Conwy rendezvous with Tim

Tim had been speaking of taking Sue, Dean and me out for dinner, as thanks for our support when he broke his ankle, for a while. And now it was going to happen. We had figured somewhere like Conwy would be a good option; fairly central, and posh enough for some vegetarian options. Although not many options were brought up by search engines; the best thing seemed to be a pub that did vegan burgers. But that would have to do.

In the days beforehand, the pub entered the news in not such a positive way. Oh dear! But it might be a fluke. 

When Sue, Dean and I got there, we saw there was a bouncer by the door. Oh dear again! But we went in and found Tim. It was good to see him again. And he was as good as recovered! You couldn’t tell anymore he had been injured. We ordered drinks and then found out they didn’t do food that day. This wasn’t going well.

At least we could catch up over our drinks. Tim explained he had rather intensive physiotherapy, and was already jogging. He figured it would only be a few weeks before he would be capable of full speed running. And other than some stiffness in the ankle he seemed to be fine. That was good to hear!

On the food front, things were not so well. We were in Conwy on a sunny Saturday night in summer. No way any hospitality would be able to accommodate us at such short notice! We tried a few places and then decided to just settle for fish and chips. And found out we were the last people to be served by the chippy. That was a close call!

We took our food to the seafront and ate it there. At least we had a great view. And by coincidence, the leader of Ogwen Mountain Rescue, who hadn't been involved in the actual rescue but who had received us when Tim and I went back to their base to thank them, walked past. We had a nice little chat. 

Our view while eating

When we had finished the food we walked a bit along the seafront, because it was such a nice evening. I had suggested we go for another drink afterwards. I didn't have any water with me, as I had assumed we would be catered for. And I can't eat fish and chips without drinking something! And we just settled for an outside table at a seafront pub. It was a bit rowdy there but within limits. They even served tea.

Looking back on Conwy

When we had finished our drinks we decided to call it a day. The midges had come out and we were being bitten. So we retreated to the parking lot.

This was not how I had imagined it would go! A night out in Conwy sounds very glamorous. This hadn't been glamorous at all. But at least we had had a nice dinner with the four of us. And Sue and Dean have finally met Tim the way he should be: upright and mobile!