Exploring Holyhead on Anglesey in Wales led us to a spectacular bird sanctuary on the South Stack.

The next discovery was an overgrown ‘castle’ where we met an older gentleman who had lived there before it was turned into a hotel in 1956. The tall chimney located off in the distance was actually a park where there was a photo of his ‘castle’ back when it was a hotel .

An old photo of the ‘house’ when it was turned into Soldier’s Point Hotel

That tall chimney was part of an old brickworks that had been turned into Breakwater Park with an outdoor gallery.

From the ‘castle’ it was a short walk to the Park where we entered the outdoor gallery and found an old photo of the brickworks as it was in the 1930s. Flooring in the gallery made up of a variety of bricks, each with the name of the brick maker imprinted on it.Old etching of the bridge and lighthouse at the South Stack in Anglesey, Wales. There were lots of botanical paintings of wildflowers that allowed me to identify many of the plants I had seen in this part of the country. This is ‘Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil’.There were also a lot of seabird images, many of which were at the bird sanctuary on the nearby South Stack. I have picked out a few of the non-seabird images such as this Raven, or Cigfran, as it is known locally.
With the Kestrel I loved seeing the difference in each type of tail feather.
Razorbill, an unusual looking seabird.
After a long day exploring the Isle of Anglesey we drove off to Caernarfon where we were staying for the evening. The May 31st and June 1 drives on the Isle of Anglesey are detailed in this annotated Lonely Planet map.

More about our 2016 trip to Wales.