Fortunately the dreadful overnight weather had largely gone by the time we left the hotel and we had a good drive back with no significant holdups. We had considered stopping somewhere but, with work for me the next day, I didn’t want to be too late home. Here’s a few thoughts from the week.
Considering it was fairly wet, with rain every day, we were incredibly lucky - other than some quick dashes to or from the car we always managed to be on trains or indoors when it rained heavily.
Our hotel, Gwesty Tyn-Y-Cornel is highly recommended with friendly staff who go that bit further than basic service, such as taking the breakfast order from a family and adding two extra sausages for the dogs!
The Vitara behaved impeccably throughout and I’ll admit that on some of the twisting and climbing roads I was pleased to have an automatic, the constant gear changing would have put a strain on my left leg. We just had enough space for three of us, our luggage and Mandy’s scooter.
Doing five railways in five days was a bit excessive, even for me, but they varied considerably from the very narrow gauge Fairbourne tourist line, through the volunteer run Corris up to the larger operations such as the Welsh Highland. We did do other things as well of course such as visiting Portmeirion.
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