Llangefni, the island’s county town and ‘capital’, is your focus today, so you can park the car and get around on foot.

Oriel Môn is a must-visit. This leading museum and gallery covers an encyclopaedic range of themes and subjects. It’s a journey around the entire island and its history, traditions and lives lived by its inhabitants from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages, followed by the Roman era running through until post-medieval times.

But the highlight for many is the art. Oriel Môn showcases the talents of two supreme painters forever associated with the island. Sir Kyffin Williams was renowned for his vivid, dramatic canvases of oils, thickly applied with a pallet knife, depicting places and people. Adopting a completely contrasting style, Charles Tunnicliffe was a wildlife artist whose exquisitely detailed paintings were inspired by Anglesey’s birdlife.

There’s also an excellent shop brimming with craft work, jewellery, textiles, prints, ceramics and gifts, most of which are local to Anglesey or Wales.

Lunch: There are plenty of cafe's for food that’s fresh, seasonal and local. You can’t say more than that.

Interested in genealogy or historical research? Then after lunch call into Anglesey Archives, also in Llangefni (please pre-book your visit). It’s a mine of information with island records and collections, dating from the 16th century to the present day, that include census returns, parish registers, land tax records, maps, photographs, old newspapers … even the crew lists of ships registered in Beaumaris.

Llangefni’s industrial past comes to light at Lledwigan Limekilns, dating from around the 1850s and later, where lime was produced for building works and agricultural purposes. Access is difficult, but you can see one kiln while driving along the A55 Expressway – take the A5114 south from Llangefni for a mile or so, turning left on to the A55. In a short distance the limekiln will come into view alongside the road on your left. The kilns are located close to the Anglesey Coalfield, a small British coalfield that operated around Malltraeth Marsh.

Before you leave Llangefni, be sure to check out the programme at the town’s Theatr Fach. Opened in 1955, it has been staging a wide variety of productions – plays, pantomimes, comedy and concerts – ever since. It’s very much a community and volunteer effort, dedicated to entertaining the residents of Anglesey and beyond.