Looking north eastward towards the Victoria Dock Car Park.
Victoria Dock, Caernarfon.
Victoria Dock, Caernarfon.
The folly, now serving a communications tower.
Roadside information about the next part of our walk.
The view looking back towards Caernarfon.
Turnstones foraging along the tide line.
One of many Turnstones seen today.One boat heading for Caernarfon and one boat leaving.
Mynydd Mawr in mist.
A Little egret on the edge of the pond.
A Grey heron on the edge of the pond.
St. Baglan's Church in the trees.
Inside St. Baglan's Church
The Lord's Prayer displayed Inside St. Baglan's Church
Inside St. Baglan's Church
The view towards Mynydd Mawr from our lunch spot
St. Baglan's Church from our lunch pot.
A different view of St. Baglan's Church.
St. Gwyndaf's Church, Dinas, Llanwnda.
The well restored Castell Caernarfon at Dinas Station.
Large bindweed near the Welsh Highland Railway Track.
The WHR Caernarfon to Portmadog Train passing through.
The WHR Caernarfon to Portmadog Train passing through.
Another view of Caernarfon Castle.
The end of our path.
The original Shire Hall, Caernarfon.
The Aber Bridge opens.
One boat passes through the Aber Bridge, heading out to sea.
Walk stats: 10.2 miles. Climb: 525’.Time: 5 hours 11 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall Walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Temperature: 17.2 Celsius to 22.2 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: Mainly 0 - 1. Calm to light air
Group: Martyn and Ed.
The forecast for today was pretty good, with no rain, little wind and a temperature of about 22 Celsius throughout. The one downside was the forecast suggested the feel like temperature would be higher than the ambient temperature. This is a good indication that it is likely to feel rather humid. They were right, so we tried to mitigate the humidity by taking the road next to the to sea. Alas very little wind was coming off the sea.
Distant views were very misty. In fact, Mynydd Mawr never cleared all day.
Lunch was taken in the grounds of St. Baglan’s Church, where we used a bench that gave us views towards Mynydd Mawr.
After lunch, we opted to return to the road, rather than cut the corner by continuing on the footpath from the church.
It was on the only off-road path we took, that we encountered a very boggy section, justifying the wearing of good leather walking boots that kept our feet dry.
We joined the Welsh Highland Railway Path at Dinas, which we followed back to Caernarfon.
We were lucky enough to see the Welsh Highland Railway train pass us on the way to Portmadog.
Another bonus was seeing the bridge at Caernarfon Castle, swing open and allow a boat out.
Birds seen or heard today were but included: Woodpigeon, House sparrow, Common buzzard, Black billed magpie Carrion crow, Raven, Common blackbird, Herring gull, Great cormorant, Oystercatcher, Black headed gull, Little egret, Grey heron, Jackdaw, Mute swan and Turnstone.
We arrived back at the car, having had an interesting 10-mile walk, but glad to remove our boots and let our feet cool down.
All that was needed now, was a cool refreshing drink, but that will have to wait until we get home!
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