3 and a half mile circular from Walks on the Lleyn Peninsula book, it took us 2hrs 50 mins at a gentle pace, taking photos then the steep hill back to the carpark, time based on the Map-My-Walk App.
The day was a lot cooler than the day before, but it was quite muggy, we packed our wet walking gear just in case the sky decided to open up. The walk started from the carpark and was signposted well, the first part of the walk is reasonably flat and across open ground, then through some fields, again with sheep. The views are amazing looking out to the north coast of the Lleyn. We started to drop down, which of course means an up somewhere along the way. We had the book with us and on the very few occasions had to check we were going the right way. We walked along a farm track and passed some farm buildings which are being renovated and they are very nice, one of them is a holiday home. The path was quite faint and very winding which was a good job as it was very steep as you looked down and there would be no way you could walk straight down safely.
As we worked our way down we could see the shingle beach below us, behind us were mountains, in effect we were walking round those mountains as the carpark was on the other side. When we got down to the beach we looked up from where we came from and if you didn’t know there was a path there you wouldn’t have known there was a path there (if that makes sense). On the beach there were the remains of some of the buildings and machinery from when they used to mine there. This makes for a good photo stop, again the beach was quiet and we had only met 2 people on the path. As we walked along the beach we could see the path up to the visitor center, this was quite a steep climb too. Here we stopped for a well-earned break and a scone, it was a bit busier here with visitors choosing to drive down to that section and then back up, missing out on the chance to take more in by walking.
We then prepared ourselves for that big walk back to the carpark. It is steep, but we took our time and of course took photos of the views. The road was busyish with cars coming up and down and if we had had some roller skates I think we would have grabbed on to a passing car going up. The road zig zagged all the way back to the top carpark and Evie sure was a pleasant sight to see coming around the last corner just as it flattened out again
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