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THE ASH BURIAN [23| A GLIMPSE OF CONWAY By J. C. TYRER THE visitor to England, in his anxiety to see such beauty spots as the Lake District, Devon, Somerset and Lincolnshire, will often find that when the time comes to leave for home he has not visited Wales, and in missing a visit to this particular part of the British Isles he has been deprived of a wealth of beauty and education. Conway, originally a small fishing town not far from Landudno, is one of the beauty spots of North Wales. Its castle, if not the grandest is the most graceful castle in the country. We had always heard so, and a guide book — perhaps somewhat naturally — only confirmed our preconceived ideas. In any case, we started for Conway. The journey from London was broken into two parts in order that we might spend some time in Chester, and although we arrived in this famous old city rather late in the evening we were able to inspect the walls which circle the town, walls upon which one can walk quite safely for their entire distance. From Chester to Conway is far from just a train journey. It was a pano- rama of beauty and serenity eclipsed only by the little town of Conway, a rare old town with walls like those of Chester but different in that the whole town is within the boundaries of the walls. As we approach, the castle appeared in all its sombre austerity, standing out sharply against the bright blue sky. Our train seemed to be the proverbial bull in this wonderful china shop as it pierced the quiet atmosphere of the town with its shrill whistle. There was no taxi to take us to the hotel but it is only a short walk. The hotel at which we stayed seems to have a definite place in history, for besides being the site of a Cistercian abbey it has housed four generations of the writer ' s family. Early next morning we set out for the castle determined to find out every- thing there was to be learned about it. Conway stands on the edge of a steep rock and is washed by an arm of the Conway River, once famous for its plentiful pearls. It was built by Edward I in 1284, and since then has played a formidable part in history. A very short time after it was finished, Edward was besieged, and it was only the arrival of a fleet in the nick of time that saved him from disaster. Built as it was on the side of a river it was in ideal surroundings, for although a land force might cut it off on one side it was a very difficult business to command the nearby waters.
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