Probably a village in N Wales first time round.

It was a bit behind the times. I'd not claim it was idyllic (and some things I'd disagree with now) but it did try to be a community.

Times change and this once thought of as some form of "hickland" became "highly desirable". If I was able to move back to the last property I lived in there (which incidentally having been done up and extended a bit I last saw on the market for around 700K), I'd still be able to look out of a bedroom window and see Snowdonia. I'd still from the garden be able to see right round from Penmaenmawer to the the Great Orme - it really had fantastic views. I'd still be able to walk the same footpaths and little has changed physically.

Still possibly changes with me over the years and certainly changes in the character of the village do not make it a place I'd want to return to.