#beach holiday anglesey

[elizaakatee]

A weekend in Anglesey, Wales

[escapetothewildside]

Chilling on the Beach

After a busy few weeks there is nothing better than a stroll along a an empty beach. Traeth Bychan So it’s back to Anglesey for the weekend and chill out time with our dogs on the beach. I love the light out here in the autumn. Everything seems softer in the sun and the autumn colours are just starting to come out.

[with-eyes-closed]

He wasn’t sure who’d even brought the Ouija board – Pat or Iris, maybe – but he’d laughed when Cilla had played like a fortune teller in Nightmare Alley, making a spectacle of the game, while George and Ringo and Pat all fell about, and Paul hadn’t been bothered then. Was deft in the language of ghost stories from stretched summers on the beach at Anglesey and folded notes during dull lessons at the Inny and fractured comedowns at the Bambi Kino where trying to spook each other with stories in the dark had somehow taken the teeth out of hungry and uncertain nights.

(Knew them maybe best of all for the way he could still hear A Christmas Carol in his mother’s voice, her scouse lilt trimmed to something halfway proper as she’d folded him and Mike into her sides and played ghosts past, present and yet to come.)

-

George spells Paul's mother's name as a joke on a ouija board, and John and Paul connect in the aftermath.

-

For @ahumoroussuggestion for @beatleskinkmeme Secret Santa! I'm so sorry it's a little late, the holiday season swallowed me up for a minute, but I hope you like it! <3

[brookston]

Holidays 4.24

Holidays

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People (Argentina)

All Souls’ Day (Transdniestra)

Ambivalence Day

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Blackthorn Day

California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (California)

Concord Day (Niger)

Day for the Naming of Rocks and Planets

Day of Silence (anti-bullying student protest)

Fashion Revolution Day

Firefly Day

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (New Mexico)

Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Help Animals Day (UK)

High School Radio Day

International Day of Feminist Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

International Sculpture Day

International Watch Firefly Day

International Youth Solidarity Day

Kapyong Day (Australia, Canada)

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh)

Library of Congress Day

Loktantra Diwas (Democracy Day; Nepal)

National Brandon Day

National Bucket List Day

National Dog Day (Finland)

National Kiss of Hope Day

National Lingerie Day

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

National Pet Care for All Day

National Physics Day

National Pool Opening Day

National Rape Day

National Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity To Man Day

National Report Medicare Advantage Fraud Day

National Scream Day

National Skipping Day

New Kids on the Block Day

Nightingale Day (French Republic)

Oil in the Middle East Day

Pastele Blajinilor (Moldova)

Remembrance Day of Deportees (France)

Republic Day (The Gambia)

Right to Read Day

Space Day (China)

Spring Cat Cleaning Day

St. Mark’s Eve (UK)

Trojan Horse Day

World Anti-Colonialism Day

World Blind Sports Day

World Corrosion Awareness Day

World Cricket Day

World Day for Laboratory Animals (UN)

World Immunization Day

World Swimzi Day

World YWCA Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

Newman’s Day (A Challenge to Drink 24 Beers in 24 Hours; “”)

Sauvignon Blanc Day

Soda Fountain Day

4th & Last Wednesday in April

Administrative Professional's Day [Wednesday of Last Full Week]

Arbor Day (US) [4th Wednesday]

Denim Day [Last Wednesday]

International Guide Dog Day [Last Wednesday]

International Noise Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]

Library Giving Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Bookmobile Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day [4th Wednesday]

National Financial Educators Day [Last Wednesday]

National Library Outreach Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Walk at Lunch Day [Last Wednesday]

No Elevators Day [Last Wednesday]

Peppercorn Day (Bermuda) [Wednesday closest to 23rd]

Secretary Day [Last Wednesday]

Stop Food Waste Day [Last Wednesday]

True Colors Day [Last Wednesday]

World Plone Day [Last Wednesday]

