The Anglesey hills were alive (to the sounds of our footsteps....)

You know how sometimes the weather makes a place seem so much better? Well, despite the sun, Holyhead town was still a tip. A depressed tip to boot. Sad when the best part of it is the Lidl store and their chocolate twists.

However, the same cannot be said for the hills around South Stack. The captain and Andrew walked towards the visitor centre across the cliffs in glorious sunshine - the crew was sickly and so stayed on board, missing out on these lovely views:

Pity that the puffins departed a long while ago - still we had the memories of Skomer to live with.

Looking back to the port of Holyhead:

and the country park:

During our wander, we saw the lifeboat heading out rapidly. We thought that it was a "nice day exercise". Wrong, this sight greeted us as we returned to the marina:

Strange as the weather was benign, the yacht still looked capable of sailing and the crew were wandering about the deck looking fine too.

The afternoon was spent sitting on the boat deck, in the glorious sunshine feeling too hot! Yes, too hot in North Wales in mid-September. What is happening to this country??

The crew decided to read the boat test on a Nordhavn 47 - just to see if she was fit for the trip down to Milford (the test summary said "impressive, truly impressive" so we guess that means yes!):

Phil / Neil from Nordhavn Europe - if you are reading this, then we think we deserve a small reward for such great advertising on your behalf.....