Anglesey

So with the promise of a little bit of a break in the weather it was time to take a ride out , partly as a scouting expedition for future locations and also as an excuse to avoid the shops.

As the alarm was about to ring at 5am I got up, did the usual of having breakfast first and then got myself ready to head out, I’m not sure Linda was that pleased to be heading out at this unearthly hour but we were off by 6am. As we set off the heavens opened so naturally my co-pilot suggested we turn back , then luckily before I agreed fell asleep. By the time we were heading into North Wales the rain had departed and the sun was beginning to show up, come on its June where the heck have you been ? And as we continued onwards the weather just got better and better.

We crossed onto Anglesey and headed up towards Holyhead , but oh no that wasn’t todays target , at least not just yet anyway. We headed a little inland to locate The Dingle Nature Reserve , somewhere I have seen on other people You Tube Videos, and on arriving were greeted to a scene of horror , lots of lycra clad joggers here for a Park Run.

Right off to the nearest Cafe to seek out a Welsh Breakfast to pass a little time. As we mopped up the last bits of fried egg , originally missed off by the horrified Cafe Owner, we began to see some of the runners passing through the town. Time to return and to seek out that which I had started out with the intention of looking for - Red Squirrels. And wonder of wonders there were a good number to be found , this place is going to be another spot I return to a number of times. After about an hour I returned to the car with so many ideas and bits of knowledge as to where to place myself next time to improve images.

Next we continued Northwards through the Island to reach Holyhead , partly as I needed to put some fuel in the car and partly looking for options for images close to the dock. The intention was to pass through Holyhead , turn round and look at it from the opposite side, but oh what an opportunity presented itself beyond the town so parking up we had coffee and I wrestled with a Magnum, all the time being watched by a curious Jackdaw. Then I headed down to the coastal path to see what opportunities I could locate , unfortunately for landscapes by this time the light was too harsh. So I just scouted around before coming across a pair of Oytercatchers running around the rocks. So back on with the telephoto lens and sit down to observe where they went and many images later was happy to have come to this spot.

Back in the car we drove across the Northern Edge of Anglesey and dropped into some wonderful villages and coves all of which will make great subjects. Stopping in Moelfre we paid a short visit to the RNLI station which has a great Sea View , before strolling down to the village pub to wet our parched mouths. As it turned out quite a few other visitors to the Island had also found the pub on the same day , but after a short wait we had our drinks and sat down to watch the world revolve around us.

Oddly enough we had now passed most of the day , and with the breakfast a distant memory we now headed to our nemesis location for dinner on the Island , Red Wharf Bay. Each time previous we had not been able to stop due to the lack of parking and volume of other people here. This time lady luck smile on us and we made it into The Ship Inn for some very welcome food.

By now we had both begun to hit the wall of tiredness so decided to head towards Beaumaris and to begin our journey home….