May 11th 2012:Beaumaris

Another wet and windy night followed by a bright, windy and cool morning, we looked over to the mainland or rather the clouds obscuring the mountains and decided on Beaumaris. Our route took us to Red Wharf Bay, always a fun drive down the narrow 1 in four hill with hairpin bends

and as we climbed out there was a better view looking across the sands to Benllech

The winding road makes for very interesting driving in this remote part of the island, you have to keep your attention on the road, eventually it brings you down to the penmon road leading to Beaumaris, where there is a view across to the mainland

Beaumaris has the oldest house on the island

And down a side street, tucked away behind this sweet shop you can just see the entrance to our favourite cafe

It was once a chapel, here is the interior

After lunch we moved across the island, taking in the views of the bridges, heres the Menai.

And the Britannia

And further over next to the sea view, this look at Caernarvon Castle

And we ended this tour at Aberffaw

The weather picked up during the day, so after tea we visited Cemaes Bay

And the shingle beach at Cemllyn

Where you could see the Atomic power station of Wylffa across the bay.

When we got back to site we were surprised that only three or four additional caravans and motorhomes had joined the site for the weekend, it remains only about half full, possibly the recent bad weather is the cause!