1 August 2015, The Stacks, Anglesey
A selection of photographs from our trip from Porth Dafarch to North Stack and back. Spring tide, ebbing, SW force 4 wind.
South Stack Lighthouse on Ynys Lawd.
http://www.canoekayak.co.uk/userfiles/file/08Stacks.pdf
For a route description click on the above link (taken from Jim Krawiecki & Andy Biggs book – Welsh Sea Kayaking Fifty Great Sea Kayak Voyages.
Penrhyn Mawr at high water.
Tidal rapids at the mouth of Abraham’s Bosom.
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Tidal rapids at the mouth of Abraham’s Bosom.
Fantastic channels to explore.
Climbers at Castell Elen.
Cave/arch just beyond Ynys Lawd/South Stack.
Paul exiting the arch.
Recently collapsed rock covering a channel in Gogarth Bay.
Gogarth Bay.
Wen Zawn – famous for the Dream of White Horses (graded HVS 5b) rock climb.
North Stack and Parliament Cave.
Green waves at North Stack.
Yippee!!
Rough water on leaving North Stack.
Welcome to South Stack tiderace.
Even better surfing waves.
Yippee!!
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Time to leave the race.
Porpoise spotting off Abraham’s Bosom.
Returning home through Penrhyn Mawr shoreline at low tide.
Paddling today were: Paul, Ed and Geth.
Underwater Penrhyn Mawr and Rhoscolyn Head
Image Provided by SBS RIB Charter
Anglesey is also a very good location for scuba diving. Not surprisingly, there is a vast number of wrecks to explore, especially at popular sea kayaking venues. The Penrhyn Mawr area has claimed a number of wrecks including: the 450 ton World War 2 steamer “Kyle Firth” en route from Trefor, Llŷn Peninsula to Liverpool (carrying a cargo of stone chippings) and the “Editor”, a steel-steam ship wrecked on the Penrhyn Mawr “Fangs”. Our first dive was on the “Kyle Firth”.
Aubrey Diggle’s new interceptor rib.
Spider crab near Penrhyn Mawr.
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Lobster.
All other Images provided by Dennis Adams.
For more information on Anglesey Diving contact our friends at Anglesey Divers and/or Aubrey Diggle for RIB charter. Anglesey Divers specialise in teaching all levels of the PADI diving scheme to in addition to providing general support/guiding for more experienced divers.
17 July 2015, Brynsiencyn to Cable Bay via Abermenai Point, Llanddwyn Island and the Kimya Wreck
Travelling west along the Menai Straits.
Abermenai with Fort Belan beyond the narrow strait.
Starlings at Abermenai.
Llanddwyn and the pilot cottages. http://www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/llanddwyn/
Crossing Malltraeth Bay.
Seals of Malltraeth Bay.
The wreck of the Kimya. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/memoery-lane-ten-lives-lost-2705073