Wall Walk at Conwy

The wall around Conwy was the most walkable one that we visited. With the exception of one stretch - and the waterfront - we were able to circle the whole town.

The wall rises above most of the buildings in town.

There are nice views of everyone's roofs.

The tower in the background is at the height of the wall, opposite the castle.

The wall is a series of defensive turrets.

Things to do with old wall turrets:

 - Little courtyard

- Road

As you can see, the roads into town are nice and cozy.

They put a big arch in the wall when the train tracks were installed.

One more sea view from the wall.

Birkenhead

 We walked around in Birkenhead when we visited the U-boat museum. These are a few of the miscellaneous shots from our walk.

 Birkenhead is across the bay from Liverpool.

 Some parts of the dock area are on the industrial side. They still manage to look relatively pleasant.

 Life preservers seem to be posted near all bodies of water.

Color shock!

Conwy Harbor

The view from Conwy Castle to the sea. 

I tried to adjust the color of this photo, but things went missing. Sometimes a picture should be left alone to speak for itself.

U-534

We visited the U-534 in Birkenhead. 

It has been cut into sections for display. The ends are glassed off, so we couldn't go right inside, but we could see much of the internals.

U-534 was sunk at the end of WW2, and was raised in 1986 by treasure hunters. Now it is a museum.

These severed cables look oddly translucent. 

One of the bow planes

The anti aircraft gun atop the conning tower.

That big crumple in the stern was caused by the depth charge that sank the U-534.

It doesn't take very big holes to sink a submarine. Fortunately for the crew, all managed to get out of the hull, though three of them died later.

Conwy Waterfront

 From Conwy Castle, we walked down to the waterfront. Here you can see the town wall where it reaches the harbor on the other side of town.

 The usual accumulation of appliances.

Low tide

Looking back castleward

 Swans skirt a sunken yacht.  It looked like some men were evaluating a refloat operation.

The scalloped sandbar at mid-bay.