That looks like an interesting tour, Nathan, although many of my colleagues
have for years tried hard not to visit Anglesey – owing to the fact that it’s a
posting for fast-jet instructors at RAF Valley. Did you see any aircraft while
you were on the island?
Chris
> On 15 Sep 2015, at 17:37, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yesterday morning I said goodbye to my daughter at the hospital in
> Bodelwyddan, on the north coast of Wales, where she will be the next 3
> months, doing an internship. My flight home from Liverpool was in the
> evening, so I drove west, all the way along the north coast and across
> Anglesey, ending up in Holyhead. As I was walking around the town, I happened
> on this church, apparently founded by St Cybi, cousin of the patron saint of
> Wales, St David. There has been a church here since the 6th century, although
> of course the current structure is much more recent:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MHdjgCv/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MHdjgCv/A>
>
> I went inside:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QMndwGN/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QMndwGN/A>
>
> There were some interesting details:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TVLD79r/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-TVLD79r/A>
>
> But as so often happens when travelling, it is meeting the people that makes
> a place special. These two volunteers (stewards, they call themselves), show
> people around and explain various features of the church. They were with
> someone else when I came in, so I just looked around on my own (which I
> prefer anyway). But as I was leaving, they approached me and apologised for
> not being available, and asked where I was from—a simple question, the answer
> to which is complicated in my case…So we had a nice chat and at the end I got
> them to pose for me:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cp8HGCP/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cp8HGCP/A>
>
> Cheers,
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