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.

Roses

Ornamenting a sidewalk in Liverpool

Wet Day

Our 'hire' car waits for us while we go for a walk in Birkenhead, across from Liverpool. Most days were not unpleasantly wet during our stay.

Modern Countryside

From a drive in Wales

Conwy Castle

While staying near Liverpool, we visited the town of Conwy on the Northern coast of Wales. We came to see the castle. This is a view of it from the town wall on the other side of town.

We had already seen plenty of castles, but this one is more intact than usual, and we knew that we would be able to walk the walls and climb the towers.

As a bonus, we would be able to walk most of the town wall, as well as the harbor front. The whole town turned out to be very enjoyable from a photographic point of view.

Here's the reciprocal of the first picture: the wall across town from the top of the castle.

We were able to climb six of the eight towers. Some had not been completely restored.

Some other visitors take a break from stair climbing. Castles are an athletic pursuit.

The castle stands over the harbor.

From left to right: the highway bridge, a foot bridge, and the railway bridge.

Some of the large towers have a smaller, taller tower on top, set off to one side.