Snaphappydays

By SnaphappySally

Ynys Llanddwyn

A coastal walk today of about 12 miles from Aberfraw via Maeltraeth to Newborough Forest and the island of Llanddwyn. Very hot and a bit dull in places on lanes ( not very coastal) but made up for it when we got to the forest and the beach. Here’s the church of St Dwynwen looking back to the beach

Llanddwyn Island is named after St Dwynwen, who retreated to the island in the early 5th century after an unhappy love affair. She had fallen in love with a youth named Maelon but her father, King Brychan, wanted her to marry someone else. According to legend, an angel visited her and gave her a potion that healed her loss and turned Maelon into ice.
Dwynwen was granted three wishes: firstly, that Maelon would be thawed; secondly, that true lovers would have their dreams fulfilled; finally, she would never marry. She then devoted her life to God and lived on the island until her death in AD465.

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