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.