Saturday March 31st 2018 - A rainy afternoon in Llangollen

It was still raining when I woke that morning so the first dog walk of the day was a quick one - Sophie and Poppie didn't want to go out in it any more than I did. The rain never let up all morning but by early afternoon I'd had enough of being marooned in the van so I decided to drive into Llangollen for a look round the shops. I've looked round Llangollen heaven knows how many times before and the shops never change but at least it was something to do and the rain eventually eased off so it stayed fine for a while.

After looking round the shops and photographing the swollen River Dee from the bridge I went down a side street I'd never been along before and discovered St. Collen's church; the door was open so I went in to have a look and discovered a lovely half-timbered ceiling and some beautifully colourful stained glass windows.

When I'd seen all I wanted to see in the town I made my way back to the van and headed back to the camp site. The scenery along the A5 between Llangollen and Corwen is really nice and looks beautiful when the sun is shining though it didn't look quite as nice on such a grey day; the views were still clear though and with sheep dotted about here and there I thought it worth making a couple of brief stops to get a few shots.

I'd not been back at the camp site for very long when the rain started again, lasting right through the evening and well into the night, so the last dog walk of the day was again a very short one. With nothing else to do but read I retreated to my bed early that night, keeping my fingers crossed that the rain would die out by the morning and I would finally get a decent 'going out' day.