Still no paddling
Fort Belan guards the entrance to the Menia Straights just South of Caernarfon, it was constructed in the late 1800's to thwart any invasion by the French, fortunately they never got this far North
Standing right on the waters edge, it looked as if it were possible to throw a stone over to the Angelsey side! The standing waves out side on the South flowing tide were amazing just here.
When we arrived the weather was stormy, and extremely wet!
FRUIT-SHOE???The pebble beach Just South East of the Fort was littered with plastic rubbish, most of which seemed to be fruit shoot bottles.
Some of the guys from Sheffield canoe club braved the weather on Saturday afternoon, and managed to complete a Fort B to Bangor trip! They went with the flow of course, but even so, a very challenging trip up the straights.
On Saturday night we had fireworks, some of which were fired from the canons!
On Sunday after packing up, we headed up to Puffin Island which is situated off the Northwest of the Straights. As I was not paddling (on my physio's advice) I ended up having a cream tea, how civilised!
Puffin Island looked very inviting, will definately return here when the back is better.With regard to my back....We (phsyio and myself)decided, that whilst it does seem strong enough to go paddling, it might not be a good idea to test that theory in the sea! I will be going on a canal trip very soon to try things out.
Watch this space.
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