Words: Geth & Kirsty Roberts Photos: Geth & Kirsty Roberts
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YNYS MÔN
( ANGLESEY)
A premier hub for sea kayaking
While enjoying the winter sun in Mallorca, I’ ve been reflecting on what makes our home, Ynys Môn( Anglesey), truly exceptional as an adventure hub. Like Mallorca, Anglesey boasts a stunning coastline, rugged mountains nearby, and convenient global access. While Mallorca is renowned for its world-class cycling and vibrant cycling scene, Anglesey shines as a superb centre for sea kayaking.
Words: Geth & Kirsty Roberts Photos: Geth & Kirsty Roberts
ANGLESEY’ S UNIQUE SEA KAYAKING ENVIRONMENT
Anglesey is blessed with many features that make it supremely attractive as a sea kayaking destination. It has at least 75 miles( 120 km) of coastline— far more if you explore the intricate bays— and offers sheltered aspects from wind and swell, most notably the magnificent and secluded Menai Straits. Within this relatively short coastline lies an impressive diversity of tidal habitats: rocky shores, towering cliffs, islands, reefs, caves, sandy beaches with dunes, shingle, estuaries, saltmarshes, and mudflats.
This diversity supports incredible biodiversity, and new species have been drawn to Anglesey with the recovery of fish stocks. Notable examples include a growing Gannet colony on Ynys Badrig( Middle Mouse) and Risso’ s Dolphins, which nurture their calves along the coast in the autumn.
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