A fabulous night for a night paddle down the Menai Straits in open canoes! Not a breath of wind and low clouds meant that the phosphorescence show was brighter than I've ever seen! A magical light display on water. If you don't know what phosphorescence is, then google it to find out more, but it's a kind of natural phenomena that needs to be see to be believed. You can't really take photos of it (we tried!) and describing it is no way as cool, realistic or believable as actually seeing it!
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| Dusk at Plas Newydd |
Basically, it's some kind of plankton in the water that emits a greenish light when it is disturbed. What that means in canoe terms, is that any splashes that your paddle makes on the water glows a spooky green colour! As does the ripple from the bow of the boat! - You can even splash it up against a wall or trail your hand in the water and it glows green in the dark! Totally mind bending! Like I say - seeing is believing, so you'll have to go there to see for yourself. Go on! Do it! It is truly amazing!!!!
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| Night time on the straits |
We timed our evening to drift up with the tide to Y Felinheli, where we got out and found some food while the water went slack; then got back on to drift back from where we'd started!
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| Stopping for a re-fuel at Y Felinheli |
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| Passing like ships in the night |
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