WHY ANGLESEY?
Gentle Reader, "Why Anglesey" I hear you ask.?
The Isle of Anglesey is my home and I love it so much. The more I travel around its countryside and coast the more resolved that love becomes. Discover unsuspected beauty and those special moments that will stay with you forever.
"WHY ANGLESEY?"
Well, Anglesey is the Hidden Gem I want to share with you because...
LOOK OUT FOR GIANT SEAGULLS!!!
In truth, I want you to rediscover that part of your soul you keep forgetting about. But let me be absolutely honest with you. I also want you to come to Anglesey to spend your pennies. Forgive me, if you think I’m a mercenary. I’m not. I don’t want you to suffer the hassle of long-distance travel. I want all the above for you. Please allow me to take you on a journey around some of the places that I love. I won’t reveal all because you should find your own magic places.
WHY ANGLESEY? Well ... WHY NOT?!
THE MOODY BLUES ON THE MENAI STRAITS A CHRISTMAS DAY WALK AT CYMYRAN BEACH AUTUMN TO AMBLE TO DULAS BEACH
BRYN CELLI DDU DRUID GENIUS Where else can you sit in the presence of 4000 year old memories of sacrifice and burial rituals and watch the Sun come up to mark the Summer and Winter Solstice or the Spring and Autumn Equinox? This monument to Ancient Anglesey History is freely accessed and set in glorious Anglesey countryside. Bryn Celli Ddu is a burial chamber built over a stone henge, that is an ancient annual calendar. YOU MUST VISIT! So? Why Anglesey? To read more please Click Here.
LLYNNON MILL Anglesey is essentially flat and the prevailing south westerly winds proved the viability of milling technology on the Island. Llynnon Mill is the only fully operational windmill on Anglesey. The Swoosh of its sails sweeping past is simultaneously exhilarating and frightening.
If it's a fine day enjoy a cuppa and fine cake at the tables outside of the delightful little mill café, the Llynnon Tea Room. Sat here, please take the time to focus on the velocity (speed and direction) of the sail tips.
So? Why Anglesey? To read more please Click Here.
THE MOODY BLUES ON THE MENAI STRAITS Winters on Anglesey can be harsh and were it not for these exceptionally clear brittle blue days then I really would suffer. But this Saturday has filled in the existential void for a short while and presented me with a memory of brilliant hues. This will act as a spiritual laundromat through which I can filter inevitable tedium. I also know that similar days will occur again. February can throw up sunshine, refreshing, yet brittle blueness and unseasonally warm days. So? Why Anglesey? PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SAILING UNDER ANGLESEY'S BRITTLE BLUE SKIES.
WHY ANGLESEY?
Okay! So you've goosed the fat ... or something like that now let me add a new thought to my observations on my Why Anglesey page. The Christmas table looks like a disaster zone and you are 'Toxed to the Max!' (my new phrase). If you're like a few friends of mine then you will probably have got up at dawn's cold light. You might also have given yourself dispensation to be naughty by pouring yourself a glass of sherry before the yardarm can even be seen. My Dad used to toast the health (or not!) of the turkey with a glass of whiskey from about ten o'clock onwards - and carry on - and we'd always indulge him in his Freemason's toast at lunch. Which we really miss. Nonetheless, I'd usually be the one who had chosen not to drink at lunch because I wanted a walk afterwards. It's now my personal Christmas tradition.
Living on Anglesey means that I have myriad choice of places to wander about for an hour or so before coming back for tea. This year it is my profound desire to end up at Cymyran Beach. It's been a few months since I last paid it a visit and by now I am longing to be there.
I would run as far as the Crigyll River - which is Rhosneigr - and, because it was a pretty empty beach, I'd take off my t-shirt and run in my shorts. It's been a few years since I managed to get a decent tan on my legs. I managed it this year. All that to one side, may I respectfully propose that the designated sober person drive you all to Cymyran to have your socks blown off and de-turkified.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CYMYRAN BEACH.
Before I forget, HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. CREATE FOR YOURSELF A BRILLIANT 2010. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH IT DEPENDS ON YOUR DETERMINATION TO BE HAPPY.
While you're at Cymyran Beach, make your plans and write it all down in the sand for the tide to carry away for the Universe to make happen. Just keep believing what you've written. CLICK HERE to learn the SAND WISHES theory. It's all very technical, yet so simple
Please use my CONTACT PAGE to let me know how it goes
ST GWENFAEN CHURCH AND LIFEBOAT HEROES
Respectfully make your way past the graves to the back left of the graveyard. There you will find the commemorative gravestone above the graves of lifeboat-men of the ”Ramon Cabrera”. Five men named lost their lives attempting to come to the rescue of the Whitby steamer, ‘Timbo which was in serious trouble in Caernarfon Bay on December 3rd 1920.
Gentle Reader, to learn more about St Gwenfaen Church and the Ramon Cabrera PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Last Autumn I returned to Dulas Bay once again because I was searching for a certain reassuring mood. In warm and gentle evening sunshine I left the car just off the road down to Lligwy Beach and ambled along the single track to Dulas Beach. This is a very narrow little track that eventually subsides into an old farm track and falls down past a beautiful cottage to lovely and unexpected sights. Gentle Reader, if you wish to enjoy that evening amble to Dulas Beach right now PLEASE CLICK HERE. You'll find out Why Anglesey? after this walk.
LLYS DULAS - Staggering Beauty And Thieving Seals
It’s early Spring and although the trees are without leaf they create a lovely atmosphere. About five minutes later I realised that I had inadvertently – and innocently – wandered onto Llys Dulas Estate land not open to the public. So I made my way back to the road, arming myself with a decent excuse and good manners ready to engage with any armed gamekeeper I might encounter. Above you now and near the horizon is Ynys Dulas. Or ‘Seal Island’, as some visitors choose to call it – much to the chagrin of us locals. Nonetheless, it is an accurate description because it is the home and nursery for the Grey Seals, the bane of all anglers along this coastline. You can usually hear the foul language issue northward from those fishing on Lligwy Beach ...
Once again, Gentle Reader, may I invite you to walk with me along this astonishingly beautiful Llys Dulas Coast JOIN ME TO DISCOVER WHY ANGLESEY? BY CLICKING HERE.
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You may be lucky on your visit for the miller to have set the sails to work.
I spent a few months this Summer heading to Cymyran straight after work to enjoy a Soul De-tox with a run along this seemingly endless beach.
St Gwenfaen in 
