Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Crimson Shore: The Gold Detectives by Gillian E. Hamer

Genre: Crime/Mystery/Thriller/Detective Description: A half-naked woman dead in a ditch. A disappearing pathologist. A teenager is run off the road. For a peaceful island, Anglesey is experiencing abnormal levels of crime. What's the connection? DS Dara Brennan has women problems. His boss, Amanda Gold, is embroiled in office politics and his wife thinks he's a disappointment.… Continue reading Crimson Shore: The Gold Detectives by Gillian E. Hamer

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Raising Awareness for Mental Health

The Magic of Stories is pleased to tell you about a story that will touch your heart and one man's struggle to help himself and others. On 1st of February 2016, Wayne Dixon and his dog Koda set off from the Lancashire coast to walk the whole coast of Britain. That's some feat as he… Continue reading Raising Awareness for Mental Health

Nature

Life on an Island

On Mondays, we, that being hubby and me, try to get out and explore our new island home. This Monday we went out to lunch at Red Wharf Bay, and I'd seen The Ship Inn advertised on Social Media, so we thought we would visit. It's a historical pub going back to the 18th century. We… Continue reading Life on an Island

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When Things Go Wrong

Some things are just too humiliating, but after the supportive reaction I had on Facebook with my family and friends, I thought I would be brave and share this here as well. In our new house one of the best things is our lovely shower cubicle. So I got up in the morning, did my ablutions and… Continue reading When Things Go Wrong

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Lost & Found

I have four drawers in my dressing table. When the removal men carried it up the path to the bungalow, a drawer opened the the contents spilled out. The contents of which, I had neglected to empty. This included, amongst other things a box of cotton buds. It was a bit embarrassing, but they were nice… Continue reading Lost & Found

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The Day of the Move

For the weeks preceding the day of the move all I wanted to do was go to bed because it couldn't come quick enough. When April 1st finally arrived, I felt I had stopped rushing forward and instead it was rushing towards me. We'd moved out of our house the day before, which was the… Continue reading The Day of the Move

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Before The Move

by Karen J Mossman It's two weeks before our move from Manchester to Anglesey, and we went on a visit to the island to look around. It felt surreal standing outside our new home trying to imagine what it would be like to live there. We'd lived in our current home for twenty-eight years. I'd… Continue reading Before The Move

Places, Uncategorized

Lynnon Mill, Anglesey

In 2001, my parents bought a caravan here on Anglesey and from then until 2016, when we moved to the island, this was our holiday home. Each year we visited several times, discovering new places to explore. On the way from the A55 and through Llanfwrog, we often saw a sign for Lynnon Mill and… Continue reading Lynnon Mill, Anglesey