World Stationery Day [Last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 24 (4th Week)

American Quilters Society Week [thru 4.27]

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week [thru 4.30]

National Scoop the Poop Week [thru 4.30]

World Immunization Week [thru 4.30]

Independence & Related Days

Gambia (Republic Proclaimed; 1970)

Ireland (a.k.a. Easter Rising; from UK, 1916)

Shireroth (Declared; 2000) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Theravada New Year (Buddhism)

Festivals Beginning April 24, 2024

Baja Wonder Grass (El Sargento, Mexico) [thru 4.26]

Hospice du Rhône (Walla Walla, Washington) [thru 4.27]

National Trout Festival (Kalkaska, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Seabreeze Jazz Festival (Panama City Beach, Florida) [thru 4.28]

Taste of Key West (Key West, Florid)

Feast Days

Anthony Trollope (Writerism)

Benedict Menni (Christian; Saint)

Beuve of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Bridget Riley (Artology)

Commodus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dermot of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

Doda of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Dyfnan of Anglesey (Christian; Saint)

Ecgberht of Ripon (a.k.a. Egbert; Christian; Saint)

Feast of Eros (Ancient Greece)

Feast of Hermes Trismegistus (patron of alchemy)

Fidelis of Sigmaringen (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Elvira (Christian; Saint)

Hairball Awareness Day (Pastafarian)

Happenstance and Coincidence Evening (Shamanism)

International Sculpture Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ivo of Ramsey (Christian; Saint)

Johann Walter (Lutheran)

Kuningan (Purification Ritual at Tirta Empul, Bali)

Leonidas (Positivist; Saint)

Life-Span Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Ljubov Popova (Artology)

Mary of Clopas (Christian; Saint)

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Mellitus (Christian; Saint)

Mick the Stick (Muppetism)

The Mothers (Celtic Prosperity Festival)

Nathaniel Hone (Artology)

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (Christian; Saint)

Robert of Chase-Dies, Auvergne (Christian; Saint)

Robert Penn Warren (Writerism)

Saint Mark’s Eve (Everyday Wicca)

Salome (Christian; Disciple)

Sue Grafton (Writerism)

Susan DeLucci Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Walpurgisnacht, Day I (Pagan)

Wilfrid (Church of England)

William Firmatus (Christian; Saint)

Willem de Kooning (Artology)

Yom HaZikaron (a.k.a. Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma’arakhot Yisrael ul’Nifge’ei Pe’ulot HaEivah or Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism or יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעֻלּוֹת הָאֵיבָה) [4 Iyar]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Greeks enter Troy, Armenian genocide, Iran hostage rescue fails & 3 other tragedies) [3 of 11]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [23 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK TV Series; 1984)

The Age of Adaline (Film; 2015)

All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Novel; 1946)

Assault and Peppered (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Border Song, by Elton John (Song; 1970)

The Boy and the Wolf (MGM Cartoon; 1943)

The Brethren, by John Grisham (Novel; 2000)

A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan (Historical Book; 1989)

Calaboose Moose or The Crime of Your Life (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 43; 1960)

The Daily Express (London Daily Newspaper; 1900)

Diamond Dogs, by David Bowie (Album; 1974)

Eduardo e Cristina, by Gioachino Rossini (Opera; 1819)

The Ego and the Id, by Sigmund Freud (Science Book; 1923)

Ex Machina (Film; 2015)

Extraction (Film; 2020)

First Blood, by David Morrell (Novel; 1972)

Full Moon Fever, by Tom Petty (Album; 1989)

Gabby’s Diner (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

The Golden Man, by Philip K. Dick (Novella; 1954)

Green Dolphin Street, by Elizabeth Goudge (Novel; 1944)

I Wonder Why, by Dion & The Belmonts (Song; 1958)

La Marseillaise, composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Song; 1792) [French national anthem]

The Magnetic Telescope (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#6]

The Man Who Fell To Earth (TV Series; 2022)

