It's been another busy week at o The Hilary Guesthouse in Llandudno - guests, daffodils and Alice!
Despite what the weather man has said it's not be pouring down in Llandudno - it rarely does. Col has been out cycling and the girls and I went Roman cooking outdoors in Caernarfon!
Another sunny day down at West Shore Llandudno. This is Col's main cycling route at the moment but we also walk this way to the new Thai restaurant in Deganwy (highly recommend it) and to Conwy and the RSPB at Llandudno Junction.
We had a great time at Segontium Fort, Caernarfon on Wednesday evening.
We had a great time at Segontium Fort, Caernarfon on Wednesday evening. On the menu was placenta (it's not what you're thinking - thank goodness), Tagenitai, Rhodomeli and Basyniai. This is what the girls cooked and then there were 3 other dishes that had already been prepared. All the dishes were vegetarian, the girls especially loved the flat breads and I have to admit, that the placenta, was my favourite. It was a bread filled with goats cheese and then cooked - delicious. In the picture above Katie is cooking a lentil and aniseed casserole not The Hilary full welsh breakfast. . The wild garlic flat breads went down well too!
Nicol is getting ready for her 160th birthday party on 4th May on Llandudno's North Shore promenade. She's looking very good for someone so old - it must be in the genes. It's actually the 160th birthday of the real Alice, Alice Liddell. But Nicol gets to have the parrty as she is Llandudno's Alice. All the local schools are invited, the town band will be playing as well as there being 30 performing art students to entertain the crowds.
Jam tarts are to be provided free of charge for all party goers as the party is also hosting a world record breaking attempt - the most people eating jam tarts at an Alice themed party! The jam tarts are being provided by local cafes and hotels.
I've volunteered to taste check one of each type - all in the name of quality assurance you understand!
Thursday saw the official ribbon cutting ceremony for Llandudno - Daffodil Capital of Wales. Miss Alice was invited to cut the ribbon and to mark raising the first 1000 bulbs on the Daffometer.
Our target is 50 000.
I've started a new fitness programme. This is my 2nd week and so far, so good. I can tell the difference and the only hard bit - getting up at 6 am to be at Break n Spin dance studio for a 6:30 class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It's not the waking up that's the difficult bit it's getting out of the really comfortable beds we have at The Hilary! So follow my progress in the coming months as I aim to drop 2 dress sizes and hopefully several stone in the process. I'll post the after photos (if I make it) but not the before ones. I don't want to scare anyone.
We'll look out for you at Alice's 160th birthday party
Bye for now
