Walk: 10am to 3:15pm, 9 miles and 410ft of ascent
Well another stunning day on Anglesey, yes the weather forecast was for a nice day; but wall to wall sunshine without a cloud in the sky, err yes please. As it's a Saturday and most places would be very busy we would leave the car at the cottage and set off on a walk up the coast.
Because of Donna's fall 7 days ago and subsequent Pneumothorax we weren't sure how far she would be able to walk, but like a Trojan she 'battled the pain' (that doesn't mean a fight with me...lol) and managed a 5hr walk. When measured it was was 9 miles which took us a little by surprise as it just didn't feel that far. Granted, it wasn't like we were climbing Everest, but still.
After leaving the cottage at 10am we headed down a narrow path to meet up with the Anglesey coastal path just on the edge of the bay, then followed it past the Ship Inn where we dropped down onto the beach and continued the walk along the stunning red sands around the headland to Benllech; which was just starting to fill up with holidaymakers. Not exactly 'Blackpool style', but enough people to give it that holiday feel.
We rejoined the coastal path and headed up the edge of the cliffs before having to take a detour inland and then back to the coast as there had been a landslide on the coastal path so a section was shut off. The next mile and a half of the walk saw us go up and down, up and down, then up and down again as we followed the edge of the land. Eventually we dropped down into Traeth Brychan where we found some rocks to sit and have our sandwiches. Egg mayo on Yorkshire seeded bread...divine.
As we'd enjoyed the walk so much we decided to just head back the same way, the only difference being that we stopped off on the front in Benllech to treat ourselves to a '99' ice-cream; well deserved after our walk so far. We continued back along the beach arriving back at the cottage after 3pm. A quick shower and then a few hours relaxing before we pop down to the bay at high-tide as so far we've only seen it when you need binoculars to see the sea.
After 'part one' of our tea, we watched the European rugby final - well done Saracens, then headed down to the bay to see what it looked like around the bay when the tide was in. Well yes it was in, and yes it was much further in than earlier, but it wasn't as we'd expected, lots of the sandy bay still visible and half of the small boats still aground. That said, it was still good to see it when the sea wasn't about a mile out. At 7:45pm we headed back up the hill to the cottage for 'part two' of pizza and salad. And no, we are not watching Eurovision.
Well another stunning day on Anglesey, yes the weather forecast was for a nice day; but wall to wall sunshine without a cloud in the sky, err yes please. As it's a Saturday and most places would be very busy we would leave the car at the cottage and set off on a walk up the coast.
Because of Donna's fall 7 days ago and subsequent Pneumothorax we weren't sure how far she would be able to walk, but like a Trojan she 'battled the pain' (that doesn't mean a fight with me...lol) and managed a 5hr walk. When measured it was was 9 miles which took us a little by surprise as it just didn't feel that far. Granted, it wasn't like we were climbing Everest, but still.
After leaving the cottage at 10am we headed down a narrow path to meet up with the Anglesey coastal path just on the edge of the bay, then followed it past the Ship Inn where we dropped down onto the beach and continued the walk along the stunning red sands around the headland to Benllech; which was just starting to fill up with holidaymakers. Not exactly 'Blackpool style', but enough people to give it that holiday feel.
We rejoined the coastal path and headed up the edge of the cliffs before having to take a detour inland and then back to the coast as there had been a landslide on the coastal path so a section was shut off. The next mile and a half of the walk saw us go up and down, up and down, then up and down again as we followed the edge of the land. Eventually we dropped down into Traeth Brychan where we found some rocks to sit and have our sandwiches. Egg mayo on Yorkshire seeded bread...divine.
As we'd enjoyed the walk so much we decided to just head back the same way, the only difference being that we stopped off on the front in Benllech to treat ourselves to a '99' ice-cream; well deserved after our walk so far. We continued back along the beach arriving back at the cottage after 3pm. A quick shower and then a few hours relaxing before we pop down to the bay at high-tide as so far we've only seen it when you need binoculars to see the sea.
After 'part one' of our tea, we watched the European rugby final - well done Saracens, then headed down to the bay to see what it looked like around the bay when the tide was in. Well yes it was in, and yes it was much further in than earlier, but it wasn't as we'd expected, lots of the sandy bay still visible and half of the small boats still aground. That said, it was still good to see it when the sea wasn't about a mile out. At 7:45pm we headed back up the hill to the cottage for 'part two' of pizza and salad. And no, we are not watching Eurovision.
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