Caergybi/Holyhead to Trearddur (12 miles)

Yesterday, 28 May, we did this walk. Parked in Trearddur and took number 4 bus to Holyhead to restart walking.  The weather had looked a little gloomy but the forecast for Holyhead was good, and turned out to be right: once again we had a walk in blue skies.

It was going to be a long walk, but the transport logistics didn't really allow for shortening it.This also became one of the more strenuous walks, once we started rising round the side of Holyhead Mountain. The Coast Path doesn't quite reach the summit, although it would be a fairly short diversion to do that, but there were good enough views in all directions from the height that we reached. 


We started in view of the Skerries. We saw North Stack from the east side, later from the west side. We approached, then passed, South Stack. The Skerries once again were back in sight, but eventually were lost from view as we approached the end of the walk. By then, most of Eryri, and the Llyn peninsula as far as Ynys Enlli/Bardsey were ahead of us. Looking west, it was even clear enough to make out the hills of Ireland.

On our last few walks this year, the long spell of dry weather we have been having meant that gorse and heather, the dominant vegetation along much of this coast, were dry and brown, dead almost. Now we have had just a few days' rain, and it was gratifying to see so much fresh new green growth. Other points of interest on the ground were frequent small orchid, probably the Heath Spotted Orchid, and foxgloves just beginning to flower for the first time on this year's walk.
 




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