Best Two Days of Summer -Isle of Anglesey, Wales

[@twigletz7384]

You are such good parents. You are determined to add to your children's experiences, concepts and education regarding history, culture, science etc. It bodes very well for their future. If only more parents had this pro-active attitude towards their children's upbringing ❤

[@martynadams2011]

I’m 76 years old and I’m so jealous of your lovely kids. They are learning so much, explained wonderfully by their Dad and will grow to be fantastic humans. As a kid I used to holiday in Anglesey with my parents and it’s so nice to be back there in your company. Thank you. 😢

[@minimeee04]

Couldn't agree more well said.

[@V.C.S69]

I was one of a family of six children…I’m 76 and Welsh, at the age of 12 my father passed his driving test and purchased a mini bus to accommodate a family of 8 and our loyal dog, he too drove us around Wales to places of interest including England. Your children when they are older will truly appreciate these memories.

[@dionthomas2577]

Thank you for promoting Ynys Mon- Anglesey. I was born and spent 20 years here before I went off to University. I now live in England and as a family we visit my parents a couple of times a year. My wife and son love the beaches. We were there two weeks ago, and we despair at how much more the local economy could benefit by the local businesses being smarter and more ambitious. Anglesey is beautiful and a missed gem of the UK.

[@andyonions7864]

Wales has to be one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

[@ginibelle1416]

I love coming along on your travels. thankyou Mac, Blair and children ♥

[@xExtract]

I've been subscribed to your channel and enjoying your videos for a few years now. I'm born and bred London but my Mum comes from an arena near Anglesey so have visited it numerous times. It's amazing to finally see you visit an area I have spent so much time in and the way you presented it honestly, made my feel proud. Lot's of love hope you and family keep on doing as well as you have been.

[@frankintegrity7996]

One life, live it.Your family certainly live to that maxim.Your kids like mine will be thankful of all the experiences(when they are older lol). My brood still remember wondering around the UK and the the rest of the world. A few complaints and sulks and arguments during the course of our travels. But now they are adults we occasionally share pictures on WhatsApp remembering beaches,castles,meals,mountains and animals from Europe,Africa and Southeast Asia.Priceless memories. Life is good(most of the time). Good luck with the new school term sorting your brood out and the dreaded school run.

[@barrybutler6375]

I've been to Anglesey many many many times and as you guys point out it is very very very nice.

[@ffionlynes]

I love this video! being born and raised on the coastline of Ynys Môn (Anglesey) it means a lot to see you sharing our beautiful Welsh heritage and sharing kind words on your travels. You will always find a warm welcome here on the Island. Hope you and your family come back soon to explore some more hidden treasures and delve deeper into our history! Diolch o galon☺️

[@vickybowler8148]

Another wonderful video from a lovely family. So glad to see you enjoying Wales. It is such a beautiful part of the world.

[@gentleeventful]

There once was a fellow named Bland, With a knickknack obsession so grand. But his wife always said, "Put it back, dear, instead, We don’t need more junk in this land!"Yet today, she’s out waiting in line, With the kids, so the shop’s all his time! He picks up a trinket, And thinks, “Should I risk it?” No tap on his shoulder? Sublime!

[@lindylou7853]

The stone settlement on Orkney islands has a fitted kitchen … shelves and units in stone slabs …

[@lindylou7853]

Just occurred to me that that’s where the name Twining comes from …. rope making …

[@WelshWoman23]

glad you guys loved our little island.

[@twigletz7384]

The north west of Wales is truly wonderful. I've spent many happy days there. Glad to see you enjoying it too. I've always been blessed with gorgeous weather when I've been - it certainly adds to the experience though I appreciate it's rare!

[@ynys_mon6928]

Thank you for visiting my home county. So many people don’t get beyond Eryri (Snowdonia). Fourty minutes is definitely too little time to visit Beaumaris castle though! When our kids were growing up we used to return to Anglesey to visit their grandparents every year for a week or two, then they stayed extra time one with my mother and the other with my husband’s parents for a week, then they would swap. So each got undivided attention from their grandparents for at least one week each year. My younger son loved the Anglesey Sea Zoo, he wanted to visit every year. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents as a child. Precious times.

