Friday, 20 May 2022

Exploring :: North Wales #2 … Trefor & Nant Gwrthyrn

Hi there everyone 😃

It was Saturday, the first full day of our week’s break with mum on the Llyn Peninsular. The weather forecast was great and we spent the day exploring a short stretch of the coast not too far from where we were staying.

We started off at the beach at Trefor, somewhere we’d never been to before. Although the skies were blue and there was plenty of sunshine it was windier than it looked and the car door was near whipped out of Martin’s hand as he opened it … good job we weren’t parked too close to the car next to us.

It was a beautiful spot … nothing there other than the natural beauty of the coast … 



… and a small pier …

Did I say it was deceptively windy?


From Trefor we decided to head to Nant Gwrthyrn … one of our favourite spots in the area. We particularly love the drive down, though it was sad to see so many of the old majestic trees on the way down had succumbed to the latest storms.

There is plenty of parking at the bottom … thank goodness … as it’s not somewhere we would ever be able to walk to. It really is worth a visit … the views are spectacular …
We started off with a walk round the old chapel, where you can find out more about the people who used to live and work in the old quarry, along with a bit of local legend …

At some point we will get to walk down to the beach but that was not for today …

After lunch sat outside of the café taking in the view we had a bit of a closer look at the old quarrymen’s cottages …


… before heading back to The Crossing where we whiled away an hour or so watching the birds feeding. We could have watched for hours … and in fact we did over the course of the week. We saw all sorts … woodpeckers, jays, nuthatches, robins, chaffinches, blue and great tits to name a few …

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2 comments:

  1. Such stunning scenery! Think I'm enjoying your holiday as much as you did. Thanks for sharing, take care & hugs.

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    1. It was really beautiful ... we really fell in love with the area. Glad you are enjoying reading. Take care x

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