Incredible strength winds at the coast necessitated a walk with our backs to the breeze. We headed over to Anglesey as the weather was looking brighter and there was the chance of a sneaky surf if we could only find a sheltered enough spot.
We took a nice walk along another empty beach. The winds whipped around us and the seas looked wild, but the sand at the water's edge was smooth and firm.
Further inland, the sand was blowing up into the air and shifting into new dunes. Just as blown snow carves out patterns around rocks or obstacles, the same was happening with the sand around shells on the beach. It was interesting to watch it move around, being picked up and deposited in predictable places. I could have made an avalanche forecast had it not been so flat!
It was mesmerizing to watch it swirl around us and across the firmer bed of sand.
Being back in the van felt like another world! So quiet to be out of the wind. Further down the coast, as I'd predicted there were some sheltered waves. Not ace, but work a quick dip. The water certainly felt much warmer than yesterday, but I did have a wetsuit on and a warm van to get changed in!
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