Thousands of holidaymakers descend on Towyn in Conwy every summer pushing its resident population from around 7,000 with Kinmel Bay into the tens of thousands. It's renowned for Tir Prince amusement park funfair and now its Safari Adventure Golf too. OK Towyn may not be for rave junkies craving European hotspots like Ayia Napa or have the cachet of Abersoch on Llyn Peninsula.
But it's enduringly popular and I returned to take a closer look. It was a scorching Tuesday afternoon and would surely have been thronged with more holidaymakers had it not been a weekday and the fact the kids have gone back to school. Still, visitors with Liverpudlian and Mancunian accents were still mooching about the seaside shops and arcades.
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As I walked along Sandbank Road, towards Knightly's Fun Fair by the sea, there were places to get fast food. These included Sandy Bay Bistro which was advertising "foot long hot dogs (proper sausage)". They must be popular.
Outside this shop - Poppalullers - were an array of colourful brushe.