Rocks and Landscapes of the Anglesey Coastal Footpath

Description

Rocks and Landscapes of the Anglesey Coastal Footpath is the first ever descriptive guide to the geology and landscape of the whole coastal footpath, starting from the Britannia bridge, walking clockwise around the island to the Menai Bridge .  This book written by Dr. John Conway is an excellent and easily readable narrative of what one can see while walking the coastline. It covers the detail of the geology in a way that the non-specialist can understand; it also describes other features of interest – archaeology, history, agriculture and soils for example. Lavishly illustrated in full colour with photographs by the author and sketch maps; 192 pages, published in Bilingual Welsh / English.

Review : “The geological riches of Anglesey are admired by all geologists, and the island’s coast is the best place of all to see the bulging variety of exposures. John Conway is an expert on the subject and a key member of GeoMôn, the body that promotes awareness of Anglesey’s geology and that secured European and UNESCO Geopark status for the island. In aligning his chosen geological trek with the established Anglesey Coastal Path, he has instantly provided geologists with an accessible, well-marked route, and non-geological walkers with a huge insight into the landscape they are tramping through, around and over”.