Personal Blogs

It was glorious this morning and so we proceeded to start the day with a toast and tea breakfast, sat in the sunny morning room. I realise that sounds rather posh, but in our caravan home there is one room that catches all the sun in the morning and warms up quite quickly at this time of year. Caravan living is extreme in the winter and it takes a fair amount of organisation to live off grid in one over the winter months in the British Isles. Anyway it was so nice we decided to go to Ynys y Fydlyn which is a small bay with an Island just off the coast after a lovely walk across the headland. From there we can see the Skerries Lighthouse, automated and unmanned now, but at one time two or three men would sail out and stay for long periods of time on the lonely barren rock with only the seals and seabirds for company. It is a most wonderful place with the remains of some historical industrial building and an inland lake. The three dogs had a long run and swim in the water which pools among the rocky shoreline as the tide recedes. It is one of those places where you can imagine pirates and smugglers unloading their booty in secret. We stayed about an hour then as the sky started to cloud over decided it was time to return home before the rain arrived. It was a lovely walk and feeling the better for it made the return home more welcoming.