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North Wales - Portmeirion

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By AndrewR

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I had a few days away in north Wales earlier this week (boy, does it rain in Wales!). This is the first of five blogs on the places I visited.

We left Bracknell early on Monday morning and reached Portmeirion late in the afternoon. The village was built by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis to show how you could develop a naturally beautiful setting without spoiling it and that with sufficient skill and care, architectural good manners can actually enhance the natural environment. It was also where the 1960’s series “The Prisoner” was filmed.

If you know what to look for, there are some interesting plants as well. This is an olearia (daisy bush), growing all over the village

There were also callistemons (bottlebrushes) and this yellow-flowered magnolia

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thank you andrew, that is interesting, i have always wanted to go there, love those archway shots.

12 May, 2012

 

Hi Andrew.
Thanks for the tour. Looking forward to more :o)

12 May, 2012

 

I love Portmeirion..and it's a while since we were there..so nice to see it again.lovely Olearia and great pics Andrew.

12 May, 2012

 

this brought back memories Andrew, myself, my ex and both my boys have watched the prisoner over and over, i use to watch it with my dad lol, also when the boys were young we did a few trips there, lovely setting, nice to see it again thankyou :o))

12 May, 2012

 

Looks lovely Andrew.....we had a Caterham sports car (built by my husband Barry) which is the car they opened the programme 'The Prisoner' with. We have always meant to go to Portmeirion for that reason.

12 May, 2012

 

A while since we were there but it a great favourite when visiting N.Wales, lovely pics Andrew...

12 May, 2012

 

Loved that place, quite strange with mock buildings etc got some nice Portmeirion china from the shop.

12 May, 2012

 

great blog..its a good day out, not far from me and been a few times..went a wedding there once too..some great pictures thanks for sharing

13 May, 2012

 

Memories for me too,interesting"colours" of the buildings I remember.Nice atmosphere meandering around,lots of visitors but still very quite...are the peacocks still wandering about?

13 May, 2012

 

I didn't see (or hear) any but as it was a wet afternoon, they may have found a dry spot somewhere and gone to sleep

13 May, 2012

 

Shame it rained, and your right when it rains it forgets to stop in Wales, went many years ago when our children were small, for a change it was boiling hot, an amazing place, lovely pace to stay too.

13 May, 2012

 

Thanks for sharing your photos. I've never been there.

15 May, 2012

 

LOL...Who's number one? wonderful place.

12 Jun, 2012

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