Trefor to Nefyn (9 miles)

After a long break over the winter months, we resumed with our first Coast Path walk of 2026, picking up where we left off on a splendid sunny spring day.

From Trefor to Morfa was a gentle enough walk that soon reminded us of the coast again. Here we were treated to a few splashes offshore and occasional display of fins - enough to say we had seen porpoises or dolphins, but not so much as to say which. 

As we began our ascent of Yr Eifl, a local gentlemen asked us where we were headed,  and, hearing the answer, said we had started too late: he reckoned we needed to have started before 10 because of all that lay ahead. He had walked the whole Coast Path (as well as Offa's Dyke and the West Highland Way) and claimed that Trefor to Nefyn was the hardest stretch of all. This was not the encouragement we needed.

From then on, the ascent to Bwlch yr Eifl was indeed tough going, an unremitting steep gradient. It's didn't help that this was our first long walk of the year (so still not quite fit) and the sun was beating down. The reward at the top was our view over to the west. Now I have always kept an eye out for views of Ireland, and often seen bits which seem more likely to be land rather than just dark clouds, but today was so clear that we definitely saw the Wicklow Mountains, even to the extent of being able to photograph them and see individual peaks in the image!

Walking down to Nant Gwrtheyrn, we stopped at Caffi Meinir for a break and to top up our water (we really hadn't brought enough for the weather). The next stage was uphill again, but not so bad as our first ascent. 

We managed to see a small lizard and a very small adder crossing our path this way, very exciting. 

We had a quick stop to view the interior of St Beuno's Church in Pistyll, where they maintain the old custom of strewing the floor with straw and herbs. After that, the path crosses the B4417 to move a little inland. Despite a few more ups and downs, this was worth it to get the views over the sea, and to avoid walking along the narrow road to Nefyn.



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