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Better late than never.. our coasteering exploits for Mike’s stag do – a full day’s adventure in the Welsh sea around Anglesey.

The day kicked off with a 150ft hanging abseil over the biggest sea cave in Wales, where Glyn slipped and ended hanging upside down over the edge, a very scary moment! We landed on the beach below where a Sea Lion had stolen John’s shorts (we all had shorts on outside our wetsuits to help with wear and tear), and after our first jump and short swim to the boat we were whisked off in the boat for lunch at South Stack Lighthouse.

We visited the most inaccessible stretches of coastline to be found anywhere in Wales, with towering sea cliffs, sea caves and sea stacks some of the obstacles that we needed to negotiate on our route, our view was some of the best sea cliff climbs to be found in the British Isles. The sea was described as ‘lumpy’ by our hosts, having 5-10ft swells which made for an interesting time. (more…)