Island Pace

Anglesey is an island of big skies, open water and wind straight off the Irish Sea, with the mountains of Snowdonia lined up across the strait. It suits people who like a bit of speed in their weekends.

These guides explain how to enjoy it well: how to spend a good day watching motorsport, what a track day really involves, and what it takes to get started on a wakeboard or under a paramotor wing.

Illustration of the Anglesey coast: a race circuit among green fields with the mountains of Snowdonia across the water, a wakeboarder behind a boat and a paramotor pilot in the sky.

The guides

Visiting a race circuit as a spectator How to plan a good day watching motorsport: choosing an event, what to bring to an exposed coastal circuit, where to stand, and how to read a race weekend. Spectating
Track days explained What a track day is, how sessions and overtaking rules work, how to prepare your car and yourself, what to know about noise limits and insurance, and how to behave on circuit. Track days
Why we love wakeboarding What wakeboarding is, the difference between boat and cable riding, how to get up on your first go, what kit you need, and how to ride safely in coastal water. Watersports
Experience the high life with paramotoring What paramotoring is, how training works, why weather matters so much, what to think about when flying near the coast, and how to try it safely. In the air