We set off this
morning from Four Mile Bridge spending the first 1.5 - 2 hours walking along
the shores of an estuary. Each time I thought we were getting near the coast
there would be another kink that we had to make our way round.
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| Estuary at Four Mile Bridge |
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| Walking across paddocks on our way to the coast |
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| Estuary as we walked from Four Mile Bridge |
The mornings entertainment was provided by fighter jets flying in formation in the skies overhead. We stopped for morning tea just outside the grounds of RAF Valley so were able to watch a number of the fighter jets come in to land at close proximity.
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| Fighter jet coming in to land at RAF Valley |
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| Cottages and old farm buildings along the shore of the estuary |
We eventually made
it back to the coast however I shouldn’t have complained about the estuary as
next thing I knew we were walking along a sandy beach, but not the type of sandy
beach with hard sand but one of those sandy beaches with soft sand where you
feel like you are walking on a foot of snow and sinking into the snow with each
footfall! However, we finally made it to Rhosneiger where we stopped to eat our packed lunch on a park bench overlooking the beach.
From Rhosneiger we
made our way along a path behind sand dunes before emerging above the
shore at Porth Sur where we followed a grassy crest towards the low cliffs of
Mynydd Bach. On the crest of Mynydd Mawr was the prehistoric chambered tomb of
Barclodiad y Gawres (or Giantess’ Apron), recreated following excavation in the
1950’s.
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| Prehistoric chambered tomb of Barclodiad y Gawres (or Giantess’ Apron) |
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| Coastline along Porth Trecastell |
Further along the
path we came across the twelfth century St Cwyfan’s Church-in-the-Sea. The
church has been marooned due to erosion, which necessitated the building of a
wall around the church in the 1890’s. The path then followed along some low
cliffs with nice views before heading inland along the estuary side of the Afon
Ffraw before reaching Aberffraw where we had parked the car earlier in the day.
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| St Cwyfan’s Church-in-the-Sea which is stranded at high tide |
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| St Cwyfan’s Church-in-the-Sea at low tide |
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| Low cliffs along the coast to Porth Lleidiog |
The day finished with a beautiful sunset which we viewed from the verandah of our wee cottage.
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