The Matlock Paper, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1973)

News-Letter (Boston Newspaper; 1704) [1st U.S. continuous newspaper]

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton (Novel; 1967)

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, by Alban Berg (Piano Sonata; 1911)

Sliding Doors (Film; 1998)

Space, by James A. Michener (Novel; 1983)

Sting Quartet, Op. 3, by Alban Berg (String Quartet; 1911)

There Goes My Baby, by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding (Play; 1730)

Valse Triste, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

Waitress (Broadway Musical; 2016)

When a Felon Needs a Friend or Pantomime Quisling (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 44; 1960)

Woman is the N****r of the World, by John Lennon (Song; 1972)

Year of the Comet (Film; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Egbert, Fidelis, Wilfried (Austria)

Fidel, Vjera, Vjeran (Croatia)

Jiří, Jiřina (Czech Republic)

Albertus (Denmark)

Aada, Iida, Vaida, Vanda (Estonia)

Albert, Altti, Pertti (Finland)

Fidèle (France)

Egbert, Marion, Virginia, Wilfried (Germany)

Achilles, Doukas, Elisavet, Elizabeth, Thavmastos (Greece)

György (Hungary)

Fedele (Italy)

Nameda, Varis, Visvaldis, Visvaris (Latvia)

Ervina, Fidelis, Kantrimas (Lithuania)

Albert, Olaug (Norway)

Aleksander, Aleksy, Egbert, Erwin, Erwina, Fidelis, Grzegorz, Horacjusz, Horacy (Poland)

Ilie, Iosif, Pasicrat, Sava, Valentin (Romania)

Juraj (Slovakia)

Fidel (Spain)

Vega (Sweden)

Isabel, Isabella (Ukraine)

Fidel, Fidelia, Marques, Marquez, Marquis, Marquise, Wilfred, Wilfredo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 115 of 2024; 251 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 16 (Wu-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 15 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 25 Cyan; Foursday [24 of 30]

Julian: 11 April 2024

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Caesar (5th Month) [Aristides]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 37 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 5 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.24

Holidays

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People (Argentina)

All Souls’ Day (Transdniestra)

Ambivalence Day

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Blackthorn Day

California Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (California)

Concord Day (Niger)

Day for the Naming of Rocks and Planets

Day of Silence (anti-bullying student protest)

Fashion Revolution Day

Firefly Day

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow (New Mexico)

Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Help Animals Day (UK)

High School Radio Day

International Day of Feminist Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

International Sculpture Day

International Watch Firefly Day

International Youth Solidarity Day

Kapyong Day (Australia, Canada)

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh)

Library of Congress Day

Loktantra Diwas (Democracy Day; Nepal)

National Brandon Day

National Bucket List Day

National Dog Day (Finland)

National Kiss of Hope Day

National Lingerie Day

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

National Pet Care for All Day

National Physics Day

National Pool Opening Day

National Rape Day

National Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity To Man Day

National Report Medicare Advantage Fraud Day

National Scream Day

National Skipping Day

New Kids on the Block Day

Nightingale Day (French Republic)

Oil in the Middle East Day

Pastele Blajinilor (Moldova)

Remembrance Day of Deportees (France)

Republic Day (The Gambia)

Right to Read Day

Space Day (China)

Spring Cat Cleaning Day

St. Mark’s Eve (UK)

Trojan Horse Day

World Anti-Colonialism Day

World Blind Sports Day

World Corrosion Awareness Day

World Cricket Day

World Day for Laboratory Animals (UN)

World Immunization Day

World Swimzi Day

World YWCA Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

Newman’s Day (A Challenge to Drink 24 Beers in 24 Hours; “”)

Sauvignon Blanc Day

Soda Fountain Day

4th & Last Wednesday in April

Administrative Professional's Day [Wednesday of Last Full Week]

Arbor Day (US) [4th Wednesday]

Denim Day [Last Wednesday]

