We left Caernarvon’s
old walled town via the swing footbridge across the mouth of the Afon Seiont
and then followed quiet shoreline roads for approximately 7 km. The mudflats of
the Menai Strait gave way to those of Foryd
Bay, a nature reserve that is home to various waders and wildfowl.
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| View of Caernarvon city walls and castle |
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| Shoreline along Foryd Bay with Llyn Peninsula in background |
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| Countryside along Foryd Bay |
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| Afon Carrog |
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| Mute swans on Foryd Bay |
After some time, we
reached the Caernarvon Airport and Aviation Museum which had been in our view
most of the morning from across the bay. Given that convenience stops had been
few and far between this morning, we decided to visit the Aviation Museum. The
museum was full of all things associated with the military use of the airport between
the years 1941-1955 and was thoroughly interesting. It would have been easy to
spend more time there however we needed to reach our end point in time to catch
the bus back to Caernarvon.
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| Exhibit at Caernarvon Aviation Museum |
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| Caernarvon Aviation Museum |
We continued along the
road until we reached a footpath along the bay which took us to Dinas Dinlle which consists of a small seaside
village and a large hill (actually a glacial drumlin) with an Iron Age
hillfort. The fort itself consisted of numerous depressions where huts once
stood, and a rough mound thought to be a Bronze Age burial cairn.
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| View inland from Dinas Dinlle |
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| View south from Dinas Dinlle |
From here we lost
the path markers and ended up walking along the beach which became
progressively stonier and harder to walk along. After some time, we realised we
had come the wrong way but were loath to turn back and retrace our steps. We eventually
managed to make our way back to the road and the path. We walked along this busy section of
road until it started to rain as we approached the town of Aberdesach. We were due to walk another 1-2 km however as a bus was due shortly and it was raining, we decided to catch it back to Caernarvon
where we stayed overnight.
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| A nest with three eggs that we found while walking along the beach |
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