Hello again! Have to get up Cardigan Bay now before 3rd May when we have the next house booked so as the forecast
looked good for yesterday, 26th and today I was hoping that my met skills were not going to
let me down….we left home 7.30am and over the Cambrians it was only 2 degrees with frost on the trees
and snow on the tops!
We arrived Llanon early and waited for the taxi
at 9.30 to take us back to New Quay – it seemed far! The Polish driver told us the
council may close the Llanarth road into New Quay where a landslip has been
waiting for fixing for 2 years – crazy councils! It was a lovely morning if a bit chilly
as we set off down to the beach, as our walk began about 10, the tide was well out and we knew it was
low tide until midday so we had a lovely walk right along the beach.
It was amazing how
folded the cliffs were along here...
a waterfall was tumbling down and here and
there the rock changed to a soft one which showed erosion signs. The sea was
gently rolling in as we headed across the beach,
with views back to New Quay...
We walked across to Llanina point and although we could have
continued along the smaller Cei Bach – small quay, we didn’t know how far we
would have been able to walk and how we would have got back to the path so we
followed the waymarkers which took us inland. Here we saw a very pretty little
hamlet – its church now a home but ruins were here and there in the woods. We got slightly
lost around a farm where the waymarkers weren’t visible but a man kindly directed
us through the farmyard and back out on to the clifftops. It was a lovely walk
above Cei Bach listening to waves below us, looking back to New Quay and Llanina Point.
Soon we came upon a
lovely little cove where the river Drywi formed amazing terraces of rock falling
down its valley
and it fell in a waterfall to the beach below – it was really
very high…and very pretty.
Fairly shortly we had to turn inland to avoid the
private holiday village of
Gilfach– the view towards Llanon and beyond was tantalising – we couldn’t quite decide which settlements beyond we could see through the haze but decided it couldn’t be Aberystwyth.
It was really only possible to see as far as the end of the land around Harlech today – the Lleyn and the mountains were not really possible to pick out. The view back was good too - I loved the windblown trees!
We soon came across another lovely little cove at Cwm Clifforch – a bit like a more gentle Pwll y Wrach or Aber Castell. Strange land formation formed from erosion but a lovely setting nonetheless..
We had a lovely walk then as we approached Aberaeron, passing a group of people going towards New Quay who live in Aberdovey who kindly gave us donations – we’ll be there before long!
And so down to Aberaeron – the huge council building being about the first building we passed ..
and then lovely colourful housing around the harbour.
Aberaeron was very busy with boatbuilding in its past – and lime weighing. It has its own Lime Weigh house! Onwards then after a lunch stop...
across a shingly path which then turned to a grass one – all along here it was clear to see that the sea had wrought a lot of damage in the storms...here a breakwater no longer breaks the waves but instead is covered in the shingle - some boulders as big as your head! - dumped by those powersul, storm driven waves, incredible!
And the soft cliffs along this stretch were badly, and recently, eroded...
...as we approached Aberarth, very pretty with its river Arth - and the only dolphin we saw of the day – was here on a gate!
Out once more along the cliffs – further examples of the erosion of the cliffs - here the undercut was stunning to see, with its inherent danger...
And here and there the fence posts had been gradually - or in some cases, urgently, been moved back landwards...
Looking back, New Quay now seemed quite far away - and those wind blown hedges made great shapes!
As we were approaching Llanon, there was one amazingly high cliff, seemed out of place amongst so much soft rock.
Soon we were headed on lower ground into Llanon and now we could make out the nearer hills more clearly. It was an easy final walk into Llanon alongside the sea and sometimes on the shingle bank which again had encroached such a long way into the fields.
And why so many plastic bottles washed out of the sea?
The sea also showed us its gentle side, here with patterns almost like lace as it rolled in to the shore....
.....and then again its stormy side, here taking over a field – of turnip here – ready salted now!
What storms we had! What strength! The coast route sort of ran out here – think it goes onto the beach but the tide was coming in now so we headed up to the road into the village back to the car. A lovely walk on what did turn out to be a lovely bright day.
It snowed on us going home over the Cambrians so hope the weather reporting goes well for the next few walks…..Saw the first fisherman on Cei Bach since we saw some at Amroth – whose road was pretty much destroyed after the storms by the way.
Another 12 miles further!
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