International Guide Dog Day [Last Wednesday]

International Noise Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]

Library Giving Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Bookmobile Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day [4th Wednesday]

National Financial Educators Day [Last Wednesday]

National Library Outreach Day [Wednesday of Library Week]

National Walk at Lunch Day [Last Wednesday]

No Elevators Day [Last Wednesday]

Peppercorn Day (Bermuda) [Wednesday closest to 23rd]

Secretary Day [Last Wednesday]

Stop Food Waste Day [Last Wednesday]

True Colors Day [Last Wednesday]

World Plone Day [Last Wednesday]

World Stationery Day [Last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 24 (4th Week)

American Quilters Society Week [thru 4.27]

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week [thru 4.30]

National Scoop the Poop Week [thru 4.30]

World Immunization Week [thru 4.30]

Independence & Related Days

Gambia (Republic Proclaimed; 1970)

Ireland (a.k.a. Easter Rising; from UK, 1916)

Shireroth (Declared; 2000) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Theravada New Year (Buddhism)

Festivals Beginning April 24, 2024

Baja Wonder Grass (El Sargento, Mexico) [thru 4.26]

Hospice du Rhône (Walla Walla, Washington) [thru 4.27]

National Trout Festival (Kalkaska, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Seabreeze Jazz Festival (Panama City Beach, Florida) [thru 4.28]

Taste of Key West (Key West, Florid)

Feast Days

Anthony Trollope (Writerism)

Benedict Menni (Christian; Saint)

Beuve of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Bridget Riley (Artology)

Commodus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Dermot of Armagh (Christian; Saint)

Doda of Rheims (Christian; Saint)

Dyfnan of Anglesey (Christian; Saint)

Ecgberht of Ripon (a.k.a. Egbert; Christian; Saint)

Feast of Eros (Ancient Greece)

Feast of Hermes Trismegistus (patron of alchemy)

Fidelis of Sigmaringen (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Elvira (Christian; Saint)

Hairball Awareness Day (Pastafarian)

Happenstance and Coincidence Evening (Shamanism)

International Sculpture Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ivo of Ramsey (Christian; Saint)

Johann Walter (Lutheran)

Kuningan (Purification Ritual at Tirta Empul, Bali)

Leonidas (Positivist; Saint)

Life-Span Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Ljubov Popova (Artology)

Mary of Clopas (Christian; Saint)

Mary Euphrasia Pelletier (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Mellitus (Christian; Saint)

Mick the Stick (Muppetism)

The Mothers (Celtic Prosperity Festival)

Nathaniel Hone (Artology)

Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (Christian; Saint)

Robert of Chase-Dies, Auvergne (Christian; Saint)

Robert Penn Warren (Writerism)

Saint Mark’s Eve (Everyday Wicca)

Salome (Christian; Disciple)

Sue Grafton (Writerism)

Susan DeLucci Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Walpurgisnacht, Day I (Pagan)

Wilfrid (Church of England)

William Firmatus (Christian; Saint)

Willem de Kooning (Artology)

Yom HaZikaron (a.k.a. Yom HaZikaron LeHalalei Ma’arakhot Yisrael ul’Nifge’ei Pe’ulot HaEivah or Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism or יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לְחַלְלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעֻלּוֹת הָאֵיבָה) [4 Iyar]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Greeks enter Troy, Armenian genocide, Iran hostage rescue fails & 3 other tragedies) [3 of 11]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [23 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (UK TV Series; 1984)

The Age of Adaline (Film; 2015)

All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (Novel; 1946)

Assault and Peppered (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Border Song, by Elton John (Song; 1970)

The Boy and the Wolf (MGM Cartoon; 1943)

The Brethren, by John Grisham (Novel; 2000)

A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan (Historical Book; 1989)

Calaboose Moose or The Crime of Your Life (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 43; 1960)

The Daily Express (London Daily Newspaper; 1900)

