Walk distance 16km
Height 495m
5 hours
Cycle to Aberporth from Gwybert
Total coastal distance walked 16km
Running coastal total distance 96.75km
Running coastal total height 2719m
I cycled to Aberporth from car park by the cliff hotel at Gwybert. Cycling was a shock to the system and it was further than I thought, although I did make a few wrong turns. However it was a pretty ride along narrow quiet lanes. Once in Aberporth I had a coffee at the same café from the day before and commenced the walk.
Every walk seems to start with a steep incline. Initially a really steep walk up past the huge fenced and ugly M.O.D Quinetic centre
Here I saw my first wild snopdrop just coming into flower and golden saxifrage by a stream in bud
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The walking was once again spectacular and en route saw impressive rock formations including an arch close to the end point. Much of the cliff top seemed better managed with more grassland and less scrub.
On the previous days I noticed that the wide upper cliff tops were smothered in bracken, bramble or blackthorn. On this open grassland choughs were evident basking in the warm sunshine and also feeding.
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| Choughs |
The warm weather had encouraged the first celandine, daisy and dandelion to flower. Just as I approached Foel y Mynt, the conical cliff side hill, the weather changed. Wind increased and cloud and mist rolled in. Too late to stop for a relaxing picnic I pressed on admiring the views of Mynt beech and Cardigan island.
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| Cardigan Island |
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| Foel y Mynt |
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