2nd September 2025. Dublin-bound
The time has finally arrived for ZZW’s first proper trip – to the Emerald Isle, north and south, Eire and Ulster – and Eire again..
We took the long (as it turned out) way to tonight’s park up in Holyhead. I well recall, many moons ago, that the A5 was the quickest/shortest/most scenic route to the north west of Wales. However, things have changed somewhat over the years, although it’s still quite ravishing when you progress past England’s sprawl into the lumpy bits, but now it’s nothing like so straightforward or direct. Google (boo) and Waze (almost as much boo) are quite insistent on making one detour via the north coast road, and I’m sure it would have been quicker, and also quite attractive, but I was having none of that, and fought both hideous apps to an ignominious defeat.
Lovely, misty Snowdonia
Anyway, we made it, and parked in our booked space between Asda and McDonalds – and quickly changed our minds as we really couldn’t see any faint possibility of any kind of peace given the constant stream of burger-monkeys.
Britannia Bridge on to Anglesey…
…and the Menai Bridge, for completeness
Logging onto Search for Sites quickly threw up a couple of potential improvements, though, so off we toddled to a far more promising – and free – spot, overlooking the ferry berths.
Stena and Irish Ferries readying for their night crossings (view from our park-up)
Dog emptied and bellies filled (in our case with butter chicken, rice, and papads) we started to feel the familiar pattern of settling into it. Here’s hoping!
We’ll see what the morning brings, but Aunty Beeb seems to be hinting that it won’t all be plain sailing, weather-wise, tomorrow…
Hmmm.
ZigZag Wanderer 