Diamond Dogs, by David Bowie (Album; 1974)

Eduardo e Cristina, by Gioachino Rossini (Opera; 1819)

The Ego and the Id, by Sigmund Freud (Science Book; 1923)

Ex Machina (Film; 2015)

Extraction (Film; 2020)

First Blood, by David Morrell (Novel; 1972)

Full Moon Fever, by Tom Petty (Album; 1989)

Gabby’s Diner (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

The Golden Man, by Philip K. Dick (Novella; 1954)

Green Dolphin Street, by Elizabeth Goudge (Novel; 1944)

I Wonder Why, by Dion & The Belmonts (Song; 1958)

La Marseillaise, composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (Song; 1792) [French national anthem]

The Magnetic Telescope (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#6]

The Man Who Fell To Earth (TV Series; 2022)

The Matlock Paper, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1973)

News-Letter (Boston Newspaper; 1704) [1st U.S. continuous newspaper]

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton (Novel; 1967)

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, by Alban Berg (Piano Sonata; 1911)

Sliding Doors (Film; 1998)

Space, by James A. Michener (Novel; 1983)

Sting Quartet, Op. 3, by Alban Berg (String Quartet; 1911)

There Goes My Baby, by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding (Play; 1730)

Valse Triste, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

Waitress (Broadway Musical; 2016)

When a Felon Needs a Friend or Pantomime Quisling (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 44; 1960)

Woman is the N****r of the World, by John Lennon (Song; 1972)

Year of the Comet (Film; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Egbert, Fidelis, Wilfried (Austria)

Fidel, Vjera, Vjeran (Croatia)

Jiří, Jiřina (Czech Republic)

Albertus (Denmark)

Aada, Iida, Vaida, Vanda (Estonia)

Albert, Altti, Pertti (Finland)

Fidèle (France)

Egbert, Marion, Virginia, Wilfried (Germany)

Achilles, Doukas, Elisavet, Elizabeth, Thavmastos (Greece)

György (Hungary)

Fedele (Italy)

Nameda, Varis, Visvaldis, Visvaris (Latvia)

Ervina, Fidelis, Kantrimas (Lithuania)

Albert, Olaug (Norway)

Aleksander, Aleksy, Egbert, Erwin, Erwina, Fidelis, Grzegorz, Horacjusz, Horacy (Poland)

Ilie, Iosif, Pasicrat, Sava, Valentin (Romania)

Juraj (Slovakia)

Fidel (Spain)

Vega (Sweden)

Isabel, Isabella (Ukraine)

Fidel, Fidelia, Marques, Marquez, Marquis, Marquise, Wilfred, Wilfredo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 115 of 2024; 251 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 16 (Wu-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 15 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 25 Cyan; Foursday [24 of 30]

Julian: 11 April 2024

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 3 Caesar (5th Month) [Aristides]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 37 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 5 of 31)

[lymphomalass]

I don’t know if you agree, but my painting "Paddle Boarders at Sunset in Porth Castell " felt like an appropriate image to share this weekend, as many people’s summer holidays come to an end.

It was inspired by a photo by a lovely Facebook friend, who very kindly gave permission for me to use it as an artist's reference. But as I painted, I thought of those long summer days, when the weather is so lovely no one wants to leave the beach, and achingly beautiful sunsets are all the more moving for representing the end of our summer activities... till next year. The A4 (29.7cm by 21cm) unframed original is available for £65 including UK postage or, if we live close enough for us to deliver, in a frame it's £85. Please just private message me to arrange your purchase. It's also available in a mix of different types and sizes of prints, and printed on all sorts of lovely things (like bags, dresses, tops, scarves, homewares, gift items, etc) at:

Thanks! Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

[dansnaturepictures]

