{"id":103615,"date":"2019-02-01T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-angleseyynys-mon-wales-a-world-apart\/"},"modified":"2019-02-02T00:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:03:15","slug":"lets-move-to-angleseyynys-mon-wales-a-world-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-angleseyynys-mon-wales-a-world-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Anglesey\/Ynys M\u00f4n, Wales: \u2018A world apart\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis thriving crucible for contemporary Welshness offers fantastic views, sandy coves and relative isolationWhat\u2019s going for it? Ynys M\u00f4n likes to keep its distance, as well it might. People have long come to these shores to take things. The Romans slogged all the way from the Med, sniffing out Anglesey\u2019s raw materials. Nowadays, second-homers come in search of its views, sandy coves and relative isolation. Thomas Telford\u2019s beautiful Menai suspension bridge may have long leapt over the tricky waters of the strait, and its neighbour, the Britannia Bridge, carries mainline trains chuffing off to the ferries at Holyhead; but the island still has a sense of a world apart. Its distance has kept even those savage incomers, grey squirrels, at bay. Ynys M\u00f4n has thriving colonies of red squirrels, and so many puffins it\u2019s named an island after them. The greatest survivor, though? Welsh culture. Today, about 70% of islanders speak Welsh and make sure the island is a thriving crucible of contemporary Welshness. The case against If you are going to move here, move here; don\u2019t pillage. Wylfa nuclear power plant was proposed for the north, but has just been scrapped. Following the closure of its aluminium smelting industry a decade ago, the local economy needs some good news. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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