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Activities in Snowdonia
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What you would get if you where to give the smartest recreation designers limitless resources and a brief to produce an area that has access to every kind of outdoor activity suitable for all ages and all levels of experience? The answer is North Wales and Snowdonia; there are activities to suit all tastes.
What is more important it is all perfectly natural and has not cost anything to create. If you have energy to expand then try climbing, walking, mountain biking, canoeing, horse riding, cycling, windsurfing, diving, white water rafting, running, or sailing. Maybe you prefer something a little more sedate such as painting, golf, fishing, country dancing, photography, group singing, or a spot of basket weaving!!!!! -
Programme 2013
** Click links below for details of our 2012 painting courses **
Weekend Workshop Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th March 2012
Lively_Watercolour_21st_24th_April_2012.
Playing_ with _Mixed_Media_1_-_4_May _2012.
Four_Days_in_Oils_14th_-_17th_May_2012.
Abstract_a_Leap_into_the_Unknown_21_24_May_2012.
Painting_with_Enjoyment_21st_24th_June_2012.
Colour the Land_9th_12th_July_2012.
Acrylics_Pastels_&_Collage_22nd_25th_July_2012.
Inside_&_Out_7th_10th_August)2012.
Exploring _Mixed_Media_20th_-_23rd_August_2012.
Watercolour_in_Wales_2nd_-_5th_September_2012.
A_Week_s_Painting_in_Spain_29th_September_-_6th_October_2012.
Having_Fun_with_Mixed_Media_10th_-_13th_September_2012.
Pens_Paints_Sticks_&_Stones_18th_-_20th_September_2012. -
The History of Penrhyn Old Hall
A messenger was sent at once from Gloddaeth for assistance and a Troop of Horse arrived and Penrhyn was surrounded. Some of the alleged conspirators escaped whilst others were taken. The priests who were supposedly involved escaped for nearly a year. One of them was William Davis. Their time of hiding was spent writing and operating a printing press in a cave on the Little Orme. This is where the first book printed in Wales was made.
They were subsequently arrested in Holyhead trying to board a boat to Ireland. William Davis was hanged, drawn and quartered in Beaumaris in 1593. It is believed that the Pugh’s acquired his hand and concealed it in a hole behind the house. After the departure of the Pugh’s, among other things left behind was an old trunk. When this was opened a withered hand was found inside, supposedly belonging to the priest William Davis. There is a stone dated 1590 above the large fireplace in the Tudor Bar commemorating his stay here. The fireplace also hides a priest hole. William Davis was beatified by the pope in 1990.