[@MacandBlair]

Thanks for the tips!

[@wendyfinney6862]

❤thank you so much for visiting our island and the wonderful vidio my father used to be custodian of Beaumaris some years ago yes I do feel so lucky to have been born and lived here all my life blessings to you and your lovely family ❤

[@seeker1432]

Been Anglsey a few times, Even worked in a remote part there many years ago, But i never knew the castle was so outstanding. Hey Mack your seeing more of Britains History than me. Im thinking i need to get out more. Ha, The KIds where funny playing the instrument while one trys to sing in a celestrial voice.

[@susanjones4910]

It’s so lovely to see my homeland from a visitors perspective and recognise everything you are enjoying.. thank you for posting this ❤ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@MacandBlair]

Our pleasure!

[@DS-uy6jw]

Seeing you subtly turn that spice container around so it was facing the right way is such a tiny thing that shows the type of person you are - you're a giver, not a taker :) Love your videos and kudos for going off the beaten track.

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

I Remember 1976 when we had Months of Summer. Then it started to drop to weeks .The Two weeks now we have just 2 Days .!! Bloody hell.

[@tombartram7384]

Metoffice reckon that the cool, gloomy summer just gone was WARMER than the 1960-1990 average. I find that really hard to believe.

[@glenmiller272]

Thank you for visiting and highlighting my beautiful homeland of Wales!, come back soon!...

[@hadenough2005]

The background music was spot on.

[@shahad_alsayed]

Its a beautiful family travel vlog..genuinely and meticulously created..thank you for the holiday video of your lovely family.

[@arhodes2866]

Thank you for posting this video. When growing up I holidayed there regularly. You have crammed in so much and shown Anglesey in such a positive way. Lovely family. Take care and enjoy

[@gracelovesme-r3j]

One of the nicest things to buy at Beaumaris artisan market is homemade Bara Brith and Welshcakes. It's a case of getting there early because they sell quite quickly. No wonder they are yummy!

[@jonesyacdc]

I'm glad you enjoyed Wales.👍 Them roads were horse and cart roads for 100s of years before motor vehicles. That's why they're so narrow.❤😂

[@sallywilliams421]

I live in Beaumaris and haven't been in the butchers 😂 mostly because I know the tourist prices vs the butchers in the next town..but first thing tomorrow I'm getting some of those burgers!! Great video..lovely footage! Shame you missed Penmon Point just 5 minutes around the coast but theres always next time. Very lucky kids getting to see the world!! ❤

[@viper7869]

Yet another great video Mac! Lovely family ❤

[@cbradio-su8kd]

Lovely video, i haven't checked in with your beautiful family for a while , wow the twins are thriving ❤, I was born and raised on Anglesey , I was so lucky, you really will have to come back , there is so much more to see , especially Llandwyn Island and South Stack

[@NathanEllisBodi]

I used to work in Halen Môn, next to the Sea Zoo. So glad you all got good weather. Its a beautiful place. Thanks for your videos.

[@TheEmpressgoth]

I always thought Wales and the language was interesting all of it Thank you guys for sharing each and everyone of you bring the beautiful and the best no matter where you go ❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@walkinthewoods981]

So beautiful.

[@jamesb1717]

Love your vids. I've been here all my life and you've seen more of Britain than I have! 😂 Great stuff.👍

[@bodizmoner2838]

I love Anglesey glad you enjoyed your visit if you ever get chance in the future you should visit Barmouth in mid Wales 👌

[@MacandBlair]

We will!

[@trixiteresa9887]

Beautiful just subscribed so looking forward to viewing all your posts. By the way I’ve booked a little holiday there before winter steps in. 🌺🌺👏🙋‍♀️

[@MacandBlair]

Please enjoy your holiday. 🙂

[@billypaisley6211]

Anglesey is wicked!

[@meronr74]

Anglesey sea salt is the best. You should definitely visit Newborough beach and Llandwyn Island if you visit again. Wales has some other most beautiful beaches in the UK.

