Wales Coast Path 2024

The book has the next stage as Caernarfon to Trefor, but at 17 miles that was a bit daunting, so we did this one as far as Glynllifon, convenient both for parking and the bus route. We had a quick coffee at Bonta Deli  before setting off from Caernarfon, as there were not going to be many refreshment stops along today's route.  The walk along the coast from the Aber shore to Foryd then inland was familiar to us from earlier walks. The Path then leaves the coast in order to cross Afon Gwyrfai inland at Pont Faen, before returning on a minor road to the shore again. Here we found a bird hide repurposed from a storage container with a bench, that was just the right place to stop for our lunchtime picnic. Inland once more before crossing Afon Carrog (aka Afon Dwylad) at a footbridge, then we were on the Dinas Dinlle peninsula, passing the airport (with an open cafe, but we didn't stop) on the way to the hillfort. From the beach we returned on the road with no footway to protect us...

It's been a bit of a break since we did the last walk, for various reasons. Resuming this today was along familiar paths, because this is close to home. In fact we've covered all of it before, some only in the reverse direction. It also means that we made a start on the volume 3 guide , which will take us round Llŷn.  The book starts the walk at Bangor Pier, and of course we've covered some of that, up to crossing the Menai Bridge for Anglesey, so we regarded today's walk as properly starting from the bridge where we had got back to after rounding the island.  We strayed a little off the path to see see the latest at Treborth Botanic Garden. There was tree-felling going on, but still a few changes to see. The path now passes through the National Trust's Glan Faenol land, very much along the shores of the Strait, and with three or four bird hides (or at least, walkers' rests) along the way. This is the short undeveloped stretch of the Menai Strait where the comb...