"In the 13th Century, Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales had a palace at Beddgelert. One day he went hunting without Gelert, "The Faithful Hound", who was unaccountably absent. On Llewelyn's return, the truant stained and smeared with blood, joyfully sprang to meet his master. The Prince alarmed hastened to find his son and saw the infants cot empty, the bedclothes and floor covered with blood. The frantic father plunged his sword into the hound's side, thinking it had killed his heir. The dog's dying yell was answered by a child's cry. Llewelyn searched and discovered his boy unharmed but near by lay the body of a mighty wolf which Gelert had slain. The Prince filled with remorse is said never to have smiled again."
We then drove east to Betws Y Coed, where Susan had a great time browsing for Christmas presents for her friends and family. We had lunch at a nice cafe overlooking the railway. I really wanted to go on the miniature train, but Tom was getting bored so we decided to head home. Just about had enough time to grab a snap with Kazie the Gorilla before we left though!
As we were driving along the A55, Susan suggested that we take a small detour and walk up to Aber Falls. Susan had been on a walk here with a friend from Couchsurfing a while back, and thought that Tom might like to look at the rocks (he likes climbing). We parked and walked through the woods, following the stream up the valley. By the time we arrived at the Falls, it was starting to get dark, so we barely had time to look around before Susan was rushing to get us back to the car (I think she's afraid of the dark!) Persuaded her to take some photos of me in front of the Falls, but next time I might go for a swim, or climb to the top!
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