We set off from the cottage following the first section of the “Mariners’ Trail” which connects Nefyn with Abersoch. We walked through fields and quiet lanes.
In one place, alongside a stream, it was very muddy.
We saw a Sparrowhawk. We stopped to watch and listen to a Sedge Warbler singing.
We joined the coast path at Bryn Gwydd.
We walked around the edge of the golf course out to the lookout station at Trwyn Porth Dinllaen. J put some coins in the collection box at the lookout station and the sound alerted the volunteer lookout upstairs, who then invited us up. We climbed up the steep ladder to the lookout room, where there was a chart and some electronic navigation equipment. The volunteer, in her seventies, told us about how the lookouts were organised and the activities with the lifeboat that morning. She seemed to enjoy having some company.
We went down a narrow path and followed it around the headland past the modern lifeboat station, the path clinging to the side of the cliff not much above sea level.
Then we arrived at Porth Dinllaen and the Ty Coch Inn.
The only way to access the pub is on foot (Porthdinllaen vehicles are for residents only), and it’s a 20-minute walk from the golf club car park. A nice pub, good lunch and beer.
After lunch we walked across the beach and then rejoined the cliff path for a bit, then down onto the beach again.