17/06/2023-Cemlyn and home 

Pictures taken in this set are of: 1 and 9. Sandwich Tern and chicks on as we often do for a standout place of a week away a second look at Cemlyn of the holiday before leaving for home to bring to an end the glorious week in Anglesey. It was amazing to get one last fix of that wailing lagoon of tern and gull calls, and be stunned to see notably more I think and bigger chicks than when we came on Sunday seeing a bit more of them too. Such a unique and enticing wild experience with these lovely birds. 2, 8 and 10. Arctic Tern and some Arctic Tern chicks, this species adding to that one last slice of spectacle I was so amazed to witness before heading home. 3 and 4. Nice scenes as the sun headed down when home tonight. 5, 6 and 7. Views on the last look of the distinctive winding beach and immediate and surrounding buildings of the beautiful Cemlyn. 

In the time at Cemlyn it was also good to see Common Terns, as expected and seen by us here before with the weather a bit less settled bringing them in a bit our closest views this week of mesmerising Manx Shearwater, Gannet, Little Egret, Oystercatcher and Mediterranean Gull. Red and sea campion, sea cabbage, thrift, one last look at yellow-horned poppy, mustard, honeysuckle and some agrimony emerged since Sunday were good plants to see. We got a good view of a Red Kite on the way back, as well as common toadflax as on the way, lovely poppy and as has become tradition on return journeys for June holidays for me in verges beside the A34 each time I recall - happening three years running now - delightful pyramidal orchids.

[sunbeamshelley]

Anglesey on the beach

[coastalholidays26]

Holiday Cottages Anglesey | Anglesey Coastal Cottages by the Beach

[escapetothewildside]

Newborough Warren Anglesey

One our favourite places on #Anglesey is Newborough Warren for its woodland walks, huge area of sand dunes and long gently sloping beach. The wildlife includes red squirrels, cross bills and an estimated 2000 ravens that come home to roost avert night in the woodland. This walk follows the beach as far as as the little island of Ynys Llanddwyn. Even when the beach is busy it’s so huge it’s…

[emmashappylittleworld]

WALES COAST PATH // PORTHMADOG TO PWLLHELI - 17 MILES

WALES COAST PATH // PORTHMADOG TO PWLLHELI – 17 MILES

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread”. – Edward Abbey

The first section leaves Pwllheli along the Inner Harbour before cutting across the developed spit at Glan-y-don and follows the sandy beach at Abererch Sands for a number of kilometres towards the rocky headland of Pen-ychain. This is very much typical of…

[seatosomert]

A trip to North Wales.

A couple of weeks ago, My Wife and I went on a weekend to Anglesey, North Wales, UK.

If you've not been, I would highly recommend it. It's one of those unspoiled corners of the British Isles and not very often spoken of as a holiday destination (probably so as not to attract the wrong people who may ruin it for others.

We stayed at a place called Benllech on the East Coast of Angelsey.

These are all shots from the beach area of Benllech, as i didn't grab some from the main town. It's a great little town with the main amenities, a few good places to eat and the beach is just so peaceful and stunning.

We stayed in a 1 bedroomed apartment in the main town, which we booked through Air BnB and it was absolutely spot on to be fair. Beautiful views out to the sea and all the feeling of a home from home (Big shoutout to Beth and Tom who host 'Island View', apartment at Benllech, Anglesey).

This was our morning view that we awoke to!!!

Whilst we were in Wales we visited a couple of recommended beaches and towns.

Penmon beach was on of those locations, where we had breakfast at the Pilot House Cafe, which was pretty decent.

Just be aware that there is a £3.50 toll charge just to get through to the beach and cafe.

(One of the views from Penmon Beach above).

We got a trip in to see Llandonna Beach, which is just beautiful. Although on this day it was really windy. I decided to fly my Flexifoil Big Buzz kite. I was almost dragged off down the beach and had a fight with the kite for about 30 minutes before I'd had enough.

Brilliant, but it was probably just a little too windy! Check out the short video my wife shot below:-

On our way back on the Sunday, we called to Betswy-Co-Ed in the Snowdonia National Park. Just the drive there was lovely.

