The bus driver does a double take when we get on the bus at Dinas Dille and ask for one way tickets to Saron – ” blink and you’ll miss it” he quips, I guess he doesn’t get many tourists coming here. This is the chapel and gives you an idea of what the rest of the village looks like.
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Yr Felinfeli to Saron 5.7.22
We park the car behind Victoria Dock in Caernarfon and set off circling the harbour. The path is clearly marked.
Continue readingClynnog Fawr to Dinas Dille 4.7.22
Today we are back to the good old A499 and two hours of trudging along beside it. It is times like these that I really begin to hate cars – the speed and noise of the engines is so stressful.
Continue readingClynnog Fawr to Llithfaen 3.7.22
Once more we are lucky enough to get a lift from the community minibus who take us to Clynnog Fawr where we stop to have a look around St, Beuno’s, an impressive church for such a tiny hamlet.
Continue readingLlithfaen to Morfa Nefyn 1.7.22
Our Airbnb in Penygroes is part of a community enterprise scheme called Yr Orsaf https://www.yrorsaf.cymru/en/, which among other things includes a community bus. Introduced primarily as a vital supplement to limited public transport in the area, it has no objection to walkers using it to get from one isolated spot to another. Brilliant!
Continue readingPorth Colmon to Morfa Nefyn 30.6.22
This time we drive our car to Porth Colmon, leaving it in the tiny carpark. Our direction is north with the sea on our left, but before we even take the first few steps, we come up against our first hurdle.
Continue readingPorth Colmon to Mynydd Mawr 29.6.22
We wake to a glorious day in our wonderful hotel in Aberdaron – the plan is to walk from Porth Colmon to Mynydd Mawr, where we finished back in March.
Continue readingY Felinheli to Bangor 27.6.22
Yes it’s raining as we step out of the bus from Bangor on to the bleak high street of Y Felinheli, a small town halfway between Caernarfon and Bangor. Turning right at the post office we head down to the Marina and get our first view of the Menai Straits.
Continue readingAberdaron to Mynydd y Gwyddel 12.3.22
Another windy day dawns on the Llyn Peninsula, our last day in fact, before we drive back to London. It will also be a shortish walk as there is no public transport from here on and the taxis cost a fortune.
Continue readingPlas yn Rhiw to Aberdaron 11.3.22
So here we are back at Plas yn Rhiw to walk west this time – and the house and gardens are still closed.
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