Time to move on but not
a great distance! We thanked David for his hospitality, bought a
dozen of his bantam eggs and wished him the best for the season.
After restocking at
Tesco outside Llandudno Junction, we took the A55 all the way to
Anglesey. After crossing the Menai Strait we took the more minor
A4080 past Plas Newydd (National Trust, closed on Thursdays and
Fridays) to get to Bryncelli Ddu. A good car park allowed us to park
Henrietta out of the way whilst we walked through the fields on a
good path to the impressive chambered tomb. Although it has been
largely reconstructed with a mound much smaller than the original,
neolithic passage grave. It is positioned in the middle of what was a
stone circle site before the stones were removed and the chambered
tomb built in its place. It is conjectured that there was a change in
the local religion and this change to the ritual site. Evidence was
found of a ox burial in a three-sided shelter in front of the
entrance to the chamber.
We moved on to our next
campsite, Tyddyn Albert, a Caravan Club Certified Location just
outside Brynsiencyn. As we drove on to the site we thought that we
might disturb the local bowling club – it was flat, the grass short
and beautifully mown and it was deserted. The pitches are huge and it
still leaves enough space in the middle for a game of rugby!
We could hear a peacock
nearby and then we saw a group of guinea fowl wandering onto the
camping field. The lack of wind and bright sunshine meant that
sitting outside was very pleasant and it was gone 6 pm before we
moved inside. Later we heard a strange and very loud noise outside
and discovered that a number of the guinea fowl were calling from the
high branches of the large tree behind the van. At dusk two peacocks
flew into the tree, evicting the guinea fowl, and they started
calling. Fortunately the peacocks went quiet before we went to bed
but they were still in the tree. We are hoping that they don't
welcome the dawn!
Photos: Bryncelli Ddu;
The chamber of Bryncelli Ddu with its unusual stone pillar; Relaxing
at Tyddyn Albert.
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