There has been a distinct improvement to the route of the Wales Coast Path in the section between Caernarfon and Clynnog Fawr. We have a number of customers who want to walk all the way around from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, some 95 miles in total, but we have always been a little apologetic about the first section of the route which has always entailed a lot of roadway. Tarmac bashing on the first day of a walking holiday can upset the feet and the old route that used the old railway track (now a cycle path) went too far inland to be considered a coastal route.
However the route has now been shifted nearer the sea after a bridge has been built over the Afon Carrog. This makes for a much better route. I walked it at the weekend and was really impressed at the landscape - more like fenland than anything else, a wonderful new experience.
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As you leave Caernarfon and the Mennai Strait behind, you walk around a tidal bay called Y Foryd |
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This is a muddy area at low tide and much favoured by wading birds |
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Eventually Y Foryd itself narrows as you go South and you reach the Afon Carrog, a source river to Y Foryd |
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The path turns North North West, a grassy stretch that is most welcome to the feet |
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This area was dry in Mid July. But come the winter I imagine that waders may be required. |
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This is the bridge over Afon Carrog |
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Afon Carrog |
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The path is raised above the fen and has some really interesting grasses. |
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Even at low tide there are pools of water |
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The views of Snowdonia are excellent. |
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The path leads to the Morfa Caravan Park where it turns sharply left towards the sea. |
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The path heads for the sea |
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The path turns to Tarmac again |
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The path passes Caernarfon Airport |
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The Caernarfon Air Museum is part of the Airport |
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The hills of Bwlch Mawr and the Yr Eifl range beckon to the West |
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Caernafon Airport is used by small aircraft only and it is possible to buy a pleasure flight at a reasonable price. |
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Once the path reaches the dyke which protects the low lying land from the sea, you have to take a steep left turn along the top of the dyke where a tarmac road runs. If it is low tide then you have a marvellous walk along the sandy beach as above. |
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A fabulous view of Bwlch Mawr, Gyrn Goch and Yr Eifl as you approach Dinas Dinlle. |
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The path eventually reaches Dinas Dinlle, a terminal moraine (in geographic terms) but later made into an Iron Age fort which was taken over as a Roman signalling station and is now being steadily eroded by the sea. There are pubs, public toilets and cafes in this settlement. A great opportunity for fish and chips. |
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