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Sunday, 15 June 2025

A Walk From Henfynyw.

Whilst not that sunny it has at least been dry (mostly) today.
In the morning I had half an hour to spare and thought I might as well replace a block that had been knocked off a small wall by the bottom gate during last winter's storms. I chipped off the old mortar, mixed up some ready mix mortar and was ready to do the repair when I found to my horror that the granite block which I had carefully put to one side was no longer to be seen. The builders must have 'helpfully' cleared it away. A frantic search around the garden resulted in a broken brick which fitted helped by plenty of mortar. That's another job out of the way.
Today's walk began in  Henfynyw (hen-vun-noo), a village south of Aberaeron. I gave myself plenty of time to get there as I hadn't been that far south before plus since there is only one main road heavy traffic, slow vehicles or other incident can result in long delays. I was lucky and had a clear road the whole way so arrived very early. 
That gave me time to explore around St David's Church and extensive grave yard (photos on another day). Once I met up with my fellow walkers we did a circular walk down to the coast, back up to Henfynyw and then on to an amazing open garden at Ffynnon-Las (fun-non-las) (more photos later).
 
We navigated part of the route down to the coast by looking for the recently installed metal walkers' gates. In places the path was very overgrown with brambles and nettles, a threat to those of us in shorts.

We eventually came to a track marked by a large sign that said 'no through road' and 'not suitable for walkers'. This we ignored and surprise, surprise found ourselves at a small beach. Though to be fair the hillside beside us looked to be very unstable.
We could see that the cliff was made up of sand and stones which had in parts collapsed onto the beach. We found ourselves some rocks to sit on as far away from the crumbling cliffs as possible. While we ate our lunch an oystercatcher searched for food in the rockpools. It must have had a nest nearby because all of a sudden there was a noisy commotion as the oystercatcher and its mate saw off a jackdaw or rook. They later tried to attack two ladies who were also walking on the beach.
After lunch we back tracked until we could make our way onto the re-routed coastal path and followed the coast northwards for a while.
We made our way to a small cleft in the cliff where in wetter times a stream pours over the cliff in a dramatic waterfall. However with all the recent dry weather the stream was a mere trickle barely splashing down to the beach. It was still worth going to.
From there we returned back along the cliff and up a country lane to Henfynyw passing a brood of recently fledged house martins waiting to be fed. I was hoping to get some photos as the parent came with food but a group of heifers in the field came up to see what we were doing and frightened the birds away.
The two acre garden at Ffynnon-Las was full of stunning plants and we went round oohing and aahing over the planting. A varied and excellent afternoon's walk. I had a clear run home arriving just after 6.00 thankful that I'd done my second set of squats before I left in the morning.

1 comment:

Bovey Belle said...

What a lovely outing and glad you had a clear run through - you can never tell.