This was the seventh cache of the day whilst out on our continuing mission to do all the Anglesey caches before the end of 2009. We were getting a bit tired and grumpy by now as we hadn't managed to find anywhere selling sandwiches for lunch and for once we hadn't brought our own. We parked in the main car park, bought a 20p trail guide and headed off towards the mine. We'd noted that most people say this place looks better when the rocks are wet after the rain, but even though it was a beautifully sunny day, the colours were still quite impressive right from the start of the trail. I thought the most unsual were the purple colours and I also marvelled at how some vegetation has managed to colonise the spoil heaps.
On reaching the main viewpoint the enormity of this hole in the ground became apparent. Some will see it as an eyesore and evidence of how man has plundered and changed the natural environment, but it does have a wierd beauty all of its own, especially when combined with pools of water in some places. You can easily see why this place has been chosen to film Dr. Who episodes here, it's quite an alien looking environment for most of us.
We stood at the main viewing point and I took pictures whilst Sarah did the estimations required for logging this cache. We'd have continued to do the full round trip if we weren't so tired and hungry - there was also another cache to do nearby. A great place for an earthcache, we'll be back sometime to do the full trail, perhaps after it has been raining.
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