Today, we have had quite a bit of rain and so we went back to Borth to have a look around the village itself. On the way, we passed through Eglwysfach more slowly and I stopped to take a photo of my first school (now closed, and known as "The Old School" - that really makes me feel ancient!). This enabled us to see that our house (Tyglyneiddwen) next door to the school was still there after all - another house has been built in between on what was the playgound. Fancy things changing after 40+ years!!!
On the way to Borth, we went past Ynyslas. I remember Ynyslas as the place where you can drive your car onto the beach. To my surprise, this is still allowed, but I wasn't game to risk it! My other memory of Ynyslas is of our car being stuck in the sand one day, and I didn't fancy going through that again!!
The people in Borth were very friendly and welcoming. Funny how the memory plays tricks on you. As I said yesterday, Borth remains essentially unchanged and unspoiled. Like a well-kept secret! Looking at some old photos from the 50s and 60s, we could see that there was actually a caravan park back then - it just looked really different. Much smaller, and none of the modern on-site cabins that I saw yesterday.
After Borth, we went to Aberystwyth for the rest of the day. Aberystwyth is a funny town. Most of the year, it is essentially a University town. In the summer, there are people there for the holidays. All the houses along the Promenade look like guest houses. There is a quaint little electric cliff railway at the North end of the Promenade.
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