Parking was cheap, there were plenty of eating places and coffee shops/cafes to choose from and if you're into Mountain Biking, this is somewhat of a mecca for that. We mooched about, put in a short woodland walk, had a bite to eat then headed on to Llanberis, the town at the foot of Mount Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain.

The views surrounding Llanberis are simply stunning. If you visit the old slate mine, there is both a museum there and a Country Park, with a lake and little spots in the woodland to have a picnic. There were paddleboard activities, there was a go ape type adventure thing and a cafe or two.

If you walk 10 minutes back towards the train station you can catch the train up Mount Snowdon and a return trip is around £35 per person. Expensive, but I've done it before and I'd say it's worth doing at least once.

So, all in all a really great trip and we crammed a lot in over that weekend. We will probably look to do a week there next time as there is so much to do and we want to Hike Snowdon next time.

Hope you enjoyed this post. If you have any questions, as usual, fire a comment in or contact me if you're a bit shy and don't want your comments seen.

I'm happy to give my opinion on the locations we visited, to share photo tips etc.

All the best and speak soon.

Regards,

Neil.

[feuilledeglace-blog]

Isle of Anglesey, England  - July 2017

[sonjarx]

[justkeeptrekkin]

Prompt: fluff, Basira & Daisy meeting at an arcade or theme park

F L U F F

***

Basira had never thought too hard about their relationship. There was never anything that needed to be explicitly stated. Nothing to be clarified. It had always been understood that they had each other’s backs, and that’s all that ever mattered. 

When two outsiders find each other amongst the mess of brutality and violence that comes with being a sectioned officer, there’s something that brings those people together; something unquestionably strong. Whatever that bond is, it had found Daisy and Basira. 

She had never wanted to call it trust. That’s not something she shares with anyone other than herself- not knowingly, anyway. 

Things have changed. The woman on the bench next to her isn’t the outsider she met when she was first brought into Section 31: delicate features hardened by the scar on her jawline and the ferocity in her eyes: hair cropped for practicality, shoulders squared through defiance. Now, that same Daisy leans forward in her seat beside Basira, growing hair falling into her closed eyes. Shoulders rounded, protective. 

Basira looks at the woman who has made herself small to survive. 

“Ever been to Brighton,” she asks. Her voice always makes questions sound flat. 

Daisy opens her eyes. She doesn’t respond immediately, instead, casting her gaze towards the grey horizon, ocean blurring into cloudy sky. The wind making her hair tickle her scars. 

“No,” she admits. A lot of what she says sounds like an admission, these days. “I haven’t.”

Basira lets the silence sit between them again. A gap between their bodies that was always there, but that she’s only just now noticing. It’s a breezy autumn day, and the only people on the promenade are joggers and dog walkers. Nobody pays them any attention: two killers finding solace in their sea-torn landscape. 

“When-” 

Daisy falters. Basira looks. 

“When I was a child. Before…” Her jaw clenches. And then she sits up, zips up her leather jacket and Basira sees some of that old steel return. “My father would take us to Anglesey. It’s an island just off the coast of Wales. Nothing much to do, but the beaches would go on forever. Rocky beaches that hurt your feet.”

That’s the end of that story, it seems. Basira nods slowly. She doesn’t know this woman. Her strength had always been being able to read people, understand them. But she doesn’t know Alice Daisy Tonner at all, she realises. 

She’d like to.

“Have you been here before?” Daisy suddenly asks. 

Basira nods again. “Yeah. Days out in Brighton were as much as my family could afford when it came to Summer holidays.”

The sea roars distantly. A brown dog runs into the ocean to fetch a stick. 

“There’s an arcade here,” she continues. “My brother and I used to go. We’d get bored sitting on the beach.”

