Dan & Krisie in Criccieth

Photo from Google Earth

Our last full day in Criccieth. We have lunch at Caffi Cwrt, a charming tea rooms, in their back garden. Waitress service, good value and they only take cash. All the other places, using Covid as an excuse, were cashless.

In the evening, after long perusal of the take-away menu deciding what to have, we phone our order to Dylans who tell us they are not doing takeaways on Fridays and Saturdays.

As we have no white wines, we get a take-away from Spice Bank, and it's very good. 

It's been a great week with Dan and Krisie and magnificent weather. Dan was invaluable carrying our cases and belongings up many stairs to the apartment when we arrived, and down again when we departed.

Lunch on Dylan's Deck and Castle F&C in the Evening

 

Lunch on Dylan's deck, cooked to order from a van by their entrance. Drinks came from another van, but they were out of white wine and bottled still water, so we had Prosecco and Krisie managed to charm an 'ice bucket' for it from the restaurant.

Dylans Restaurant

In the evening Dan and I queued socially distanced in the street for 40 minutes to get fish'n'chips from the always busy Castle chippie. All they had left was large cod, so that's what we had with chips and mushy peas.

Dan and Krisie bought some New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to go with my Cava and Villa Maria.

I had a go with Krisie's fans....

After dinner we walked along the coastal path and Dan and I paddled in the sea.

The sun was setting as we walked back.

And the moon was shining on the still waters.

Photo's of fish'n'chips, Peter and paddlers by Krisie

Dinner with Caroline and Stuart at The Grapes

Nearly everywhere was booked solid so we were lucky Dan managed to get us a table at the Grapes for dinner with Caroline and Stuart.

Because of the rule of six, Amy and Elliot couldn't join us for dinner, but the adults had a good meal and surprisingly good wine - Frederico Paternina Banda Azul 2016 at £21.95.

Home made Pie of the Day (Beef & Ale) and hand cut chips.

Dinner with Krisie's Parents at Dylans

Dinner with Tom and Joan at Dylans.

Krisie was feeling the heat so used her fans - and their light.

 

Estuary

We walked along the costal path to Black Rock Sands to meet Krisie and Dan at Shenanigan's pub  for lunch, but the pub was closed and boarded up. So we all went to Borth-y-Gest where only the Seaview Coffee Bar Bistro  was open  doing take-aways. So we sat on benches overlooking the harbour and ate our lunch.

Afterwards we went for a stroll along the cliffs.

Black Rock Sands pub when it existed - photo taken from Google Earth

It's a shame the pub at Black Rock Sands has gone as it's a long walk from Criccieth that we do at least once every time we stay in Criccieth and it was our stop for coffee and sometimes lunch before turning back

Sunday Dinner with Dan and Krisie

Sunday dinner at the apartment was a roast with lamb shanks, lots of wine and good company.

Dinner pic by Krisie, group pic by Dan

Criccieth

To Wales for the week, which coincided with hot still weather. We had the top floor of this pink house on the sea front.

Kitchen

Dining table

Living area

View from side window

Front view 

The apartment didn't have ice trays, so Dan bought us plastic sheets with moulds you fill with water and freeze. And I ordered a non-slip mat for the shower, which arrived the following day thanks to Amazon Prime. 

Prime Steak and Grill

Fillet steak (200g), triple cooked chunky chips, house salad at Prime Steak and Grill

Monday is BYO night, so we had my last bottle of Ridge Lytton Springs 2013 (74% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah, 8% Carignan and 2% Mourvèdre. Delicious and a long life ahead of it.