This week, I’ve been exploring the footpaths of Holy Island, Anglesey. An east to west traverse, can easily be done in a day, but my students and I took two, so that we could stop and look at some of the many points of interest along the way. Starting with the splendid ‘Parliament House Cave’ and it’s sun bathing seals (zoom in!).

It’s been an overcast ‘low-light’ kind of week, so not great for photographs, but we did get a bit of a view from the lofty 220m summit of Holyhead Mountain.

Away from the well known and well trodden coastal footpaths, we had some adventures inland on the path less travelled (by humans at any rate).

Two big horses almost ended the expedition by refusing to let us into their field! We had to gradually coax them out of the way so we could get the gates open. Eventually the farmer came and tempted them away with a fresh bale of straw!

It would be fair to say that some of the paths were a little ‘damp under foot’.

Which did cause a few issues at times. And plenty of hilarity.

After a night in a bunkhouse, I was up early enough to enjoyed the burning red sun set. The colours washed out in the photos, but it was a really good one to watch.

Of course, the red sky in the morning, meant that a few hours later, the rain had arrived as we hiked around The Range, stopping here and there at the little beaches to play games.

Our pick up point was at South Stack and the mist came in quickly as we approached.

Guided by the sound of the fog horn and the lighthouse, we make it to the allotted place at the allotted time. Damp, muddy, but feeling accomplished.