In the Middle of Nowhere?!: Llangollen and Chirk castle

Llangollen is apparently known for it's steam railway station. Otherwise it's a small small town: bustling with people during day time but near enough dead after 5 PM

The steam train makes 2 couple hour journeys a day and I think it is quite expensive: something like 13 pounds there and back. When I say THERE and back, then in reality THERE is just another little (way smaller) town, where only locals, or people who are camping go to. So you are forced to get a roundtrip ticket. Otherwise you'll basically be stranded.

The journey starts off amazing: all the noises, the old carriages, soon enough you'll pass through a tunnel and notice smoke coming through the window so you close it hurrily. And then.. You're jus on a train... for a couple of hours... with not actually having to go anywhere. The scenery is great no doubt and if you're a train person you'll love it. But if you're like me who HAS to take the train for at least 2–3 hours to even start the main part of your 6 hour train journey then trains do not excite you as much as cause annoyance. Top that with a kid who boarded in the second stop and can't stop complaining five minutes in how boring it is (you've been on it like half an hour or so). Well she has a point...

Looks awesome and authentic right

Doesn't it make you want to go for a ride?

The adorable looking stop where the whiney kid boarded the train.

The main part of the town is just ahead

The Dee river and on the right is the train station

Old abbey ruins that we couldn't get into because they are fenced in and you have to pay (again quite a lot actually imo) to get it + it was closed when we were there anyway. But as you can see you can get the idea of it by not paying the money just as well :)

And now the Chirk castle. No gardens to impress me but we did get a free tour of the rooms before they opened officially :) aww yeah.