Newborough Forest Trail Run Revisited
Almost a year ago we ran one of our longest trail runs, “The Newborough Forest 2011 Commonwealth Trail“, so after fueling with porridge we made our way (the whole 10 minutes) to the main car park to...
View ArticleFoel Farm Lure Fishing and a Newborough Beach Walk
Getting well into the swing of relaxing (it doesn’t take much on Anglesey) after a late start we had a gentle cycle up to a local café to check out the cakes, we were on holiday after all, which turned...
View ArticleA Run Along the Straights, Another Newborough Paddle and a bit of Sea Fishing
After an early start for a pre-breakfast run along along the Menai Straights, past Anglesey Sea Zoo and up to the main road and back for a route of approx. 6k of hard fast hilly running we spent a...
View ArticlePorth Swtan to Ynys y Fydlyn Coastal Walk
The day started with light rain so we didn’t get out and about until after lunch so needed something fairly quick and easy. A short circular walk was needed so we consulted our ‘go too’ coastal walk...
View ArticleFish from the Rocks at Aberffraw Headland
After a lazy morning we headed over to the headland between Aberffraw bay and Porth Cwyfan where we’d walked a few days earlier to try a spot of sea fishing either side of low water. When we got to...
View ArticleA Sunny Day on Newborough Beach
A ‘proper’ holiday in North Wales isn’t really complete until you’ve spent at least one full day lounging on the beach, no matter what the weather throws at you. Once more we were blessed with glorious...
View ArticleTraeth Cymyran Walk to Ynys Feirig
After Thursdays time on the beach we were both feeling a little tender on our shoulders where we should have re-applied sunscreen a lot earlier than we did, nothing serious but still a little too sore...
View ArticleBass Blank on the Menai Straights
It seemed like an age since we last went fishing and looking back through the records we’ve not wet a line since Summer last year. That’ll teach us to take up new hobbies. I’d been looking forward to...
View ArticleTo Llandwdwyn Island and Newborough Forest
I’d been looking forward to this run for a while as even though it’s ‘only’ a training run its one we did last year so the route was known and it runs through and around Newborough Forest as well as...
View ArticleTracking Down the ‘fouronanglesey’ Outdoor Paintings
As we’re on a few emailing lists occasionally something comes through that is actually quite interesting. In this case Wendy received an email newsletter from Menai Cottages which mentioned some...
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