Wales Coast Path 2024

  The guide books suggest Pentraeth to Moelfre, then Moelfre to Amlwch Port, but this is quite unequal in mileage. We decided instead to walk to City Dulas, where again the path joins the road on a bus route, and the split a bit better. Having parked up in a lay-by there, we took the 62 bus to Pentraeth and walked down to the shore, adding a mile to the total walked. Despite salt marsh at the higher reaches of Red Wharf Bay, the path from Pentraeth manages to avoid most of it, with a hard stone section on the north side as far as Porth Llongdy Uchaf, then up behind houses.  We arrived at the Ship Inn just as it was opening at mid-day, and stopped for a sandwich. It seemed busy as soon as it was open. The path goes on towards Benllech, going to an inordinate effort to skirt St David's caravan park , then twisting and turning through former limestone quarries before joining the sea front at Benllech. Here we stopped at the Wendon cafe for an ice cream. Beyond Benllech the path ...

 It's been nearly a year since the last walk. A bad knee held up progress, and then a number of other things took up our time. But yesterday we got back to it. In the meantime, Volume 2 of the official guide has been published, and we had this by our side as we walked.   We parked at Pentraeth and took the 50 bus to our starting point at Beaumaris. There aren't many of these buses, and none at weekends, so it required a bit of planning, and limited the time available. In retrospect, stopping off at the Bulkeley Hotel  for elevenses when we got to Beaumaris wasn't such a good idea, as it left us less time for the walk itself. From Beaumaris to Penmon, the path follows the coast closely. sometimes on the beach , sometimes just above it on road or footpath. The tide was out so we could avoid the inland diversions, and between Fryars and Lleiniog this allowed us to see the spectacular erosion of boulder clay cliffs. Penmon is the classic stopping-off point for view...