MP around the world: Wales (4)

On the way to Borth, which will be my new home for the next 3 days, and where the sunset turns the sea into liquid gold.

That's the view from my dorm (seriously!).

Ooops, it did it again! Once more, the GPS took me to a bridge which I cannot use with the car, well done! Except that today, I was not alone, cars kept on coming every other minute to cross the river here. Bad luck guys!!!

Moving further and further up the North of Wales, you start encountering the castles / fortresses built by Edward I in order to secure his position in Wales and prevent any Welsh rebellion against England.
UNESCO considers the sites to be the "finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe".
The fortifications were built by Edward I after his invasion of North Wales in 1282. Edward defeated the local Welsh princes in a major campaign and set about permanently colonising the area. He created new fortified towns, protected by castles, in which English immigrants could settle and administer the territories. The project was hugely expensive and stretched royal resources to the limit.

I will visit Harlech:

Then Caernarfon

Then Conwy (no Grand Slam, as I skipped Beaumaris)

Another interesting (and very surprising) visit in this part of the country is the village of Portmeirion.
It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust.
Portmeirion has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, and was "The Village" in the 1960s television show The Prisoner.

And a short stop in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
No, I am not drunk, and my computer has not gone mad. It is a small town on the island of Anglesey.
It means something like "Saint Mary's Church in a hollow of white hazel near the swirling whirlpool of the church of Saint Tysilio with a red cave"
Here are pictures of the train station, and the local supermarket.
There is nothing special to do there, I mainly did it as an act of retaliation against the GPS which has been playing tricks on me for a couple of days. I wanted it to say aloud the name of the town...