February 16

It never fails, whenever we go somewhere there is always someone who isn’t on time. Thank being said, I better keep a close eye on the time, or I’ll be next. I started the day pretty low on battery power for my camera. I did get some pictures, but I did my best to stretch battery life through out the afternoon. From now on, I’ll have to remember to charge up the night before.
We ventured across the Menai Strait into Anglesey today. Our first stop was at Penmon Priory, the site of a monastery dating back 1,000 years. There was also a dovecot in Penmon. The pigeons would come and nest in the holes in the wall, then people would eat them.
Beaumaris Castle was our second stop. Several commented that it topped Caernarfon. The water in the moat helped its cause, but Beaumaris was more in ruin so we couldn’t get up on the walls as much as at Caernafon.
We pitted for lunch in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Say that three times fast. The name means St Mary’s church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave. In English it has 58 letters, but only 51 in Welsh because ll and ch are considered one letter. Basically it was given the longest name in the world in order to attract attention, but there’s really nothing worth visiting.
After lunch we visited Llanddwyn Island, the site of Demi Moore’s film ‘Half-Light’. Apparently the film didn’t make it to the States for a reason. I was told it wasn’t worth seeing, the film that is. The island, on the other hand, is beautiful. After a few pictures, my camera was completely drained.
Our final site of the day was in the middle of a sheep pasture, and if sight was not a good enough indication, it sure smelled like a pasture. Bryn Celli Ddu is a burial mound, a late Neolithic religious site built around 2000 BC. It reminded me of Teletubbie Land.
I nearly forgot the stop we made in the morning. We attempted to visit Marguess of Anglesey’s Column, a site we pass every week in route to the Conway Centre. Unfortunately we chose one of two days a year the tower is closed for repelling.