Friday 7 March 2003

WALKABOUTSVERSE 165 OF 230

Poem 165 of 230:  HOLYHEAD AND SURROUNDS - SUMMER 2001

The vivid heaths backed by Snowdon,
    The water-filled “Giant’s Divots,”
And the keeps of kept construction.

The fast flows under Menai Bridge,
    The flat farmland of Anglesey,
And then Holyhead’s once-mined ridge.

Off the train, all Holyhead’s homes -
    Although varied in their structure -
Seemed matched to the ridge in their tones.

After the fortified church-grounds
    (Including Old Harbour vistas),
The museum ended my rounds.

(C) David Franks 2003

"Giant's Divots" of North Wales; 27/8/2018

Near Bangor, towards Snowdonia; 29/8/22

Conwy Castle, North Wales; 30/8/2022

Menai Strait's flows, w. of Britannia Bridge,
from train to Anglesey/Holyhead; 29/8/22

Flat farmland of Anglesey, with Snowdon
and heaths in the background; 29/8/2022

Holyhead Mountain from train; 30/8/22 

Houses near Holyhead Mountain ridge -
taken just beside Beach Road; 30.8.2022

St. Cybi's Church, Holyhead; 29&30/8/22

Holyhead Maritime Museum; 29&30/8/22