Anglesey

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THE ENVIRONMENT

Anglesey

The Isle of Anglesey is located on the North-west coast of Wales. It is one of the most beautiful regions of Great Britain, and has a long and important history. This month the Anglesey Walking Festival offers visitors the chance to discover the island, its legends and industrial past. The festival runs from May 28^th to June 12^th.

SURPRISES

The Walking Festival includes over 40 different walks. The Lligwy walk visits three historic eras: first a Neolithic burial chamber, then a Roman fort, and finally a 12^th century church on an isolated hill.

Another walk explores Parys Cooper Mountain with its amazing and colourful open mines. There are many surprises: the 13^th century Beaurmaris Castle, for example: King Edward I built this castle after he conquered Wales.

LEGENDS

Festival guides recount the island’s many legends. There was Madam When, a highway woman who terrorised the island’s rich merchants. There’s the Lane of Spirits. Where a ghostly Roman legion marches. And there’s Baumaris town clock: a prisoner in the town gaol cursed the clock before the execution. It hasn’t functioned since his death. The festival isn’t only for history lovers. There are also romantic speed-dating walks for single people. Then there is the new sport of Geocaching: a high-technology treasure hunt. Competitors use GPS navigators to find hidden treasures.

THE BRIDGE

Anglesey doesn’t appear to be an island. It is, however, separated from the Welsh mainland by the narrow Menai Strait. There are two bridges across the strait, the Menai Bridge and the Britannia Bridge, with its famous lion statues. On the mainland side, there are the magnificent Snowdonia Mountains; on the other, the flat lands of the island Anglesey was originally called ‘Mother of Wales’ (Mam Cymru) because of these fertile fields. It is now a recognised European area of beauty.

THE DRUIDS AND THE ROMANS no audio available

The history of the island is strangely similar to the recent Hollywood film Avatar. In the first century the Roman Empire conquered Britain. Anglesey was the last Celtic region. The Roman historian Tacitus recorded the Battle of the Menai Strait.

A line of Celtic warriors, men and women, stood across the water. Their leaders, the Druids, shouted terrifying spells.

Many roman soldiers were paralysed with fear. The Romans lost many men. After a terrible battle, the Roman army was victorious. They killed the Druids and destroyed their sacred oak trees.