Thursday 25 January 2018

Exploring Holyhead Mountain

St Cybi's church in Holyhead is built on the settlement of an old Monastic settlement around 540AD. These days it's hidden, hemmed in, between other other houses, shops and buinesses and easily passed by. I've been leading a small group on one of Anglesey's coast path trails known as the 'Celtic Saints Walks. Seeking out the church seemed a good starting point and we weren't dissaponited. It has an incredably ornate entrnce porch, covered in all sorts of symbols, that we had a go at deciphering. 


A service had just finished and the vicar happily gave us a  quick tour of the church, including the Organ, which was built in 1750 and was still being played. A good value purchase for £1500 I thought. Soon enough though, we were hiking up from the Breakwater Country Park and around the coast. We were sheltered from the strong winds at first, but could see waves crashing high on the coastline.


Up on the summit of Holyhead Mountain, we could barely stand up! The summit stands at 220m above the sea level and even down at 100m, we were getting sprayed with water that was being lifted up from the waves! (the video below may or may not work to show this!).


It was all but impossible to look into the wind, but with our hoods up and backs to it, we could see the port of Holyhead and the incoming Irish ferry clearly, and we glad we were not on it - it must have been a rough crossing!



On the walk back down, we stopped to do an activity called 'The 2mm Man'. Down on our bellies, everyone had a small patch of ground to explore, imagining that we were only 2mm tall. With a bit of imagination, suddenly, little ferns had turned into giant trees and bugs became unknown monsters! It's amazing how a different perspective can change the normal things...



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