Bangor to Beaumaris (6 miles)

It's been a while - busy doing other things over Easter, then not such good weather - but we resumed today. A shorter walk, dictated by the transport logistics of the next stage as much as of this one.

Now that we are in Anglesey, we should be following Volume 2 of the Official Guide - but that hasn't been published yet. It is to be written by Carl Rogers, and instead we are relying on his earlier guide to the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path. We did that path some years ago, in shorter walks and much less systematically than now, and our edition of the guide is dated 2005. There will have been some changes since then, and indeed what started off as just the Anglesey path has been extended since we 'completed' it. As this walk goes, we will be comparing against our previous experience.

So we set off from home in Bangor, crossed the bridge, retracing steps familiar to us both. We stopped for coffee at +39, then picked up some filled rolls for lunch at Menai Deli.  

This leg of the walk is not directly on the coast, because much of the shore here is just not walkable, so we were mainly following roads just a little inland. The consolation, as we walked through Llandegfan, is the views of Eryri - Snowdonia as well as of the sea. Towards the end of the village, there's a group of benches opposite a break in the trees below, affording a view across to Bangor Pier and Port Penrhyn opposite. This was where we decided to stop and enjoy the view along with our picnic lunch bought earlier. Just here there is a steep road down to Glyn Garth and the Gazelle Hotel. In 2011, then walking in the reverse direction, we had come up that hill after walking from Beaumaris along the stony shore at low tide. It was, just about, feasible as an alternative, but we really hadn't enjoyed it, and this time we were resolved to continue on the Coast Path proper, even if it wasn't on the coast.  Near Llyn Pen-y-Parc, the path briefly leaves the road, but Rogers advised that, if muddy,  it could be circumvented by staying on the road. It did look muddy, and that's what we did. Before long, we were descending Allt Goch Fach to arrive in Beaumaris, just in time to catch a bus back.