Anglesey, a few days away

 We live in the middle of England so a jaunt to the seaside is a good two or three hours away but as I was still feeling a bit meh and Mark is away in Scotland for a couple weeks I decided to take myself off to one of my favourite part of Wales for a few days.

I'd made a quick stop at Beaumaris the last time I went away, so I settled on booking a room there for two nights.  I made a pit stop at Menai Bridge on the way to stretch my legs - the original Welsh name of the town standing on the Menai Straits was Porthaethwy, but after the construction of the bridge in 1826 it became common to use the English name.  Standing at 98 feet the views from the bridge across the Menai Strait are stunning.

Beaumaris is such a pretty town, there is a small pier, lots of independent shops and lovely streets with colourful houses.  I'm glad I chose to stay there, it was such a peaceful place, and I could just about see the sea from my window.

Holyhead was 45 minutes drive away so on Tuesday I visited South Stack Lighthouse.

There are 400 steps down to the lighthouse, I have to say that walking down them is much easier than walking back them up, ha ha.

Again the views and the area in general was stunning, so glad I went.

Of course I couldn't come home without a trip to my favourite sea side place, Llandudno, I had to pass right by on my way home anyway so I thought I might as well make the most of my time away and spend the day there.

I'd been lucky with the weather for two days but Wednesday was definitely cooler, you can tell now the change the change in the air.

To round off my few days away I treated myself to fish and chips, they taste so much better when you're by the sea don't they 😁 

I really enjoyed my few days away, a change of scenery can do wonders.

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