Today we ventured into the Lleyn Peninsula, for walks numbered 24 and 25 in David Berry's 2007 guide book.
It was a lovely sunny day. We started from the car park above Nant Gwrtheyrn and strolled down the steep road, with good views across to the quarries that ceased operations in the 1930s.
There's a residential Welsh Language Centre at the foot of the hill, with a good café. The students must all have been studying!
After enjoying coffee and cake, we went down to the stony beach and worked our way around to a quarry the other side of the bay. The views back to the Centre were excellent.
A steepish climb out of the quarry led to a nice lunch spot, then a white post pointing along the Wales Coast Path.
The well engineered coast path took us all the way to St Bruno's Church in Pistyll. The church is dedicated to the Celtic saint who founded a church here in the 6thC.
The floor inside was laid with straw, and illumination was by candle light.
From there we headed along a marshy path all the way back to the car. At a farm by Ciliau-uchaf we found a freshly dead fox. Poisoned?
This ancient iron ladder stile provided some amusement.
Here's the 10km route. It took us 3-4 hours and proved an excellent way to combine the two routes in David Berry's guide book.
Oh yes, en route we encountered numerous feral goats, and in the air choughs and buzzards dominated at times, with lots of wrens in the hedgerows and a cormorant on the beach.
This was a fine day for a return to the peninsula.
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