Another weekend away in North Wales! We love staying at Greenacres Holiday Park which is a Haven caravan park at Morfa Bychan just outside of Porthmadog. The caravan park is right on the beach at Black Rock Sands and what a wonderful beach it is. It has views across the bay over to Harlech and views along the coastline to Criccieth. Both of these towns have castles and you can just see them both on a clear day. We cannot visit Greenacres without a walk on the beach even if it is bad weather. It had been cloudy all day until around 5pm when the clouds parted and it was glorious for a walk on the beach. We turned around to find dark clouds behind us over the 'Black Rock' but we were in brilliant sunshine.
We were surprised to see that the entrance to the park had changed and thought it looked great although still work in progress inside the park. We then noticed that the touring caravan area has been moved from the rear of the park to near the front and that they had introduced safari tents for the glamping brigade. Wonderful.
We visited a couple of charity shops and I bought a lovely patterned top for £2.99 from the Barnados shop. It looks like new and will look good with some black trousers for work. My sister bought a dress from the same shop for £3.99 which fitted her perfectly.
I found these genuine Gucci high top trainers for £3.99 in an animal charity shop and at size 6.5 they are perfect for my niece. These are selling for around £100 on eBay at the moment so if she does not like them I will sell them at some profit. This will have pretty much paid for the weekend away.
We had to visit Wikinsons now known as Wilko to see what clearance items they had and I struck lucky with some moisturising shower gel and foam bath for just 37p a bottle. I can't see this being the most luxurious of products but it smells good and will be fine for everyday use. They had a choice of scents such as relaxing and refreshing but I usually go for any kind of product which moisturises my body.
Another ritual is visiting a restaurant on Sunday evening in the square at Tremadog called Y Sgwar which is only about 5 minutes drive outside Porthmadog. We love this cosy place with it's wonderful service. There is one waiter who always serves us and is an absolute darling. He is so warm and friendly but knows when to leave you alone too. Fantastic service and fantastic home cooked food at a reasonable price. It is currently £16.50 for two courses or £20 for three if you order between 6m - 7pm. There is a choice of starters, main courses and desserts with wine at around £16.50 a bottle.
David had chicken liver pate with onion confit & Melba toast and I had prawn & crayfish salad with mango & chilli salsa for starters. We both followed with a main of roast leg of lamb with vegetables and a choice of potatoes. David plumped for roast and mash but I went for potatoes boulangierre. For dessert I had a brandy snap basket filled with banana & toffee icecream and David had chocolate brownie with vanilla icecream. The whole meal was beautiful and we cannot recommend this restaurant enough.
Monday morning we drove over to Abersoch which we have been visiting together for over 28 years. After a stroll around it was time for a coffee for me and a beer for David in Zinc bar & grill which is in the centre of the village with an outdoor area overlooking the boat yard. It was sunny enough for us to sit outside which was a lovely end to our weekend away before setting off home.
Tell me where you enjoy spending your weekends away as I'd love to hear from you.Click on the "no comments" below and leave a comment!
We were surprised to see that the entrance to the park had changed and thought it looked great although still work in progress inside the park. We then noticed that the touring caravan area has been moved from the rear of the park to near the front and that they had introduced safari tents for the glamping brigade. Wonderful.
We visited a couple of charity shops and I bought a lovely patterned top for £2.99 from the Barnados shop. It looks like new and will look good with some black trousers for work. My sister bought a dress from the same shop for £3.99 which fitted her perfectly.
I found these genuine Gucci high top trainers for £3.99 in an animal charity shop and at size 6.5 they are perfect for my niece. These are selling for around £100 on eBay at the moment so if she does not like them I will sell them at some profit. This will have pretty much paid for the weekend away.
We had to visit Wikinsons now known as Wilko to see what clearance items they had and I struck lucky with some moisturising shower gel and foam bath for just 37p a bottle. I can't see this being the most luxurious of products but it smells good and will be fine for everyday use. They had a choice of scents such as relaxing and refreshing but I usually go for any kind of product which moisturises my body.
Another ritual is visiting a restaurant on Sunday evening in the square at Tremadog called Y Sgwar which is only about 5 minutes drive outside Porthmadog. We love this cosy place with it's wonderful service. There is one waiter who always serves us and is an absolute darling. He is so warm and friendly but knows when to leave you alone too. Fantastic service and fantastic home cooked food at a reasonable price. It is currently £16.50 for two courses or £20 for three if you order between 6m - 7pm. There is a choice of starters, main courses and desserts with wine at around £16.50 a bottle.
David had chicken liver pate with onion confit & Melba toast and I had prawn & crayfish salad with mango & chilli salsa for starters. We both followed with a main of roast leg of lamb with vegetables and a choice of potatoes. David plumped for roast and mash but I went for potatoes boulangierre. For dessert I had a brandy snap basket filled with banana & toffee icecream and David had chocolate brownie with vanilla icecream. The whole meal was beautiful and we cannot recommend this restaurant enough.
Monday morning we drove over to Abersoch which we have been visiting together for over 28 years. After a stroll around it was time for a coffee for me and a beer for David in Zinc bar & grill which is in the centre of the village with an outdoor area overlooking the boat yard. It was sunny enough for us to sit outside which was a lovely end to our weekend away before setting off home.
Tell me where you enjoy spending your weekends away as I'd love to hear from you.Click on the "no comments" below and leave a comment!
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