Wales Coast Path 2024

We walked again today. Resuming from Rhyl, we crossed Afon Clwyd over Pont y Ddraig, a lifting bridge. At this point, we left Denbighshire - but had we been walking here before 1974, this would be where we  would have entered Denbighshire! Just after crossing, we stopped for an elevenses coffee and cake at the Harbour Hub Cafe . This was obviously popular and busy, but as a result, service was rather slow. The walk started off along sea wall, much as we had walked from Prestatyn to Rhyl, although with static caravans not so hidden. It's more of a shingle beach, and with the tide fairly high and an easterly breeze, we had the sound of  waves crashing on the beach to our right. The need for sea defences around this low-lying land was constantly obvious as we walked, and  when we reached Towyn, there was  a very obvious stretch of hurriedly-repaired sea wall, dating to the breach of 1990. Stopping the floods, they just dumped rocks and poured concrete, giving perhaps ha...

Today's walk followed a little more prevarication. We might have done it yesterday, but the forecast was for showers, so we deferred to a day when there might have been showers, but fewer. As it turned out, that was a good choice, as we had no rain at all during our walk. Public transport took us back to Ffynnongroyw, where we were again on the Path where we had left off last time, and soon back to the shore. We got there at about high tide, so were able to enjoy the full extent of the Dee estuary, with blue water and blue sky. Views were clear, and as we approached the Point of Ayr, we began to see beyond the Wirral peninsula. What we first thought were white buildings turned out to be ships leaving Liverpool (they moved) but we could also see structures on the coast beyond. As the walk progressed, hills behind  - maybe the Pennines - became clearer. What appeared to be red and white spikes above Hoylake turned out to be the cranes of Birkenhead over on the other side. I searched ...