I have a lovely friend who is an avid walker and traveller, it was on one of her amazing posts that someone mentioned Marilyn's. These are hills of any height, with a prominence or drop of 150 metres (500 feet) or more on all sides, you can find them all over the UK including Wales. There are 1556 in total over the UK, and 159 in Wales. I downloaded an app- Y Marilyns, to allow me to see where they are and 'bag' them as I go, the app also has these in Cymraeg should that be preferable.
The first one 'bagged' was on Anglesey and is one of the smaller Marilyn's, we headed off one Saturday morning for an adventure. Worked out how to add photos, so here you go! Mynydd Bodafon is the name of the collection of small peaks in this area, Yr Arwydd- which is the highest peak- has a prominence of 177 metres. We found the car park, headed up a short, steep hill and were at the top before we knew it. Short and sweet! The views were spectacular, 360 degree views of the island and out to sea, just beautiful even on an overcast day. The walk back down had a few muddy spots, I was in trainers at this point (I now have walking boots and walking trainers, promise!) so did slide a few times!
We then set off to explore more of Anglesey. We went to Eglwys Llanbadrig (St Patrick's Church), a beautiful church looking out over the sea, enjoyed a walk around the coast, before pottering off the Copper Kingdom Trail. This is a great walking trail around the old Copper quarries, it's a self directed walk and you can download a leaflet to help you explore on your phone. Beautiful colours and a fascinating! Next on the list was a walk to Lynas Lighthouse, lovely cliffs and the lighthouse is amazing, you can walk right around the front- picture included! We didn't get to see any seals, but apparently you can from there.
Last on the list was a triple whammy, starting with Lligwy Chapel, a 12th Century Church with a Chapel of ease for the widespread community of Penrhos Lligwy. In the 16th Century it was added to and a burial chamber was added underneath- you can walk right in! This little church is in the middle of a field, lots of sheep when we went, so Flora waited in the car, she was pretty tired by this point. In the same field, you follow the edge around and find Din Lligwy. This is an ancient village site, definitely linked to the Romans, but with probable links to the iron age. There are a few walls remaining, outlining a couple of round houses and rectangular buildings, thought to have been used for livestock- would highly recommend a visit. To get there you walk through a really pretty woodland. Just a little further along the lane from where we parked, is Lligwy burial chamber, a neolithic chamber consisting of a circle of upright stones, made into a low chamber with a large stone on top- compared to other neolithic chambers, this one is very basic, a literal row of stones and a stone lid, worth a nosy but not much to it.
After this super busy day, including my Marilyn being bagged, we went home exhausted and happy, with a Macdonald's on the way!
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