That’s probably the most she’s ever shared about her personal life with anyone. Bringing Daisy here- was that what she was planning? Some part of her wanting to open up? It seems unlikely. And she doesn’t want to think about it, not when she needs to be spending all of her energy protecting Daisy rather than showing her a good time. But then, seeing how Daisy is looking at her now in her peripheral, she finds her motives murky. The definition of what they have, murky. 

Then, looking Daisy square in the eye: “Let’s go. You and me.”

A deep, long intake of breath. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Playing shooting games in an arcade is hardly the same as holding a real gun.”

“Could trigger something. Shark in an ocean. Catching a scent of blood.”

“Or, could be like a nicotine patch.”

Daisy blinks. She doesn’t smile, because Daisy doesn’t smile, but Basira does see the way the resolve falls away. And it’s then that she realises that maybe Daisy doesn’t need to be hard in order to be strong; there’s a strength in being flexible, too. Being flexible means being less brittle. 

“Alright, then.” She slaps her legs. “Show me the ropes, then.”

So that’s happening, apparently. Basira leads them to the arcade; a tacky ruin of flashing lights and cash jingles. The carpets are a splurge of 90s train-seat patterns, the machines talking to no one but themselves. A family with two small children, trying to win a Minion toy. 

They stand at the entrance, suddenly aware of how surreal this is: partners, walking into an arcade to win stuffed bears. Basira expects Daisy to back out, sort of hopes she will, but then she sees her heading for a claw machine, unzipping her leather jacket and rolling up the sleeves. She casts her grey eyes towards Basira, expectant and, apparently, mildly entertained. 

“Come on.”

This is the woman who likes listening to The Archers, Basira remembers. It makes sense that she’s cheesy when she wants to be. But why does she want to be, now? Who is that almost-smile for?  

Basira acquiesces. She stands formally beside Daisy, who pops in a pound coin and takes the handle of the claw machine. 

“The trick is not to try and get anything in particular,” Basira explains, remembering her older brother’s wise instruction. “You need to just go for it. Try too hard to get one toy and you won’t get anything at all.”

When she looks over, she finds that the look on Daisy’s face is wolfish. Perhaps that’s a little off-colour, but that’s the only word Basira can think of. 

It takes three tries. Daisy runs out of change after the second one, and Basira pays for the third go. The claw is maneuvered carefully and strategically - Daisy was always better at strategy than Basira, who never liked planning - and it dangles slowly, descending into the pit of stuffed animals. 

When it emerges, it produces a tiger cup with giant, sparkling eyes. 

The toy clatters into the bin. Daisy fishes her hand through the flap and removes the tiger. They both measure it, dumbfounded. 

“What do we do with it now,” Basira asks seriously. 

There’s a pause where they continue to stare. And then she finds the toy shoved in her direction, Daisy disappearing before Basira can get a hold of it. She bends down to fetch it, looks up to see her partner skulking further into the arcade with square shoulders and a confident thud to her boots. 

Basira smiles.

[lymphomalass]

Do you enjoy hearing what inspired a painting...?

"The View Down to Traeth Llydan or Silver Bay" was inspired by my birthday treat last year.

I'd seen a photo of Silver Bay on Facebook and really wanted to go there. But it's not easy to get to. It's near Rhoscolyn but there's no public parking at Silver Bay. Visits by car are not exactly encouraged, with the private road owned by the holiday resort, very tight country lanes approaching the bay and plenty of no parking signs all around.

But you can park in a layby near Rhoscolyn, which is what we did. When we were uncertain of the route, a friendly farmer with some holiday lets directed us across a field to a stand of pine trees, from the edge of which you get this magical view down the wooden stairs, down to this remote beach, across the sand, the bay and the Cymyran Straights to the main island of Anglesey.

It was the best birthday treat I could have imagined!

The A4 unframed painting is available for £75, including UK postage, or framed for £95 if it's feasible for me to deliver it to you. Please just private message me to purchase it.

Or it's available on prints and all kinds of lovely things at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx