Anglesey Road Trip - North Wales Island packing a real punch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- As part of my North Wales Road Trip, I spent one day away from Snowdonia National Park, doing a mini Anglesey road trip. In this video, I visit the Menai bridge which crosses the Menai Strait, I take a self guided walking tour around the free to enter Parys Mountain - or Parys Mine. I go for a rough and ready exploration of the coastal Porth Wen Brickworks, before a quick pit stop at the South Stack Lighthouse where a mixture of both the lighthouse and 1000's of seabirds were a feast for the senses. As the day was getting on, we headed to Goleudy Twr Mawr or Llanddwyn lighthouse on Llanddwyn Island accidentally timing it perfectly for golden hour. The day was ended with a quick photostop at the train station in 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' for a photo under the well known sign!
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0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Menai Suspension Bridge
2:00 - Parys Mountain
5:18 - Porth Wen Brickworks
7:28 - South Stack Lighthouse
8:44 - Newborough Forest
11:05 - Llanddwyn Island/Lighthouse
13:50 - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Hi port wen is privately opened,the owner is doing his best to stop people visiting that’s why access is difficult. Some people have been turned away recently so be aware you might not be able to get to it.
Hi Keveen, thank you for this comment, its most helpful. I'm going to pin it to the top of the comments so others can see it and understand it's a place that you can no longer get to. Had I seen any signs to say it was private and and to keep out when I visited, I wouldn't have continued. It felt like they were well trodden footpaths - the guilt is starting to seep in now! 🤦♀️
They say that people have been murdered and dumped in their.
*Porth Wen !! Autocorrect argh!
@witzend5996 That's horrifying !! Hoping it's just a rumor. 😱😨💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
We had no idea this place existed despite having been to Anglesey many times so thanks for bringing it to our attention - we are staying in the area so we decided to take a look. At the time of writing this (May '24) there is a padlocked gate guarding the entrance although you can view part of the site from the coast path which passes by just above the gate. Below the gate the path was part stumble, part stream and quite steep and the ruins, although very interesting and full of character, are in a dangerous and unmanaged state so if you do decide to explore you do so very much at your own risk and I would say that this is one for adult adventurers rather than for a family excursion. There are high walls and deep holes for small people to fall off or into.
We'll be there next week! We're rewatching your videos to get more ideas. Thanks!!
Hi Moffatt. Very envious that you're off there next week. I really hope you guys have as much fun as we did!
My favourite was Llanddwyn Island. But all spots were great. Thank you.
Llanddwyn Island was our favourite too. It was so peaceful and the colours were just stunning. Pleased you enjoyed seeing all of the spots I visited on the island!
Saint Dwynwen’s church is not the lighthouse, but is halfway along the island. Glad you got there. It is one of my favourite places on earth.
Can completely understand why, it is truly stunning! ❤️ It was the highlight of my day on the island.
The bridge construction picture is the Britannia Bridge originally a tubular rail bridge. It was severely damaged by fire in 1970 and was rebuilt to become a combined rail and road bridge.
Thanks so much what a lovely tour around part of anglesey ,so much went into this vid and you done well loved it paul
Hi Paul, thank you so much for such a lovely comment. This video was one of the easier ones to film and edit together as the landscapes did so much of the hard work for me, but I'm so happy that you enjoyed the video!
You were asking about the car park nearest the beach at Llanddwyn. Only Newborough residents have a key, I lived there for for most of my life, until recent years and we had a pass and a key to park there. Glad you enjoyed Anglesey, love calling it my home.
Oh... this comment has made my day! I was visiting my dad the other day and we watched this video together and he asked whether anyone had left a comment letting me know and had to say it was still a mystery! I think it's a fabulous idea... I was aware Newborough residents could visit for free (also great idea) but having a separate car park ensures us tourists don't prevent locals from being able to access it. You are so fortunate to have lived there for so long, I adored the island and am so grateful to a couple of Bangor uni students who we met up the Glyders for recommending it to us!!
@@WhenAdventureKnox you’re very welcome or Croeso as we say in welsh. I live near Llanfair PG now but we can still get season tickets but I can’t enjoy the shorter walk from the residents car park. My family still live there, my mum and dad walk in the forest every day. Lucky to have called it my playground growing up, we used to cycle there and then go swimming and have a day there. Very fortunate. Glad I helped out with me comment!
I was at Bangor University in the early 1970s. At that time, the car park by the beach was the only car park there, and it was free! The track through the woods was very rutted and bumpy. A group of us often used to go to Newborough Beach when we had a free afternoon to enjoy the then deserted beach and island.
In the late 70s I took my girlfriend (now wife) there, and there was a coin-operated gate at the top of the track to the beach, but the beach-side car park was still there. The track to the beach was a little less rutted but still challenging to a low-slung car.
Last time I was there, probably some 10+ years ago, the top car park was in operation, with the long trek to the beach the only way to get there. I'm now not as mobile as I used to be, so it's unlikely that I'll be able to get to the beach again, as the walk there and back may be too challenging for me. Thanks for the video, it really took me back!
This is a great video WAKnox, thanks for sharing it, we're going to Anglesey in 2 months time and you video has helped us with our research on where to go and which Lighthouses we want to see, we've subscribed :) looking forward to watching some of your other videos also in Morocco !
Wow, talk about some beautiful ruins nestled inside a beautiful backdrop! That must be such a neat place to explore, it's always fun exploring natural beauty as well as ruins, so this place seems so cool to join the two! I guess we might need to add Whales to our travel list! 😊
Aaaah some more love for the Porth Wen Brickworks ❤️ North Wales really is a stunning part of the UK, I'm eager to get back as we were limited by the amount we could see and do in just one week, I'd highly recommend a visit!
I love north wales ! I have found so many hidden places awesome place ! I’m going this weekend and I will be going to the brickworks thanks to you ! Aweosme job keep it up !
Very envious that you're off there this weekend - hope you have heaps of fun!
❤️ Great holidays there, magical memories ❤️
100% agree ❤
The cottages near the lighthouse are worth a look at as well.
I don't know how I missed them, but found out about them after our visit. An excellent excuse to return when we're next in the area though!
Great video! It was very useful. Thank you :)
You're very welcome, and really pleased to hear it's been helpful too 🙏
thoroughly enjoyed watching your vlog i think its very professionally made and i would go as far as to say that you would make a great tv presenter...great work i will defo be liking and subscribing👍
Thank you so much for your really kind comment. It's so lovely to know that you've found the video enjoyable and that you feel it's very professional! Being a TV presenter sounds like an awesome job, but for now, TH-cam is providing plenty of the fun. So pleased to hear you'll be subscribing, can't wait to share more of my videos from what I've been up to over the summer!
We are binge watching your videos, what a relaxing, inspiring and informative evening this is panning out to be 😊👍💖xxx
Hi Sarah, so SO chuffed to know you've like some of my videos to want to watch more! ❤️🙏 If they're able to inspire you to visit some of these places then this is making me even happier - it's certainly a 'hope' of mine when deciding to create the channel!
We retraced your trip (mostly) two days ago and had a blast. Thanks for steering us towards Newborough Forest, we might have skipped it otherwise. We really enjoyed the walk and only saw 10 red squirrels. (Kidding, didn't see any)
Oh my goodness, I'd have been so jealous if you'd seen 10 red squirrels! The Isles of Scilly series that've just started will finally see some red squirrel action - I was so excited when I finally got to see some (yup - more than one!) I'm so happy that my trip has helped to inspire you and you went to Newborough Forest after seeing this video. When deciding to to 'go for it' and set up a TH-cam channel, it was my hope that it would inspire others, or help with the planning of viewers own trips, so a comment like this really means so much!
We've moved up to Keswick. Going to head up Lattrig tomorrow for a first walk
You should also add that Ynys Llanddwyn is island and does get cut off at certain high tides so walkers need to be aware of this otherwise they may have an lengthy wait for the tide to recede.
Thanks for another nice and informative video!
You're most welcome, so pleased you're finding the videos informative 👍
This was truly great - thank you, Caroline! 💗
Hi Kjell, thank you for such kind words - and you're most welcome!
@@WhenAdventureKnox I'm subscribing from this day on - surely!
Lovely video, thank you. One of my favourite places. The church on the LLanddwyn peninsula is now a ruin, about halfway along it, and between the two main paths - its easily missed. The lighthouse on the end, is in fact just a lighthouse! It is also a nice walk down the beach the other way heading towards the mountains. When you reach the mouth of the Menai strait, you can return on the other side across the salt flats and through the forest. The beach is best enjoyed at low tide - it is enormous!
Hi P Nero, it sounds like I missed a lot on this whirlwind tour of the island but that means I have a great excuse to go back to explore some more. Thank you for confirming about the lighthouse too, maybe it was the ruin church I'd got my research mixed up with!
Loved this. We did the strait as a boat trip last week and found that brickworks. It’s so amazing. We loved your history. The windmill was awesome, we’ve not check that out before. Oh wow and Newborough and Llanddwyn too. More of our favourite places. Thanks for sharing 🍻
I bet discovering Anglesey by boat is an amazing experience. Did you have your own boat or was it part of a tour? Newborough, Llanddwyn and the lighthouse were my favourite parts of the day trip so if you get back that way in the future, I'd highly recommend them. So pleased to hear you enjoyed this video - thank you! 🙏
@@WhenAdventureKnox we did one of the rib rides from Beaumaris. Really exciting!! We’ll probably spend a day at Llanddwyn over the summer, we love it there. Xx
We're going to Anglesey tomorrow for a three night break and we're seriously wondering if this island had enough to fill three days! Now I realise we'll barely even scratch the surface. You've really whetted my appetite! Thank you so much for making this vid!
So pleased you found the video helpful and it's made your own trip planning easier - reading comments like this always make me smile so much! 🙏
I love all the crunching.
I worked for Anglesey council (tourism department) and as others have said, Porth Wen is privately owned. The owner hates people trespassing the land and every year it’s getting worse and worse for people sneaking there… my advice is just to admire from a distance! Lovely video though!
Hi Anella. I feel bad for having gone onto the land, but I genuinely didn't see any signs when we visited and the footpaths seemed to be relatively established, albeit muddy and rocky in some places. But thank you for saying it was a lovely video
Stunning beautiful 🌍💜
Hi Jodie, thank you, I was blown away by Anglesey's beauty too!
Hi, used your video for inspiration and visited some of your suggestions,thanks
It's worth mentioning that Porth Wen is actually private property, and that the owner accepts no liability for any injuries sustained as a result of trespassing there. It used to be signposted as such, but the signs keep getting defaced, damaged or removed.
Also, you can only access the lower car park if you're a permanent resident of Niwbwrch village - it's one of the few perks of having to put up with so much disruption during the summer months.
Hi Aerosoulzx, thank you for letting me know, I genuinely had no idea it was private land, I'm afraid any signs that once were there were gone or too defaced when I visited in May. Do you know if the owners have a similar stance to the owners of Parys Mountain in that we can go there, but do so at our own risk or should it not be entered at all? I would like to update the pinned comment for this video to reflect the situation so I'm not encouraging the wrong thing. The lower car park at the beach makes perfect sense for the locals... I'd hate to think that my tourism causes things that used to be free for locals to now cost so I really appreciate that set up!
Great to see Porth Wen from your drone shots - had to do a double take in case I was one of the kayakers - alas not. It is one of my most favourite places to land.
That would have been amazing had you been in one of those kayaks, but also, wow, very jealous that it's a spot you get to Kayak to regularly. I can understand why you love paddling and landing there!
Although i don't live in Anglesey anymore, I still call it home.
My mam and dad were married in the little church on the way down to Newborough forest
Hi Adrian. If it's the church that we drove past when getting there, it was very pretty - what a lovely place to get married in. I bet some of the photos (if they used the forest of course) would have been stunning too!
I love Wales. I love your video. It is so beautiful. Hi from the Caribbean. How are you?
Hi Nazmin, so pleased you enjoyed the video and found Wales to be so beautiful. It's ironic as I've visited several places in the Caribbean, mostly mainland coastal towns in Honduras and Costa Rica, but Cuba too, and to me, the Caribbean is beautiful, so hearing that you think Wales is beautiful too is lovely. Where in the Caribbean are you from? I'm well thank you, I hope you are too.
Hi beautiful one. I am from Debe South Trinidad 11 miles away from Venezuela South America. I am from Trinidad of the twin islands nation Trinidad and Tobago. I hope someday to visit lovely Wales and meet some of its beautiful people and maybe meet a nice Welch Man to be my friend and companion. I have no family. All dead just two grown up children living their own lives. I have a niece living in Wales and at one of Wales's University . My only sister is from London England with her family. I loves sight seeing and adventures sailing scuba diving discovering virginal beaches and hunting for wild plants fishing and cooking . I have a bob tail black and white patched dog and some plants as companions and a large amount of stray cats tresspassing in my property. I do not like cats but I just tolerate these uninvited ones on my property. You are a beautiful. Are you on whats appt? I wish we could be friends.I would love to hear of your exciting travel adventures.Have a great day. Best Wishes.
Great video. Well done.
Thank you very much! 🙏
Very Beautiful Your Country & your vloge.
Hi Farook, thank you, I couldn't get over the beauty of Anglesey either, and so pleased you feel the vlog is to the same standard
Anglssey is amazing 🙂
It really is isn't it?
Although a year too late for an answer I will anyway haha. The "chosen few" with access to the locked area are locals to Newborough. If you live in the village you get a key (you have to confirm in the post office) and their are also a few houses within the forest with keys!
Hi Bethan, thank you for commenting on this. I'd learnt a while back from other comments that locals in Newborough get them (which I love because locals do need protection from tourists in situations like that) but had no idea there were houses within the forest - that's such a gorgeous place to live!!!
Your cinematography is superb. Do you use drones? Another great adventure Caroline! ❤️🇺🇲🏴
Thank you so much 💓I did use my little Mavic Mini for a few of the shots on that day, yes. So pleased you enjoyed the adventure 🙏
So neat! I think we'd pick the brick works if we could only go to one!
Ooooh, one vote for the brickworks. After Llanddwyn's lighthouse the brickworks were my next favourite!
@@WhenAdventureKnox that looked so neat too!
Thank you for another lovely video. How long was the walk from the car park to the lighthouse please? Is there any risk of getting stuck on the island if the tide comes in or is access not a problem. Thank you.
Thanks for a most interesting video! Could you pls give an indication of how long it takes to walk to Llanddwyn Island from the car park?
Hi Darrel, thank you for your kind words. I'd say 45 minutes if you're not stopping a lot, but personally I'd allow longer as it's a stunning route out there. If aiming for sunset, have flashlights for the return or be prepared to leave a little earlier like we did. :)
@@WhenAdventureKnox hi - thanks for prompt reply! I’m planning to visit in May / this will help with planning!😀
I used to live here and the private car park keys were given to the locals :) I think you could pay monthly also to have one
Hi Elin, thanks for commenting. I think it's such a good idea. I adore travelling and really appreciate that I have the freedom to go exploring, but recognise that tourism shouldn't come at a price for the locals, so initiatives like this are fab!
I packed so much into this day trip. Would love to know if you could only pick one of these locations to visit,which would you go for?
The light house from Newborough forest! How many miles would you say the walk from carpark to lighthouse/church was please?
Heya. I'd estimate it was about 2 miles each way. Maybe would take about 30-40 minutes to walk if we weren't always stopping to film and take a million and one photos. Hope this is helpful for you.
Is there any way to get to the island or beach by train or bus? I checked on Google maps but there wasn't anything showing.
Hello! Thinking of going there this week, what car park do you recommend to get closer to the light house. Thank you
Hi Grace. Since my visit I've learnt that the car park close to the lighthouse is only accessible for those who live in the local village - and they have a key for the gate to get through. I'm afraid you'll need to park in the main car park. Follow the narrow road to the bottom of the slight hill and you'll reach it. You can't miss it, it's huge, has toilet blocks, lots of information boards etc.
@@WhenAdventureKnox thank you so much for all the great info found in your vlogs! Heading to Snowdonia tomorrow thank you!!!! 🙌
@@dHerbertsAdventure You're most welcome - enjoy!!
How are you doing mrs Caroline thank you for sharing your trips with us encourage us to read learn As always iam gathering main information about places you visited briefly to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well here it’s there are 50 welsh islands largest welsh island Anglesey island it’s largest island in England and Wales with an area 260 square miles holy island adjoining just west of Anglesey best islands to visit in north wales Anglesey yns llanddwn yns it’s named after st puffin island ynys. Seiriol seagull islands bardsey island shell island st Anglesey is island off north west coast of wales forms principals isle of Anglesey historic county included holy island across narrow cymyran strait also some islets and skerries its largest in British isles largest in Irish Sea second most populous after Isle of Man
Hi Khatoon, I am very well thank you, I hope you are too. I didn't know Anglesey was the largest island in England and Wales until I visited it, but it makes sense as it's pretty big. Scotland however have some huge islands so not a surprise Scotland isn't included.
I was hoping that you would have gone to the light house but perhaps videography is not permitted. Have good days! 2.24.24
Holy moly that is a long word! We found this video of a news reporter saying it: th-cam.com/video/fHxO0UdpoxM/w-d-xo.html. We couldn’t attempt that either! What a beautiful area though!
I LOVE that we have in essence just done the same thing. When we were planning this day (the night before) I too TH-cam'd the pronunciation. Contemplated spending the next hour trying to learn it so I could pull it off in the video the following day, then quickly decided against it (besides, I think this channel's 'thing' is quickly becoming 'Caroline can't pronounce words properly' 🤣) I also found this video: th-cam.com/video/b9DcTKtSES8/w-d-xo.html where a New Zealand weather reporter aces the NZ long place name and the producers try and get her to say the Welsh one! 🤣 Bless her. There's a tiny part of me that's hoping you guys are watching and commenting on these videos because a trip to Wales might be on the cards soon? *looks hopeful*
Quick tip , don't play music when you are talking , otherwise great vlog 👍
Hi Duncan, so pleased you enjoyed the vlog. This is a bit of an oldie and a few people have passed comments since posting this regarding the music and I've tried to have it significantly more quiet in the background when talking and the comments about it seem to have stopped since doing that. It's super helpful though to get comments like this, especially when it's obvious they're supportive and coming from a kind place.
Eres británica? De qué parte? Inglaterra 🏴, Escocia 🏴, País de Gales 🏴, Irlanda del Norte 🇯🇪? En Escocia, País de Gales hay fuertes deseos de Independencia, Irlanda del Norte algunos piensan reunificarse con Irlanda 🇮🇪. En País de Gales 🏴 hay muchas ovejas, hay leyenda de druidas, elfos. Hay un pueblo de muchas letras llamado Llanfair..................... no recuerdo. Saludos desde Perú 🇵🇪
Hole Pepe. Sí, de hecho soy británico. Soy de Inglaterra. Nací y me crié en el noreste, cerca de la frontera escocesa, pero ahora vivo en Londres. Tienes razón en que hay algunas personas en otras áreas que quieren su independencia, especialmente en Escocia, ¡y su referéndum de hace unos años estuvo muy cerca! Me encantan las ovejas que tenemos en el Reino Unido, ¡y Gales tiene muchas! Me encanta que hayas encontrado este pequeño y viejo canal desde Perú. ¡Es un país en mi lista de deseos seguro!
@@WhenAdventureKnox Acá el ceviche es un plato muy exquisito para la mayoría de extranjeros. En Inglaterra 🏴 me llama la atención las piedras de Stonehenge.
Probé el ceviche por primera vez hace un par de veranos y estaba delicioso, ¡aunque apuesto a que es mucho mejor en Perú!
@@WhenAdventureKnox Si; acá lo preparamos de diversas formas, con variedad de pescados y su toque picante 🌶️ más exquisito es. Una comida inglesa que recordé haber probado son los fish and chips y bien ricos 👍🏻. En Escocia el haggis que son como carne rellena en bolas si no me equivoco, el té galés se toma acá en Sudamérica en la ciudad de Chubut sobretodo ya que es una colonia galesa en el país de los soberbios (Argentina). Soy amante de la geografía, vexilología, mapas, capitales,culturas de otros países en general. 👍🏻
Like someone has already said Porth Wen is private property and should be edited out of the film and worked stopped there when the clay deposits were exhausted , the are on Mynydd Parys was mined out from the surface and the many miles of tunnels are still there , on Ynys Llanddwyn its a lighthouse and the most important part of the island is missing the church also the flying of a drone in the area is banned as its a highly sensitive nesting area and a National Nature reserve , you wont get access to the residents car park as its for locals only
Hi Philip. As soon as I learnt about Porth Wen being private property, I pinned the original posters comment to the top so others are aware. I try to abide by rules as best as I can and I honestly didn't see any signs or fences restricting access - had I done, I wouldn't have gone any further. It's the same with my drone flying. I have a special app that lets me know where I can and can't fly the drone. I'm aware of places which have restrictions at certain times of year for wildlife. For example when I was at Mealt Falls in Scotland, due to nesting birds, I wasn't allowed to fly it until August 1st, but I was there on something like July 27th. I still didn't fly it despite being days out. I I didn't see any signs banning drones and my app didn't prevent flight either. It may be that the rules have come into place since I was there, or maybe it was the time of year I visited?
Cringed at your pronunciation of the Welsh place names. 😵💫 However you got Porth Wen correct 👏
Oh dear, I worry that the thing this channel may become known for is my butchering of the pronunciation of any place names. I'll take the Porth Wen as a win. I bet when you got to the end at Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and I said I wasn't going to attempt to pronounce it, you were probably sat there thinking 'thank goodness for that!' 🤦♀️🤣