On a simply gorgeous day we headed back to North Wales
where we crossed the Menai Straits over to the Island of Anglesey and to
Lligwy Bay. We parked on the beach car
park with its cheery little beach café
The words on the
shutters made me smile 'Bring me Sunshine', I almost expected Morecambe and Wise to come dancing
round the corner. After enjoying a coffee and admiring the view we decided
to walk round the coast path to Moelfre.
Moelfre’s a pretty little place, only a couple of
miles away it’s a fairly easy stroll with no huge ascents or descents unlike
the Devon coast path.
The village is in a small bay with a pebble beach,
lifeboat station,
and a great little pub, needless to say that’s
where we had lunch.
Afterwards we took the same path back to Lligwy
Bay and walked out across the beach to the sea, I’d decided I was going to have
a paddle. I did and it was absolutely
freezing, my toes were practically turning blue!
On the
way home, we stopped to have a look at the Din Lligwy historical site where
there are the remains of an ancient settlement, a Medieval chapel of ease and a
Neolithic burial chamber is nearby. Din
refers to a defensive/protective wall surrounding a settlement. Although hundreds of Roman pot sherds from
the 3rd & 4th century AD have been found here, the site of the settlement
is thought to go back to the Iron Age when it may have been a farming community. Archaeological excavations have found round structures that are thought to
be houses and rectangular structures that are thought to be barns or
workshops.
We
followed the short path across the fields and up onto a small wooded mound to
the settlement, it’s a fascinating place especially in the early evening light.
Walking back across the fields, we stopped to
admire the view out across to Lligwy Bay and the sea
before continuing
to the Medieval chapel of ease. The tiny
12th century chapel was used by the widespread community of Penrhos
Lligwy, some parts of the chapel were rebuilt in the 14th century and a small extension
chapel was added sometime during the 16th century. I've no idea
when it was last used.
Inside there’s an open crypt before what was
once an altar, in the gloom I could see some flowers and it looked intriguing
but there was no way I was going down into that dark hole, especially as DB had
disappeared.
Outside a
herd of bullocks at the back of the chapel stopped my wanderings I’m not happy
being in a field of bullocks on my own, so I left them be and headed back to
the car. We had intended to look at the
Neolithic burial chamber but somehow or other, probably through lack of
attention, we, okay I, totally missed the turning and we ended up back on the main
road, so we’ll have to save that for another trip. It was a fabulous day.
Have fun, we are
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