Day 6 – Trecastell to Foel
Another windy but sunny day saw us start the walk near the Anglesey Motor Racing Circuit near Trecastell – our first sight as we got to the sea was the “church in the sea”, where there is apparently a wedding taking place on Saturday, when the tide is low!
We walked to Aberffraw, following the coast – easy paths with dramatic waves crashing on the rocks nearby. From Aberffraw estuary, it turned sandy underfoot, and we then turned inland, through Hermon and on to Malltraeth where we stopped for lunch at the pub. Lovely food but needs work on the hospitality!
From Malltraeth, we headed across the estuary towards Newborough Forest – the wind was now blowing hard from the side and it made progress slow going (the lunch time chardonnay didn’t work today), until a burst of “Show Me The Way to Amarillo” lifted our spirits a little. Numpty lagged behind and rolled in something stinky, so she was given a wide berth until we reached the sea for a wash. We passed the time discussing who we would invite to a dinner party – live or dead – and in no particular order, we decided on Robbie Williams, Nigella Lawson, John Sargeant, Mo Mowlem, Stephen Fry, Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Chairman Mao, Ranulph Fiennes, Ewan MacGregor, one of the Kennedy’s (not Nigel!), Princess Di, Alan Carr, Alan Davies and Victoria Wood – the latter sparked a great rendition of ‘Let’s Do It!’ by H – lyrics such as ‘Bend me over backwards on the hostess trolley!’, ‘Come and melt the buttons on my flameproof nightie!’ and ‘Spank me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly!’ had Lins and Roz in stitches!
After the trees, we climbed over the dunes to Traeth Penrhyn and walked towards Llanddwyn Island and Beach. We kicked our shoes off and the sand between our toes felt wonderful. We admired the kite surfers (both those on the sea, and especially those getting changed in the car park). Following a short pit stop at Newborough, we made our way on inland to Tal-y-Foel, on the south coast of Anglesey. We got to the stepping stones across the Afon Braint, where we were looking forward to a good photo opportunity as Lins fell in, but to no avail – we all successfully negotiated them, even Numpty the dog. Crossing the next few fields was the hardest going of all – having stayed dry all day (!!!), our feet got wet crossing some soggy fields and we were seriously flagging for the last couple of miles - so were especially grateful to see the day’s finish point at Tal-Y-Foel pier.
So 97 miles down, and only 10 to go! An update for Julie – yes, we finished all the wine, and have had to send out for more – luckily Stu’s delivery service has been very reliable! So, the end is in sight, and we have decided to celebrate the beginning of the last stage tomorrow with a glass of Buck’s Fizz at the start, and have plans to meet up with various family and friends at Menai Bridge around 4pm on Saturday. We hear from a number of sources that we appeared in the Daily Post today – on page 4 (as close as Rozza will ever get to page 3!).
Another windy but sunny day saw us start the walk near the Anglesey Motor Racing Circuit near Trecastell – our first sight as we got to the sea was the “church in the sea”, where there is apparently a wedding taking place on Saturday, when the tide is low!
We walked to Aberffraw, following the coast – easy paths with dramatic waves crashing on the rocks nearby. From Aberffraw estuary, it turned sandy underfoot, and we then turned inland, through Hermon and on to Malltraeth where we stopped for lunch at the pub. Lovely food but needs work on the hospitality!
From Malltraeth, we headed across the estuary towards Newborough Forest – the wind was now blowing hard from the side and it made progress slow going (the lunch time chardonnay didn’t work today), until a burst of “Show Me The Way to Amarillo” lifted our spirits a little. Numpty lagged behind and rolled in something stinky, so she was given a wide berth until we reached the sea for a wash. We passed the time discussing who we would invite to a dinner party – live or dead – and in no particular order, we decided on Robbie Williams, Nigella Lawson, John Sargeant, Mo Mowlem, Stephen Fry, Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Chairman Mao, Ranulph Fiennes, Ewan MacGregor, one of the Kennedy’s (not Nigel!), Princess Di, Alan Carr, Alan Davies and Victoria Wood – the latter sparked a great rendition of ‘Let’s Do It!’ by H – lyrics such as ‘Bend me over backwards on the hostess trolley!’, ‘Come and melt the buttons on my flameproof nightie!’ and ‘Spank me on the bottom with a Woman’s Weekly!’ had Lins and Roz in stitches!
After the trees, we climbed over the dunes to Traeth Penrhyn and walked towards Llanddwyn Island and Beach. We kicked our shoes off and the sand between our toes felt wonderful. We admired the kite surfers (both those on the sea, and especially those getting changed in the car park). Following a short pit stop at Newborough, we made our way on inland to Tal-y-Foel, on the south coast of Anglesey. We got to the stepping stones across the Afon Braint, where we were looking forward to a good photo opportunity as Lins fell in, but to no avail – we all successfully negotiated them, even Numpty the dog. Crossing the next few fields was the hardest going of all – having stayed dry all day (!!!), our feet got wet crossing some soggy fields and we were seriously flagging for the last couple of miles - so were especially grateful to see the day’s finish point at Tal-Y-Foel pier.
So 97 miles down, and only 10 to go! An update for Julie – yes, we finished all the wine, and have had to send out for more – luckily Stu’s delivery service has been very reliable! So, the end is in sight, and we have decided to celebrate the beginning of the last stage tomorrow with a glass of Buck’s Fizz at the start, and have plans to meet up with various family and friends at Menai Bridge around 4pm on Saturday. We hear from a number of sources that we appeared in the Daily Post today – on page 4 (as close as Rozza will ever get to page 3!).
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