[@brianmac7036]

Nice mate

[@MacandBlair]

Thanks 👍

[@dingleford1611]

Loved your video. Our daughter lives in Anglesey and we visit her at least once a fortnight to child mind. It is a beautiful part of the world and I hope you can get there again. There is loads more to see including Plas Cadnant gardens between Beaumaris (pronounced 'Byoomaris) and Menai Bridge, fabulous beaches all around the coast, Oriel Ynys Mon gallery in Llangefni which has a folk museum as well as art exhibitions, Plas Newydd house and grounds (hosts a junior parkrun at 9am on Sundays), a surprisingly interesting transport museum near Newborough (Newborough itself is worth a visit - interesting geological features, forest and beaches) plus plenty of other attractions. Two days just isn't long enough.

[@lindylou7853]

Those millers’ stones are a fortune to buy in recycling yards …. You’d have fun in one of those. Occasionally you may find a Roman stone coffin that was recycled into a horse trough… and you see them planted up with fewer in some villages …

[@anthonydarby3973]

Beautiful family ❤

[@MacandBlair]

You are so kind

[@anthonydarby3973]

@@MacandBlair,,you are more than welcome, I love to see genuine love, your kids will grow into great adults because of you and your lovely wife. Stay happy and healthy, take care Tony here in the UK 🇬🇧

[@Exploringinuk]

Great video Thanks

[@archiebald4717]

Beautiful family! I believe those tombs are normally called barrows.

[@DadgeCity]

Had a nice stay in Anglesey a few years ago when we were orienteering at Newborough. It is a lovely island and quieter than other parts of Wales.

[@NathanWELSHY]

I live locally to Melin Llynnon. There was nothing nicer as a kid than walking to the mill money in pocket and buying myself a loaf of freshly baked bread for £1. Hopefully, the mill will make bread once more soon.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Oh awesome . I have a video up on Anglesey, which spotlights the lives of people living there. The house at 1:54 on the island is featured in it. They talk to the owner and he gives its history "Robson Green's Coastal Lives - Episode 2 - Island of Anglesey - 2017 HD"

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Just across the bay from Anglesey is Portmeirion, which is a tiny village, very picturesque with beautiful architecture all in pastel colours. I went there when I took art in college to draw the buildings.

[@weejackrussell]

Nearly right with what you called "milling stones", they are called mill stones. Lovely video.

[@petee074496648]

for future reference when in Wales again not far from where you was is angel bay near llandudno they have a beach where lots of seals come to shore all year round , the kids would love it 😁 loved all your videos ✅

[@lindylou7853]

Those roads are low and the hedges high as they’ve been there hundreds if not a thousand years …. Sheep and cattle driving paths … and then carts taking the mud road away … so it gets deeper and the hedges to keep in the sheep in the fields above, get higher …. Devon is the same … but in spring covered by primroses and daffodils …

[@deborahevans189]

I've been to beaumaris it's so beautiful, I'm quite jealous

[@ellenoneill7853]

Lovely video, did you know, Prince William and Kate Middleton lived on the Isle of Anglesey, or Ynys Môn, from 2010 to 2013.

[@alexrafe2590]

Mac if tombs are your thing, and you ever go to Greece, go to the Peloponnese peninsula where you can visit and go into King Agamemnon’s tomb, also built into a mound of earth, where the ceiling still has smoke stains from the ritual fires that burned when he was entombed. Agamemnon of the Trojan War, the Helen whose face launched a thousand ships, all written about in the Iliad and the Odyssey. Across the road are piles of boulders, which make up the rubble from his palace that was once there.

[@Ynysmon636]

Hi Mac and family,here is a bit of modern history from a hundred yards from the car park of the Neolithic tomb.There is an old school house there where a highly regarded NASA scientist during the Apollo missions went to school there,I will leave you to have fun finding him out,glad you enjoyed Ynys Mon

[@MacandBlair]

Thanks for the info

[@gmdhargreaves]

Another banger Big Mac! Great video and what a lovely family you have, your children are so polite! I meet some feral kids on a daily basis, it all stems from upbringing ❤❤ on a side not Big Mac American didn’t gain independence in 1775/1776, that was the year of the signing of the Declaration, USA gained independence in 1783.

[@lindylou7853]

That shovel looking thing is the hopper , grain slides down into the hole ….

[@MacandBlair]

Thanks

[@lindylou7853]

Jelly fish are all over the beaches of the north west at high tide … huge ones … huge stinging jelly fish …

[@Golightly354]

I think that roundhouse could be quite cosy.

