We decided to take a trip to the National Trust Penryn Castle near Bangor on Sunday 17th October 2010, the weather stayed very sunny then clouded over later.This enormous 19th-century neo-Norman castle sits between Snowdonia and the Menai Strait. It is crammed with fascinating items, such as a one-ton slate bed made for Queen Victoria, elaborate carvings, plasterwork and mock-Norman furniture, in addition it has an outstanding collection of paintings. The restored kitchens are a delight and the stable block houses a fascinating industrial railway museum, a model railway museum and a superb dolls' museum. The 24.3 hectares (60 acres) of grounds include parkland, an exotic tree and shrub collection as well as a Victorian walled garden.
We finally travelled a few miles down the A55 to a Wildlife Trust Birding Hide to do some birdwatching on the Menai Estuary, quite session with Shelduck,Lapwings, Oystercatchers,Greenshank, Curlews,B H Gulls, Flocks of Starlings.
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