We set off early on Saturday morning before the heat of the day got too much, hoping, expecting it to be quiet in Conwy, but already the tourists were flocking to the castle walkways, no doubt enjoying the shade offered by the old stone walls.
Already the sun was out and the heat was building up.
We got a coffee each and sat on the quayside watching the tour boat go out with it's load after load of holidaymakers wanting to be on the water on this hot day and see the beauty of the River Conwy from the centre of the river rather than it's edges. It must have been nice out there, we will do it one day, but this day we chose not too.
Instead we drank in the blueness of the sky, the calm of the water and the beautiful boats and watched children making sandcastles with coffee cups and ice-cream tubs. Buckets and spade were available in the gift shop, but don't you just love a bit of ingenuity. 😀
The queue for the Smallest House had been much longer when we sat down, but when I turned to go I realised I could get a photo as there were fewer people now.
At £1.50 to go in and look at it's two tiny rooms I couldn't justify yet another peep. It used to be 50p, and then £1 and I visited at both those price points, but I've seen it now and I have the ability to 'save' very detailed images in my head of how interiors of buildings look, so I stood and pulled up the image ... and saved my money.
We shade hopped back to the car park with both dogs glad of the shortish distance, and then took them back to the cool of the flat. Then we went into Llandudno for a couple of hours, still on our hunt for the final two pieces we wanted to furnish the flat with. A side table for a lamp and a unit of some description for the television to sit on.
First stop the British Heart Foundation furniture shop, where we really struck it lucky. Second stop fish and chips at one of our favourite chippy's followed by a little mooch around a charity shop and a book purchase. Then it was back in the car to the BHF shop to pick up our purchase and head for home.
And this is what we got, a lovely little 'Hi Fi' cupboard.
Brand new and donated by a furniture shop to the BHF when it recently closed down. It had previously been priced at £360, reduced to £320, and then donated. We got it for just £45, a bargain, I guess because of it's name not many people want a Hi Fi cupboard these days, but hey you have to think out side of the box if you want a bargain. It's not specifically the 'lamp table' we were looking for, but it's even better it's a surface for a lamp but with storage, and it's solid oak wood matches the theme of the flat perfectly.
A quick wipe out and then it was put into place and into service.
What a successful day.
Sue xx
