HOLYHEAD MOUNTAIN LOOP WALK VIA SOUTH AND NORTH STACKS DAY 5

Thursday 10th June  8 MILE HIKE IN FOG!

Not the most exciting day to walk. A foggy day with tons of wind! We drove to Holyhead and set off on a trail that seemed fine but sadly did not go according to map. After a few wrong turns and a couple of asks we got across the heather, fog bound inland area and arrived at South Stack Lighthouse. We walked down the 395 steps to the locked door before the bridge over to the island. What we should have seen was this:

This is our first view

it got bit better

and here is the ghost lighthouse if you look closely

Things didn't get much better as we went on to North Stack coastguard station

 

                        STILL IN THE FOG, A GHOSTLY LUNCH PHOTO

 

                     A GLIMPSE OF THE COASTLINE JSUT BEFORE THE END

HERE I AM, I DID COME ON THIS HIKE!

OUR REWARD AT THE END OF A LULU OF A DAY!

RHOSCOLYN CIRCULAR CLIFF WALK DAY 4

 A windswept sea fret kind of a day as we drove to Rhoscolyn below Holyhead for a 7 mile Wales cliff walk, along the coast then headed inland for short a while to return to the coast back to the car park.

The weather has certainly changed but hopefully it is only for a couple of days, but we missed the rain!

                    RHOSCOLYN BEACH AND ROY

LOVING THESE OPTIMISTIC SHEEP WAITING FOR THE TIDE TO GO OUT TO ESCAPE

                                WINDSWEPT ANNE

                                                        PORTH Y SAINT

THE RED ROCK CAUSED BY THE SUPERHEATING FROM BYGONE DAYS

                                                    WHITE ARCH

                                                        KESTREL

                                    BWA DU

                                                                                                                                                ORCHIDS

                                    SILVER BEACH AND ROY

CEMAES COAST WALK DAY 3

 Tuesday 8th June 2021

A cooler day but sun managed to arrive late afternoon. Drove to Cemaes just along the coast and did a 6 mile circular hike. Lots of ups and downs and steep steps but a great path they've made around Wales!

Ended our walk with a lovely afternoon tea with home made scone and clotted cream!

                CEMAES BAY

 

 PORTH LLANLLEIANA. A 19TH CENTURY CHINA CLAY WORKS

                LLANBADRIG CHURCH

        STONECHAT

                    HAIRY CATERPILLAR

        ALMOST BACK TO CEMAES

TEA AND SCONE!

ANGLESEY COAST WALK TO PORTH EILIAN DAY 2

 We left Chester and drove to Anglesey to spend 4 nights at Mount View Caravan site near Amlwch in the north.

Arrived after lunch and had a lovely walk to Porth Eilian along the coast. Views of Point Lynas lighthouse, lots of pretty flowers and some porpoise we think playing in the sea.

            MENAI SUSPENSION BRIDGE

                            POINT LYNAS LIGHTHOUSE

            PERHAPS PORPOISE

                OYSTER CATCHER

                    PORTH EILIAN

WONDERFUL WALES ON OUR JOLLIES DAY ONE

 

6^TH June 2021

Away on our jollies for a couple of weeks, weather permitting, to Wales, spent first evening at a farm campsite near Chester and drove in for a wander round this lovely town.

We walked most of the city walls, which I didn’t think were as impressive as ours in York but the city has the lovely River Dee and the Shropshire Union canal running through it. We thoroughly enjoyed our wander around in the glorious sunshine.

                                                RIVER DEE IN CHESTER

                                            OLD DEE BRIDGE THE LAST BASTION BEFORE WALES

                                        CHESTER CASTLE

                                                THE CITY WALLS

                                        THE WALLS AND SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL

                                                    CHESTER CATHEDRAL

                                                    THE FAMOUS CLOCK

                                                                        THE ROWS

                                                        FOOD AND DRINK TIME