out and about - 2018
08 December 2018 .............. Very windy around the Stacks
A very windy morning. and just by chance, it was also high tide, so some wild seas - Treaddur Bay was fairly catching the wind and the waves -
Looking across the bay to Ravenspoint, and a couple of waves exploding on to the rocks -
Porth Dafarch was catching it as well, and oddly enough the sea was quite a bit wilder than it was when I saw it during the peak of Storm Diana -
Up on South Stack now, looking down on the lighthouse -
Up the hill at the back, and another view of the lighthouse - the white stormy sea around the cliffs fairly highlights the deep indents into the cliffs -
Heading along the path above Gogarth Bay, and looking down on the stormy seas around North Stack - it must have been wild inside Parliament House cave, the white stuff goes right in.
If you look very carefully, you can just see the Skerries, this was the only time that I saw them, most of the time they were hidden in the extensive grey clag that was hanging over everywhere.
You can also see the quite distinct tide race just beyond North Stack - I think that it would have been the early part of the ebb tide by now, and it would have been roughly wind against tide, which would have emphasised the rough sea quite a bit -
Up on top of Holyhead Mountain now, hanging onto the trig point for a bit of protection from the wind - looking down on the breakwater, and the huge empty space that used to be Holyhead Marina - what a tragedy, a whole marina and dozens of boats totally destroyed in a few hours by the sea - a very sad example of the infinite power of the sea and the way it can change our landscapes and our lives with just a sneeze -
A rather hazy view across to Rhoscolyn Head -
Quite a bit closer, but still hazy - looking across a very stormy Abrahams Bosom to the big flat expanse of the Penrhyn Mawr peninsula -
From up on Holyhead Mountain the view of South Stack is very disappointing, it doesn`t look like anything at all - so not worth a picture.
Heading back across the flatter area between North and South Stacks into the wind - and then the rain started - and I can tell you that that bit of the countryside is not a good place to be in the wind and the rain - it was a bit of a wetting experience.
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