Wednesday was bright and clear. Dan took us on a walk from Porthmadog along a disused tram way to Tremadog and back through Tremadog tree nursery, and back around Porthmadog's inner harbour.
The village of Tremadog (Tre Madoc or Madocks' Town) was built by and named after William Alexander Madocks (17 June 1773 – 15 September 1828) on marshland he had reclaimed by building a dam 'the Cob' across the estuary and draining low lying land. He also founded the town of Porthmadog (also named after him) around the port he'd built.
More than 300 ships were built in Porthmadog, and Madocks planted a tree nursery to supply wood for the boats. He built water channels to float felled trees from the wood to the harbour.
In the evening Dan brought a takeway from Sima Tandoori in Portmadog
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