TO OUR FIRST WELSH SEASIDE RESORT

The town of Flint, overlooking the mouth of the Dee, is served by a station on the line towards Holyhead.

Flint is home to a coach company that has had some interesting vehicles, including several Bedford VALs.

A Burlingham bodied Leyland Tiger Cub is retained as a "heritage vehicle" (Jim Sambrooks).

Further west was Bagillt station, since closed, photographed in 1962 (Ben Brooksbank - Creative Commons License).

There's another bus company at Bagiilt.....

They've had some fascinating buses over the years.

There was also a company called Hughes Coaches based in Bagillt.

At one time we could take the branch train to the town of Holywell.

One is obliged to go by bus these days. Some services were provided by Phillips of Holywell, with a depot in the town.

Lloyds of Bagillt run some stage carriage routes in Holywell.

Here's the former town hall in Holywell (Creative Commons License).

The Market Cross is the name of the town's Wetherspoons.

The Old Wine Vaults once served cask beer, but no longer.

The Red Lion, an old Ansell's pub, is closed now.

We're not doing very well! The Rock Inn at Lloc is also shut for ever.

Our next stop is the seaside town of Prestatyn. Here's an overview of it (Creative Commons License).

The High Street hasn't changed much.

Prestatyn has a railway station, served by trains on the North Wales main line.

A LNWR built signal box was still in use in 2003.

A 158 arrives in 2014.

There was once another railway in Prestatyn, as depicted on this postcard. The loco, Rhuddlan Castle, now runs in Hertfordshire.

Outside the station was the Royal Victoria - another closed pub now!

Thank heavens! Archies on the High Street has plenty of real ale.

At the southern end of town is the Halcyon Quest (HQ) where we will end today's post

Next time, we'll pass further west along the coast. Meanwhile, the route so far is here.