We are making it official.....our Summer is definitely over as of today. Yesterday, Monday, was the last day of a long sunny period. We have been sooo lucky with the weather. We have decided to come home on Thursday.
We picked up some shopping in Pwllheli and stopped for coffee at Llanbedrog. On the way down to the beach I was recognised by Simon, an ex-colleague from Kendal Traffic Police and his wife. It was nice to see someone from work, even if I can’t quite remember his surname.
In the days league of beaches this was number 3 from 3 but it was pretty damn good.
We moved on to the CL near Abersoch and settled in for lunch. It is probably the site with the best view of the trip, with a view towards Abersoch and a couple of islands.
We cycled into Abersoch which is a thriving holiday village with a busy sailing and power boat harbour, plus a couple of fab beaches. You know a town/village is thriving when it is a certain range of shops on its high street....they include.....Fat Face, Joules, White Stuff and Crew & Co as well a good selection of cafes and deli’s. The swish, multi-million pound, modern houses on display are also a good sign of wealth that we haven’t seen in any of the other pretty towns we have visited.
No 2 beach of the day was....
No 1 beach was.....
I don’t think these beaches can be beaten anywhere....and I mean anywhere. Especially on such a day.
I confess that we had our end of holiday celebration three days before we actually come home because we can sit out in glorious sunshine and drink our G&T’s. Maybe we should be drinking wine for the title to be correct but who cares....not us. Perhaps we should compare ourselves to Compo & Nora to complete the image!
Today was rather different. Grey and cool and breezy.....but importantly it has been dry.....well until we got back to the van anyway.
Our day was filled with walking around the coastal path from Abersoch to Hell’s Mouth. The photos show two Hells Mouths. One is mine and the other is the bay of that name. On a better day with the tide out, showing its golden sands, it could have been a beach contender. It is quite remote with very few parking places...making it a particularly quiet beach. The walk was certainly bracing but all the better for it.
One more full day to go. What a great trip.
Just as a little bit of entertainment, we have listed a number of famous Welsh people. Do you know them and can you identify what they are famous for:-
Shirley Bassey
Richard Burton
Ryan Giggs
Ruth Jones
Anthony Hopkins
Rob Brydon
Hugh Edwards
Ruth Maddock
Katherine Jenkins
Terry Jones
Gareth Edwards
JPR Williams
Michael Sheen
Griff Rhys-Jones
Gareth Bale
Rowan Williams
Colin Jackson
Sian Lloyd
Geraint Thomas
Max Boyce
Aled Jones
Alex Jones
Mary Hopkins
Cerys Matthews
I will give answers in the final blog.
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