Moving from one room to another in the B&B, that is. We booked two rooms – one a single, the other a double, paying a small supplement for single occupancy. The only problem was that our hosts already had a booking for the single room for tonight, which meant one of us would have to switch rooms for one night. Oddly enough, the same thing happened last year, and as Geoff did the switching last time, I did it this time.

So, after four nights in a smaller room, I’m now in a huge room with a view. And even on a not particularly bright July evening, it’s rather a lovely view:

Room with a view

Today’s activity was a tour round Ynys Môn, or Anglesey if you prefer the English version. After crossing the Britannia Bridge, we paid a brief visit to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, then called in at a few coastal locations. We stopped for lunch in the vicinity of South Stack, where we also saw a nifty lighthouse:

South Stack Lighthouse

Other places were visited, and more pictures were taken, but you’ll have to wait for the detailed report, which will appear some time after I get back on a fixed connection.

Do you ever get the feeling when you see a news story that you’ve been redirected to a carefully disguised satirical website? Or that someone is having a laugh, and that the story will be pulled before you get to the end of it?

Well, here’s one. For quite some time now, people wishing to become UK Citizens have had to pass a test on various aspects of life in the UK. As Cory Doctorow, who went through this process comments on Boing Boing, the existing test is not exactly ideal, requiring candidates to memorise such essential details as the number of seats in the Welsh Assembly, the exact years of particular political changes, and so on.

But never fear! Our government, or at least Theresa May, has a plan to make it Much Better. And when I say “better”, I mean slightly odd.

Out go dangerous modern notions like “rights” and in comes the Battle of Trafalgar and Lord Byron, who was described as “mad, bad and dangerous to know”, so I can see why Ms May would feel a certain affinity.

But the bit that made me think it was a bit of escaped satire was this:

A Home Office official said: “It’s a move away from the old one – stuff on rights, practical info that has little to do with British culture – to one that is clear about responsibilities and requires people to have a grounding in our history.”

That’s right, we don’t want our new citizens knowing how things work now, we want them to know how it all was a couple of centuries ago. Much better, of course.

You might recall that I just about passed the practice test when I gave it a try last year. I wonder how many of us who were born here would pass the new version?

BBC News – Theresa May ‘planning changes to immigrant test’.