Hi there everyone 😀
We are back at the lodge for a couple of weeks and we thought we’d just have a gentle local wander for our first day … though it did end up actually not being that gentle at all.
Now that we’re starting to feel more enthusiastic and optimistic about tackling some more challenging walks, I’ve been trying to come up with a catchy title to bring them all together.
In the interests of full disclosure … when I say ‘more challenging’ I mean ‘more challenging’ for us. For others they may well be not that challenging at all … so please don’t expect anything too dramatic 😜
‘Walk with us’ is what I’ve come up with so far and I do quite like it so it will more than do for now.
Our first walk of the series took us along the North Wales coastal path, above Nant Gwrtheryn, heading towards Trefor, somewhere that has been recommended to us as a nice walk, but that we’ve never felt up to trying before …
There is good parking just before the start of the downhill switchbacks to the language school and we were soon booted up and ready for the off …
We were heading for Yr Eifl and the old quarry works to see what we could find … you all know how we love a quarry …
It was a well defined path … snaking away into the distance …
… with the most fabulous views of the old quarrymen’s village and out to sea …
Looking back along the coast we could see as far as the coastguard hut on the golf course at Morfa Nefyn …
It was a steady walk uphill and I soon warmed up and confined my hat and gloves to the rucksack
Finally we got to the point where we had planned to take the path to the left … towards the radio mast and some abandoned buildings …
As this looked pretty steep and we were both flagging a bit we opted for a pitstop on this very well positioned rock … where I decided I didn’t need my coat any longer either …
We opted to follow the path onwards first … to see where it would take us … as it looked far less challenging for our tired legs …
I think we ended up making a very good choice as there was plenty to see …
The views across to Trefor were fabulous and we could clearly see where we normally walked out along the pier in the distance. Many a time we’ve looked up at the zig zag route going up the hill … never imagining that we would get to see it from above …
The remains of the quarry were pretty photogenic too …
We were both very intrigued to see what we would find in this pit … we were both expecting water …
We were both wrong … and Martin couldn’t resist a closer look …
The digger was sooooo huge … it could even be seen on the satellite view on Google maps 😲
It was pretty exposed and blowy on that side of the hill and the coat was back on …
Martin was thrilled to find a rusty old railway track nail … which he just couldn’t leave behind. This was very much to my chagrin … as we’ve not long confined one from the shed at home to the bin. He said he wishes he’d kept it now 🙈
Having looped around the old quarry workings we started to make our way back …
We could see the car park in the distance and it didn’t half look a long old way …
We just took it one step at a time, stopping to take in the views …
… and saying we must come back when the heather is in bloom as it will look completely different.
Finally we were back at the car … with aching knees, windswept and weary … we were more than ready for visit to one of our favourite Caffis for some well earned refreshment …
We were both feeling quite proud of our efforts. Just need to decide where our next walk will take us now 😜
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