Point Lynas...

We do take requests and this one is from Hugh. Fond memories of Anglesey has brought him in contact with this blogger and has expressed a particular interest in Point Lynas. Located on the east side of the island this area holds many special memories for him. ( view his comments on previous blog...) I'll leave it to David Phillips to describe this wonderful location.

"On your visit to Point Lynas you will see a white building built in 1835 by Trustees of Liverpool Docks. A north facing tower houses the all important lamp room. The rest of the building is made up of the telegraph and signal stations. Interestingly, the original pilot station at Point Lynas was built in 1781. There was a white Pilot House and a flagpole used for relaying day signals. While two reflecting lamps marked the point after dark, one facing north west, the other east.
This original station is long gone and it position was roughly a 100 yards (91 m) south of the present building. While in operation, this station played a key role in delivering pilots onto the ships bound for Liverpool. As such, moorings were laid for these boats on the Point Lynas headland, while others went ashore on Port Eilian beach. Records suggest that a Mr Robert Beavor (born 1749) from Aberffraw, south Anglesey, was the first lighthouse keeper. It seems he made his money trading commodities and seizing fighting ships in the West Indies. Echoes of "Pirates of the Carribean" here, I'd say! Following these "adventures" he retired to his native Anglesey due to ill health. In 1797 he was put in charge of Point Lynas. Robert Beavor died in 1814, and was buried in nearby Llaneilian churchyard."
David Phillips

New Year Starts Here...

After a round trip of over a thousand miles to visit family and friends for Christmas it was with some relief to arrive back on the island, but only to be confronted with some of the worst weather we’d seen in a long time. No golf, no kayaking, but when the winds died down a little and there was a break in the clouds on went the walking boots and the waterproofs and out we went onto the cliff tops of Holy Island overlooking the wild and raging Irish sea. The walk from Porth Dafarch along the cliff path all the way to South Stack is a good couple of hours, but a great way to stretch those tired and lazy limbs and to get all the fresh air you could hope to breath.
I think next Christmas we’ll be sending out the invites for everyone to come to us.