Happy Easter! Taxi to Dublin Port - no funny cabbie this ride. Fast ferry to Holyhead – club class - beautiful private cabin with a small complimentary buffet. Named the Jonathan Swift...of course! Powered by 4 large water jets that pump 60,000 tonnes (UK version) of sea water per second so we roll along at 39 knots/hour! Gorgeous day and great views! We cover the 60 nautical miles to Holyhead in just under two hours – very relaxing way to travel! Vickie Owen (driver Philip’s wife) waiting for us as Philip had a late night. Sheep, sheep and more sheep. Nice drive along the coast of Anglesey. Looking very rugged in the distance. Travel through the town with the world’s longest name - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - really! No kidding! The Welsh call it LlanfairPG (the LL is pronounced like SH). It means "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave"...On our way to Beaumaris (1295 but never completed)– another one of Edward I’s castles. Philip meets us in Beaumaris. Quick lunch and off to Caenarfon Castle (first a Roman fort and then 1096 the first stone structure– Edward starts his castle in 1283. Caenarfon lies on the Menai Staits between Anlesey and mainland Wales. Impressive! A ride up through Llanberis toward Snowdonia. Incredible 11th century Conwy Castle from my window!! Bodysgallen is fabulous.
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