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Press release

27 July 1998

Amlwch Vikings seen in Arizona!

The events at Amlwch’s Viking Festival over the weekend have been recorded for the world to see. The Festival’s website now contains 28 pictures of Saturday’s "battle" and other attractions, to give people who weren’t there some idea of the excitement, and to whet people’s appetite for the next Viking Festival in the year 2000.

The pictures were taken with a digital camera on the day, and transferred to the website that evening. "The Web lends itself to this sort of thing – perhaps in the year 2000 we’ll have a live camera putting pictures onto the Web!", said Kevin Donnelly, of Menter Môn.

Gerallt Llewelyn Jones, Manager of Menter Môn, feels there is scope for using the Web to help build up the tourist potential of the island: "Pictures are the next best thing to being there, and if we can provide some coverage of the large number of events that go on each year on the island, perhaps that may reassure potential visitors that there will be plenty for them to do and see. Menternet is a resource that every community should consider making use of."

Menternet, Menter Môn’s community telematics project, allows all small businesses and community groups on the island to put information about themselves, their products, and their activities on the Web. If you have an event that you would like broadcast to the world via the Internet, contact Menter Môn on .

Notes for editors:

  1. Menter Môn is the Anglesey LEADER II group. Gerallt Llewelyn Jones can be contacted on .
  2. Menternet has a network of 4 centres on the island. It is co-ordinated by Kevin Donnelly, who can be contacted on .
  3. For more details about this year’s Viking Festival, and the preparations for the one in the year 2000, John Byast can be contacted on .