I have survived the first week of the school holidays! as a my good friend Hilda was asking, I live by the seaside on the beautiful island of Anglesey. Its a real tourist trap and it can be very frustrating to live here during school holidays! Bank holidays are a nightmare. We have 2 bridges coming onto the island, one is a dual carriageway which turns into one lane on the bridge, and the other is the beautiful Menai Suspension bridge which is on the old road and used mostly by locals and the odd tourist trying to get the most amazing pic of it while hanging out of his car trying to drive through a tiny gap at the same time lol


Anyway, the Brittania bridge that connects to the dual carriageway is the main route on and of the island, on bank holidays, the traffic queue is amazingly long, so if you want to pop to Tesco, then I suggest you use the smaller bridge lol
Also the tourists are not used to our narrow roads and our bends and steep hills, they don't seem to understand our roundabouts either, so many accidents occur, mostly when people are looking at the lovely views while driving! ha ha

The beach's we have are beautiful, Benllech is one of my faves, only because the kids love it, there's a shop for a cup of tea and chips and you can spend all day there playing. If you are looking for a beautiful beach, then Aberfrau is lovely, sand dunes and little coves. There are also lots of activities to do, horseriding, visiting castles, crab fishing off the local pier and lots more.

Due to the price of petrol lately, we do not seem to drive around the island and surrounding area as much as we used to, which is a great shame as there are so many beautiful walks to be taken. I will have to post about my recent walk with the children up Snowdon for the Golden Jubilee weekend, this was great, although who knew being on the top of Snowdon you would come across a different kind of traffic jam and queue's! lol
story to be continued....