Sunset New Years Eve

Reconnecting Electricity after Storm

Having spent the evening of Boxing Day and following morning with no electricity after the last storm - 14 hrs in total we were reconnected at 10.30am on the 27 Dec. The winds on the Llyn Peninsular were recorded at 109mph.
Then more repair work to day with an hour off at 11.50am and another half hour at 3.30. Hopefully we will be OK during the store coming through tonight.

Stormy Weather - Clouds in the Evening

Storm Weather - Porth y Pistyll

Stormy Weather - Cestyll Gardens

Storm force winds bring down trees at Cestyll Gardens.

Calm Christmas Day

A calm and sunny Christmas Day. Having just been through two Atlantic storms a third is on its way for 27-28Dec.

The access roadway to Porth yr Ogof is starting to be eroded away and be washed away by rain and underground water running from inland. The demolition material is being uncovered which they buried beneath the trackway used by the machines to pull down the old lifeboat station.

Storm Passes over Cemlyn

Storm force 9 winds blow over Cemlyn. Shelter on the beach from the stone ridge. Waves and sprat hitting the Skerries, but too windy to stand up to the wind and take a photo. All the stones thrown up onto the car park from the last storm now tipped back on the beach from the car park!

Cracks appearing at Port yr Ogof

The access track created to demolish the old lifeboat station is beginning to crumble already. A combination of being washed away from the high tide level, seeping ground water and an unstable angle of rest created by the piling up of loose clay. The construction material of the old lifeboat station was buried under the piled up soil and will soon be uncovered by natural erosion.

Planning Application for Ground Investigations

Planning application 20C265B to Anglesey County Council - Ynys Mon for year long ground investigations by Horizon.

Access Restricted - Works Ahead

Local road to Cemlyn from Tregele closed for road resurfacing restricting access and at the same time tree felling begins at the Wylfa Nature Trail.
The pine trees are old but none actually came down during the recent storm surge.

Road to Cemlyn from Tregele.

Access to Wylfa Nature Trail

Effect of Storm Surge

The recent storms around the coast coinciding with high tides have not created much actual damage, though there has been erosion of coastal areas with sand and the edges of the grass fringes and dunes have been eroded. But also a lot of stones and sand have been thrown up the beaches and onto the coastal edges. Also a lot of seaweed has been pushed ashore and up the beaches.

Seaweed pushed up to Cestell Gardens.

Time to Replace Potassium Iodate Tablets

The last issue of Potassium Iodate tablets to local people has reached the expiry date, so new tablets are being issued. To be exchanged at the Wylfa Information Centre - currently re-decorated as Santa's Grotto.

Government Guarantees

BBC Reports governement guarantees Wylfa.

Looking West Towards Wylfa from

From OS trig point looking west towards Wylfa and then around the compass points, with ships at sea and local horses watching.

Early Morning over The Skerries

Early morning over The Skerries

Another Seal Trapped in Power Station Pipes

The BBC reported another seal trapped at the Wylfa Power Station.

This seems to happen on a regular basis.
11 Oct 2012
12 Jan 2012
16 June 2010

Concrete Blocks at Wylfa Head

Remnants for securing blocks to secure pylons or masts at Wylfa Head.
They can be seen on Google Maps.

Stormy Sea at Wylfa Jetty

Another stormy day with gale force winds from north.

Northerly gale beating against Wylfa pier.

Stormy Sea

Stormy sea with snow on the way. Already there on Snowdon.

Sunset

Great sunset, with snow to fall on the hills tomorrow.

Hinkley Point Economics Questioned

The Guardian has questioned the economics of how the deal has been struck with EDF at Hinkley Point.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/30/hinkley-point-nuclear-power-plant-uk-government-edf-underwrite

Proposed New Power Station named - Wylfa Newydd

The proposed new power station was given an official name this week. They obviously don't like it being called Wylfa 'B'. Possibly because it will have nothing to to with the first Wylfa station. Different design, different owners and constructors.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-24955867

The BBC report states 'it is hoped that the new station will boost the Island's economy'. Not a great endorsement there then!

Also the proposal is now for two reactors, not three as was originally suggested.
The formal consultation will begin in 2014.

I'm not sure that the reactors have an operating license to be used in the UK yet?

At least the photo used by BBC news was up to date. It showed the recent drilling site with the old Wylfa site in the back ground. The rig is no longer there, but a white Land Rover is. Lets hope the guys building the new site are better at that than driving across wet fields - this Land Rover has been stuck in the mud for two days now.

Consultation Update Rhiannon Wind Farm

Post card notification received from Centrica Energy and Dong Energy regarding a statutory consultation for the proposed Rhiannon Wind Farm (Stage 2 Consultation).
They are planning to start this consultation in early 2014 for submission of relevant consent applications later in 2014. The PC advises that they will notify the local community prior to the beginning of their Stage 2 consultation.

Painting of Porth y Pistyll

Artist Major FA Molony recorded Porth y Pistyll  in 1939

Wreck at Porth y Pistyll

The remains of a keel with stem scarf has re-emerged in a gully after movement of sand and stones in recent storms. It regularly disappears and re-appears. There is also the remains of an engine block buried in the gully.

Shock News - 'Cow Eats My Survey Peg'

Get those pegs surveyed quickly. The local cows investigate if they are good to eat!

Survey of datum point pegs for vibrations survey
at Wylfa Nuclear Power Station, Anglesey

Pegs start to go in for the vibration testing. The blog map location is for the second drill site. The pegs stretch out towards Cestyll Gardens.

Fukushima Enters Clean Up Stage

Spent fuel rods being cleaned up at Fukushima enters critical stage - The Guardian 

Wylfa Power Station from Wylfa Head

Wylfa Power Station
from Wylfa Head

A Quiet Morning with Hereford Cattle

Nearly one year old,  cows and calves

Completed First Drill Position

Tidying up the area of the first drill site.
Rig moved to second position.

A History of Nuclear Power in the UK

A history of nuclear power in the UK, an article in The Guardian.

Radiation from Fukushima

Radiactive monitoring sees rising levels in Pacific from leakage into the sea from Fukushima.

Clouds Over The Skerries

Clouds over The Skerries
looking west over Cemlyn from Wylfa, Anglesey