Trek to Beaumaris Castle

I think this blog is aptly titled. Beaumaris Castle is about 6 miles away from Bangor. Penrhyn Castle is closer, but that doesn't open until March or April. So, we decided that we wanted to go to Beaumaris Castle today. Considering the amount of walking we have been doing, 6 miles didn't seem too bad. And we had a pretty good idea of where we were going, but I did bring my handy GPS with European maps (thanks family).

We started out this morning at 9:00 (we being myself, Melisa, Kat, and Lauren). The first few miles took us to Menai Bridge, which is just gorgeous!

We crossed Menai Bridge, then wandered up the road toward Beaumaris. It was just gorgeous, the entire way. And it was pretty simple to find our way. We did rely on my GPS to check that we were on the right road. And then we just walked, stopping to take pictures and things like that. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to make it to Beaumaris, but I think that's pretty good considering our frequent stops.

Once in Beaumaris, we stopped to eat some food that we had packed, and rested a little. Then we continued on to the castle. It was quite easy to find--it's not like you can hide a castle. And I definitely enjoyed touring the castle. I can't even explain. I've always wanted to explore a castle. It was old, and beautiful, and just incredible. According to a post card that I bought, Beaumaris Castle is "King Edward I's (1272-1307) most ambitious castle" and I'm just loved it.

We wandered around the town of Beaumaris for a little while, checking out the cute shops, before finally hopping on a bus back to Bangor. We opted for the bus back, which was a good idea. It was such a nice walk, but I'm sore just from the first 6 miles. Another 6 miles probably would have killed me. Plus, there was a section of road about a mile long that didn't have any sidewalks. We had to walk in the road, and that was thoroughly unpleasant. We did make it out without any casualities, but I think I'm going to stick to roads that have sidewalks now!

After coming back to Bangor, Melisa and I hung out for a little while, then just rested. I spent quite a while trying to upload pictures to Facebook. It was really frustrating, but they are all up now! Lexie 1 Facebook 0

I spent the rest of my day/night just sitting around, trying to relax. My poor body is a little sore from today's hike to Beaumaris, but in a good way. And tomorrow, we're finalizing plans for break, and just relaxing! Sounds like a good day :)