We woke well rested after our best sleep of the past week, and were the first guests down for breakfast at the Trecastell Hotel. Breakfast was enjoyed, whilst watching a lobster fisherman tending his pots immediately opposite the hotel. Once again we said goodbye to our German friends (they are now a day ahead of us in their walking, so it is unlikely that our paths will cross again) and prepared for the day ahead.
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| Our Room Is Above The Front Door |
The overnight rain had ended by the time Gillian picked us up at 9:45 am to transport us back to where we left off yesterday, but traffic was slow on the narrow roads, with two lots of construction, and having to navigate past a nide of young pheasants.
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| Anglesey Traffic Jam |
Today’s walk back to Bull Bay is only 13.5 km but has a lot of elevation gain, with several steep climbs followed by long descents. The area is rife with pheasants, probably all trying to find a place to hide before hunting season begins on the 14th. We had very little road walking today, with a lot of cliff-top paths, and although we had no rain, the wind was very blustery.
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| Always One More Hill |
Enroute, we passed the Point Lynas Lighthouse, just after Freshwater Bay. The lighthouse is apparently for sale, and looked appealing with a tall lookout and great views, but I don’t think that we could deal with the wind.
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| Point Lynas Lighthouse & Freshwater Bay |
Beyond Point Lynas we continued along the cliff-tops, to Port Amlwch, where we stopped for a cuppa and a snack at the Sail Loft. Along this section we met a man carrying fishing equipment and so we struck up a conversation with “how’s the fishing?” He told us that the fishing is no good because a Dutch trawler came right into the bay a few weeks ago and scooped up all the fish and all the lobster pots, and that is why the UK has to get out of the EU, so that they can prevent this sort of thing happening. He told us that it will take 5 years for the fishing to come back in that bay. We commiserated with him about the nasty Dutch and the nasty EU, but perhaps the Dutch saw it as a last opportunity to fish around the UK, and dare I suggest that the UK fishermen might just be doing the same thing around the EU coast. Anyway, we avoided the politics and moved on, with the fisherman feeling better, I’m sure, for having vented his frustration.
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| Point Lynas Lighthouse from the North |
We took a short detour into the town of Amlwch and picked up some nuts at the local co-op store, to replenish our supply, as we have a few days ahead of us with no food places along the way (the wilds of the Welsh coast), and don’t want to be caught short of sustenance.
From Amlwch it was a fairly easy walk back to Bull Bay and the Trecastell Hotel, with enough time for a hot shower before dinner. Whilst waiting for dinner we saw a pod of dolphins swim across the bay in front of us. A perfect end to a strenuous day.
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