The September ’21 Grand tour of mid and North Wales in a motorhome Day 13

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A Welsh and National hero?

Off to Porthmadog and Tesco’s before we head back to visit the David Lloyd George Museum at Llanystumdwy when it opens at 11am. You can park in the village car park a short 100m stroll away from the little museum. It’s walking distance from the Camping and Caravan club site down the road.

It is a truly fascinating museum with outstanding information boards and some really interesting artefacts from his life. Lloyd George was a true reformer and our only native Welsh speaking prime minister.  Land reform, votes for women, the introduction of the national insurance stamp, the dismantling of free church tithe taxes, the setting up of county councils, health reforms. What a list of achievements by this man.  Minister for munitions, he also introduced conscription.

He was a great orator. He also had his faults too. Arguably a womaniser and not always a good family man, he also was responsible for the enabling the new State of Israel and splitting of Palestine, without perhaps giving sufficient due though and diligence to the ramifications of such a decision.

 

We recommend this museum. Together with the little house alongside (that he grew up in), we end up spending an hour and half here before setting off for a stop in Pwllheli.  

Trem Y Mor is the most expensive site we are staying on during this road trip. £32 per night but we have to say, the serviced pitch is immaculate with water, EHU and grey waste alongside us. The views across the countryside towards Abersoch and the beach are great and it proves only a twenty-minute walk across the golf course in to the village (which you could also do on a bike).

The beaches are golden sand and sheltered; obviously a popular water sports destination. The village centre has chandlers, a Londis, various paddleboard and surf board shops and comes with a sort of chilled ‘surfy’ vibe to it. I am very impressed with how they retrieve local speedboats out in the little bay. A tractor drives out towing the trailer, until the tide level is just below the top of their back wheels. At this point the driver in a pair of chest waders jumps out and the incoming boat skipper pilots the boat onto the trailer before lifting the outward part of their engine. Boat secured to trailer, the tractor then tows boat and occupants back to the storage yard. Given the tractor has to go almost 100m out from the safety of the ramp, I have to say my friends at the boatyard where I launch Arwen, are just not trying hard enough!

This evening I manage to catch a break. Four hours of clear skies in a Bortle 4 dark sky area. Its great fun, the only down side being the site bright lights and a half moon killing off any good chances of seeing the milky way. I manage to find and see the Dumbbell Nebula, the Helix Nebula, Andromeda galaxy, the north America Nebula and two-star clusters in Hercules. Jupiter looks good, Saturn slightly less so. A pleasant four hours slip by but I must do something about the condensation problem on camera lens. I try to do some prime focus photography using the DSLR and telescope but it doesn’t work out. Clearly, I have a lot of reading and YouTube viewing to do during the forthcoming winter months.