CHAPTER XIV 



OUR HOLIDAY IN NORTH WALES 

 August -i^th to September $th, 1905. 



!HE London and North- Western 

 Railway Company seem to take a 

 special interest in North Wales, 

 particularly in the seaside town of 

 Rhyl. Their station at Rhyl is one of the finest 

 in Wales, and would certainly compare favour- 

 ably with almost any other station in town or 

 country. 



It was in consequence of the special facilities 

 offered by that company that we decided to 

 spend our holidays in Wales, Rhyl being the 

 central point from which to explore the country 

 round. After we had completed our arrange- 

 ments for settling down there, we were com- 

 forted by being told that Rhyl was not a desir- 

 able place to go to, that it was in a decadent 

 state, etc. We did not find it so, quite the con- 

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