It was another beautiful sunny day
as we wandered around the harbour at New Quay before making our way up a very
steep path to the top of the cliffs. From here we had great views out to sea
including watching a pod of dolphins that were frolicking out in the water.
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| New Quay Harbour |
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| New Quay |
The path levelled out above some
of the county’s most magnificent cliffs before we descended down to a footbridge
at Cwm Soden where we ate lunch. The
beach here is believed to have been used by smugglers in the eighteenth century
to bring ashore salt, which was otherwise subject to heavy taxes.
Our path then skirted the cliff
edge before reaching the impressive Castell
Bach, an iron age settlement and hill fort whose earthbank defences are
still clearly evident.
Over the next headland, we dropped
down to the beach at Cwmtydu before
climbing uphill again to emerge on the bracken-covered hillside high above
Cwmtydu. The path we followed from here
was cut into the perilously steep slopes before descending towards the inlets
beyond Trwyn Crou.
From here the path climbed up
again onto the peninsula at Ynys Lochtyn before descending the pleasant beach
at Llangrannog. Here we stopped for a delicious lunch at The Beach Hut Café and
celebrated completing half of our journey around Wales.
The remainder of the day was spent
walking up and down the steep cliffs until we finally reached our destination
at Aberporth. Having completed the 22km with a height gain of 780m and in the
hot unrelenting sun, we were absolutely shattered.
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| Looking across Penbryn to Tresaith |
Having left our accommodation this
morning we made our way to St Dogmael’s where we had kindly been offered a
place to stay with Mark and Karen. We went out for pizza at a lovely open air
restaurant complete with tipi tent.
Tomorrow we are travelling to the
Netherlands to visit my family for 10 days. As such, our journey along the
Wales Coast Path (and our blog) will take a bit of hiatus until we return back
to Wales.
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