title Conwy, Holyhead and the Ferry to Ireland - 21st December 2015 intro It's the final leg of a two-day trip over to Dublin, via Holyhead. From Chester, we stop off at Conwy for a poke around the castle, thanks to our English Heritage membership giving us free entry - with only an hour of daylight left and £20 to get in we probably wouldn't have bothered otherwise. After that, we continue our journey on to Holyhead and the ferry over to Dublin. As our original catemaran had been cancelled, we get given a cabin, which proves to be a real hit and helps to while away the four-hour crossing. imgp1938 Fred climbs through the barriers imgp1939 Fred and Isobel in a painted subway imgp1940 Climbing the steps to the castle and town imgp1941 The nice Victorian floor of the Tourist Office imgp1942 Isobel and the boys walk along the castle walls imgp1943 Fred in an alcove imgp1946 The view inland from the top of the castle imgp1947 Fred looks at a fed-up-looking statue imgp1949 Isobel roams around inside the castle imgp1953 A view over the town imgp1954 It's high up alright imgp1957 Inside a castle tower imgp1958 The moon rises over a Gormenghast tower imgp1959 More exploring imgp1961 Fred pokes about imgp1965 The adjacent railway lines imgp1966 Fred is thrilled to see a crown on a stick imgp1970 Harry and Isobel in the great hall imgp1971 Harry and Isobel peer over the walls imgp1972 A suspension footbidge imgp1974 Boats on the river imgp1975 The fed-up statue dude imgp1976 Harry and Fred in the café near the castle imgp1977 Looking back down the painted subway imgp1978 Holyhead train station imgp1982 The check-in booths at Holyhead ferry terminal imgp1983 We're almost first in on the car deck imgp1984 Isobel pokes around imgp1985 Fred and Isobel imgp1987 In the bowels of the ferry imgp1988 Christmas decorations on the ferry imgp1989 Fred and Harry are super-excited with their bunks imgp1991 Fred climbs down the ladder imgp1995 The adjacent ferry at Holyhead imgp1997 Holyhead ferry terminal imgp2001 The empty decks of our ferry imgp2002 Isobel and Harry on the stairs imgp2003 Isoble and the boys discover a mirror ceiling imgp2006 Fred upside down imgp2007 Double Isobel and Fred imgp2008 Fred considers some tourist trinket imgp2009 Isobel scores some salad imgp2010 Harry eats spag bol as Fred and Nosher eat cheese imgp2012 Fred untangles his headphones imgp2014 Harry, Fred and Isobel watch Dublin's lights imgp2015 The empty decks imgp2025 The Pilot boat comes out to meet us imgp2036 The Beaufort Pilot boat nudges the ferry along imgp2043 The Jonathan Swift is moored up imgp2046 We consider the lift imgp2049 A ferry-funny sense of humour imgc0621 Fred and Isobel decorate the tree imgc0623 Harry helps out too imgp2051 A graffiti bin imgp2055 A swan stomps over to give us the hairy eyeball imgp2060 Fred at the top of the pyramid imgp2062 Harry runs around underneath imgp2063 The Blackrock bandstand us being rebuilt imgp2064 Harry roams around imgp2066 Fred on the monkey bars imgp2069 Isobel has a go imgp2070 Fred hangs around imgp2073 Fred runs around the park imgp2075 The underground car park of the Blackrock Centre imgp2076 Abandoned barriers on the high street imgp2077 We find Da Wheeze working in M&S imgp2078 Louise stacks fruit in Marks and Spencer imgp2079 Isobel chats to Da Wheeze imgp2080 Harry and Isobel in SuperValu imgp2082 Harry and Fred watch something on the PooPad imgp2087 There's a cool Players cigaratte card collection imgp2104 Harry with his cousin Nicholas imgp2110 Sofa chat imgp2115 Nicholas has a go of Fred's monkey imgc0624 Annalua tries to steal Foo-foo imgc0626 Harry despairs imgc0633 Fred flings his monkey around