Antiques Roadshow comes to Bodnant gardens.

Time to dust of your best china,dig out any old relics from the attic and check out that faded water colour.

The ever-popular Sunday evening programme Antiques Roadshow visits The Conwy Valley next month.

The show a firm favourite amoung collectors and telly addicts will be filming its 31st series in the grounds of the world renowned Bodnant Gardens on Thursday 11 September.

Some of Britains leading antiques and fine arts specialists will be on hand to offer FREE advice and valuations to visitors, who are invited to bring along their family heirlooms, household treasures and car boot bargains for

Snowdon - the Rhyd Ddu Path

I have climbed Snowdon over 300 times now. To many of you that must sound rather repetitive and masochistic, but to me it is different every time. At least half my ascents have been in snow and ice conditions, when Snowdon can become a serious mountain. I have done over 100 different routes, some of them climbing routes, some scrambles, others walks. Each time the conditions, weather and visibility can vary greatly. Just as important, whoever accompanies me can make a big impact on my day. But all in all, I just

Events in and around Betws-y-Coed

Events are happening in North Wales almost on a daily basis but we don't always realise the wealth of events going on.

Attached is a list of events we have discovered for the next few months covering something for everyone.

Enjoy!

Click the link below for the Events Calendar (where it says Click to View)

Go on Tour with the Princes of Gwynedd and author Sharon Penman

13^th Century Medieval Wales and the novels of Sharon Penman

13^th Century medieval Wales was a time when the Princes of Gwynedd ruled much of Wales; a time when battle cries rang out as brother fought brother, and the Welsh sought to defend their territory against the English King.  Castles rose all over North Wales, together with churches, and the courts and palaces of the Princes.  Many of these sites can still be explored and www.princesofgwynedd.com provides self-guided driving tours, with a host of historical facts, to appeal to historians, the fans of the

2009 calendars

I know that it must seem that you have only just put your 2008 calendar up on the wall, but the 2009 calendars are now available!

The 2009 Snowdonia Calendar features a winter sunset picture of Snowdon on its front cover. You will find the story of how I came to get that picture in the calendar, but a shortened version of the tale is that my youngest decided to stage a go-slow in protest at being dragged out

Garden Art Hedge Maze

Garden Art Hedge Maze Said to be the worlds largest hedge maze, this maze is constructed using English yew and is unique in the world in that it contains themed gardens. The rose garden contains 300 roses and has a larger archway than the laburnum arch at Bodnant Garden. Other gardens already created are a Japanese Zen garden and a tropical garden, and an international garden is on the way. There is woodland walk. There is also a sales area. Garden Art brings together both tasteful and unusual