure if this was a particular festival on the day we toured, or if the amusement area is always there.

We opted not to que up to enter the smallest house in Great Britain, so we could use our time to walk around and see more of the village.  The red house sandwiched between the white cottage and gate area of the walled city was built to fill in the space back in the day.  People did live in this 6 x 10 (72 inches wide by 122 inches tall) at one time.  It was built back in the 1800's and used by fishermen who lived and worked on the harbour.

The name of the house, Cymraeg is listed here with hours of operation.  

This is a short video I found on line by a travel blogger, it's short; but worth the time so you can see the inside of the wee house.  A man named Robert Jones bought the house for 20 pounds back in 1891, and he rented it to a man also named Robert Johnson, who was not a small man, but was 6'3".  Eventually he was evicted by the city council in the 1900's and the residence was deemed unsuitable for human habitation at that time.  His Great-Great Granddaughter, Jan Tyley ownes and operates the house to this day as a tourist attraction.

Video Here (then scroll down for the video)

You can see how narrow the streets were as we explored.

 Though we didn't tour the castle, it was ever present as we made our way among the shops in the historic area.  And then we headed back to the coach to make our way back to Chester for another walking tour.

Beautiful black and white buildings again in the center area of Chester.  

Looking down one of the mediaeval streets you see the Eastgate Clock.  The Eastgate to the walled city was built by the Normans. 

A close up of the clock which was installed at the Eastgate, City Center, in 1899 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.  She was at that time, the longest serving monarch.

 

Chester Cathedral was built between the 10th and 16th century with the earliest parts dating back to 1093, Benedictine.  In 1541 the old abbey became The Church of England when King Henry the VIII, separated from the Roman Catholic Church.

We were able to listen to the choir for a short period of time.  Then headed back to our hotel in Chester, The Double Tree for our 2nd night there.  Tomorrow bags out at 7 am as we head to Scotland.

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