As I write somewhere else on this Anglesey website,
A view is always enhanced greatly when you can put a name and a history to what you're looking at.
Like anything else in life, the view's better and clearer the more information that there is to hand.
DISCOUNTED BOOKS ABOUT THE ISLAND
May I respectfully guide you to my AMAZON BOOKSTORE PAGE, where I have collected together a number of fascinating books for your consideration.
As I say above, you get a better view of what's about you if you wear the rose-tinted glasses of information.
Many of you come to Anglesey to walk, ramble or generally bimble about along the coastline and I have no scruples whatsoever in directing you to the well-researched guides by Carl Rogers.
Mr Rogers has Walked-the-Walk, Talked-the-Talk and now Writes-no-Rot.
He is even kind enough to tell you where the bus stops are located.
That's nice because it means that you can break up the 125-mile coastal walk into bite-sized little units to suit your fitness and the quality of your picnic.
NEED TO KNOW STUFF?
Where does the boardwalk above lead to? Does it lead up or down? What a conundrum. I need information more information.
The Menai Bridge, as we call it, is just one of many significant historical sites on the Island. I need to know more.
Yesterday I couldn't spell Pre-Cambrian, now I need to look it up.
Whether you are wishing to visit the castle at Beaumaris, the lifeboat station in Moelfre or just be transported to a previous violent Bronze Age, then it's all here.
For a moderately-sized island we sure do pack a lot in.
The good news is that there's an awful lot of stuff written about the Isle of Anglesey. It's stuff worth knowing, as well.
BERMUDA TRIANGLE?
Did you know that it seems that the area around Mona in the heart of the Island seems to have an inordinate number of aircraft crashes.
I could mis-direct you with tales of mysterious lights and disappearances; however, the truth is that Mona has an aerodrome where pilots were trained during the Second World War.
Apparently the Polish pilots were a pretty mad bunch and would push their trainer aircraft to their limit. So many would just fall out of the sky.
There's an excellent little book by Roy Sloan called Anglesey Air Accidents: During the Twentieth Century.
It's a fabulous little read that you can dip in and out of on a journey or one one of those horrible Sunday afternoons.
The Dutch Naval craft docked in Holyhead port were a pretty mad bunch as well. They'd take a pop at any aircraft that overflew them, just in case.
I SPOOK TOO SOON!
We appear to have more ghosts than you can throw a bun at. Bunty Austin's new book 'Anglesey Ghosts', should tell you where to find them.
I don't need to look too far my myself, because a clairvoyant builder called Donald asked me if I felt comfortable in my home, which I did.
"That's good because you've got company here. Don't worry though it's warm."
I knew what he meant because I always used to feel someone looking over my shoulder when I was writing my University essays.
