After a great day of whizzing about on the eBike, visiting friends for garden coffees, we got ourselves a plan together for some more sea kayaking adventures to take advantage of the lull in the wind.
At 08:30 we were over on Holy Island, Anglesey, launching our kayaks at Porth Daffach. There was a light wind and a little swell, but otherwise, conditions were looking good.
Turning right out of the bay, there are plenty of cliffs, cave and zawns to explore, while the tide helped to pull us around towards the south stack RSPB reserve.
The cliffs are made of a fantastic rock that is all contourted and twisted into incredible patterns. It was a geology lesson from our boats.
After checking out the climbers at Castel Helen, below South Stack, we went into some enormous caves and though various sea arches.
We were dwarfed by the size of the cliffs. One of the reasons why this is quite a serious trip is that apart from the strong tides and overalls, once you've started, there are not many places to get out until the end!
We did go ashore at North Stack, in 'Parliment House Cave'. It's an absolute monster of a cave, with tunnels at the back.
Naturally, we went investigating. It has been years since I'd been around here, so it was good to re-acquaint myself.
From the caves, we crossed some bumpy seas where the tide was squeezing past, and finished around at the breakwater at Holyhead, back in calm waters, some 14km from where we'd started and via some of the most dramatic coastlines about. John caught three fish along the way, so finished our day with a fish BBQ and oven-fired pizzas as well. Marvelous.
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