Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September 2023
There was a fair bit of road noise overnight but for free stopover who can complain, we would stay again. After leaving the stopover we drove 10 miles to Bala following a large lorry transporting straw, the front of Homer began to resemble a hay stack. There is a large car park at the end of the High Street and it’s fine for parking the motorhome.
We wandered around Bala, didn’t take long as it isn’t a large place and strangely most of the places there didn’t open until 10.00 a.m. There were a few quirky things that made us smile.
We drove from there to Porthmadog and parked in the same parking bay as we did a few months ago, dedicated motorhome spot, £2.20 for 3 hours. We wandered around town and then had lunch in Homer. From there we drove on, couldn’t park in Criccieth no spaces but stopped in Pwllheli on an Asda car park free for 90 minutes. We spent about 45 minutes there, not enough to form an honest opinion.
We had pre booked two nights here in Aberdaron on Morfa Bach Camp site, however as we arrived it began to rain and the wind began to blow strongly.
We have spent the last 24 hours being buffeted by a gale force wind inside Homer it’s like being on a cross channel ferry in bad weather. I have turned Homer round and parked diagonally on the pitch pointing the bonnet into the wind, it hasn’t helped a lot but hopefully the wine won’t slop out of the glasses.
Today whilst there was a slight lull in the rain we donned our waterproofs and walked down into Aberdaron, it was hard going as the wind buffeted us. We knew the village was small but being Sunday only the two pubs and the shop were open so there wasn’t a lot to linger for.
We had intended to stopover in mid Wales tomorrow to extend the trip but yesterday we received the sad news that our two year old grandson had fallen and broken his leg and is going to be in hospital for three weeks so we are cutting short our trip and heading home tomorrow to offer whatever support we can.
taraabit 