[@selwynowen6213]

I grew up on this island

[@doobiedootwo3517]

Its a long way for you…. But if you are interested in neolithic period i would highly recommend orkney - maybe too long a drive for the littles though.

[@MacandBlair]

Hopefully, we can make it that far...

[@davidmartin3947]

Love the video, but watch out for fiddle snakes? 🤣Wrong country, I think! Aussie friends are full of admiration for the way us Brits cope with our dangerous wildlife, although they disguise it well! Cows are about as dangerous as it gets....

[@SarahMould]

If you like castles with moats, check out Oxburgh Hall next time you come to Norfolk.

[@ernestknoxknox7075]

I can see your children in years to come , all at Uni studying History .

[@lindylou7853]

Whitebait …. Whole little fish ….

[@lindylou7853]

That long place name is just a tourist ploy!!! It was invented when they got trains … it means something like, the church by the hill by the reef… in you’ve translated it!!! … many of our place names are ..l ‘ the stream by the hill …. My family farm means, ‘ land of stones’, in the Irish language …

[@welshiereacts]

Your air b&b is only a few houses away from where I live

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

You, sir, are becoming an accomplished videographer. Ynys Môn is indeed much revered as the final holdout of the Druids during the Roman invasion. However, it doesn't have any fiddle snakes! The adder is the UK's only venomous snake, and Ynys Môn has recently recorded the rare Black Adder. The only criticism I have is that your videos in Wales make very scant reference to one of the oldest living languages in Europe. 60 percent of Ynys Môn residents use Welsh daily, yet you barely mention its existence. Earlier, on Yr Wyddfa or in the Eryri National Park, you kept using the English terms. Did you do that in Namibia? Keep up the great work as a dad and travelogue producer.

[@howarddavies6685]

Your magnet is a bottle opener (I think).

[@lindylou7853]

Beach …. Finding fish, crabs and sponges …. In tidal pools …

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

Never heard someone say fiddle snake lol we dont get biten by snakes herenthey mostly scurry away from people

[@lindylou7853]

No seals on the beach …. That’s Fishguard ….

[@walkinthewoods981]

Do you think you travel on a narrow boat with your family’s?

[@lindylou7853]

Been to the coast of north Wales every year growing up…and Anglesey later on …. Did you see the nuclear bunker. ? Not much to see but a hill with a lid …

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

Welcome to my home

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

Your kids are so respectful and polite well done sir such an amazing family. You have to give us more than 2 days next time, my dad works for moelfre lifeboat I could get you guys a private tour plus full access to the boat and all it's systems

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

Pili palas is a great place for the kids to spend the day

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

You were on llanddona beach which is to the right of where I live which is Pentraeth

[@boblebob]

Having some trouble with the exposure in this video?

[@pamelacartwright7640]

Mon

[@gentleeventful]

Gosh it is as old as your first Insurrection.

[@lindylou7853]

Why take your dog into a 5k year old tomb … it’s bad enough on the train …

[@tacfoley4443]

Isle of Anglesey, or just Anglesey, please. Nothing gives away your non-Britishness more than the American inversion of river, lake, island/isle

[@MacandBlair]

I don't mind my non-Britishness showing. 😄 But I updated the title. Thanks. 👍

[@boblebob]

Haha you always cut your wife off in the edit

[@MacandBlair]

We are both very introverted. I cut her comments when she starts to feel very uncomfortable. We edit the videos together...

[@lindylou7853]

Anglesey … people not that happy … kids don’t find much to do …. And there’s not many jobs …. You need money to entertain yourself …

[@PaulHipToBeSquareAllen]

Money is no use if there’s nothing to dowith it.

[@flyingfox7854]

Loads to do in Anglesey for the kids … exploring rock pools at low tide with a net and a bucket … crabing off Four Mile bridge and the old pier at Holyhead Harbour … going for long walks with the promise of an ice cream at the end … exploring ancient ruins and castles … actually enjoying playing outside instead of playing Xbox games etc … swimming in the sea and riding the waves in Trearddur Bay … going to the car boot at the Anglesey show grounds (Mona) … loads of things to do … yes some cost money but some are free …