North Wales - Day 2

The others all arrived today, but weren't expected till much later so the four of us went out for a walk.

The weather was much nicer than yesterday, very sunny and a little breezy. We caught the bus to the next village south, Dyffryn Ardudwy. From there we walked down a lane towards the coast, then through the dunes.

The beach was huge, backed by wide dunes, and there was no livestock around so Oscar could be off-lead. He loved running up and down the dunes.

We were walking north, and a section of the beach is for naturists. It was a bit cold for them today though, it was pretty empty.

We left the beach at Shell Island. This is a bit of land separated from the mainland by a causeway, that's mainly a huge campsite. We found a nice spot with a view to have lunch.

While sitting there we saw movement on a rock just offshore. We assumed it was a seal, but after looking at it with binoculars we realised it was actually an otter!

We walked over the causeway back to the mainland.

We walked past Llanbedr railway station, then round a loop in the countryside before heading back to the cottage. The walk was a total of about 14 km.

It was still nice when we got back, so we went to the beer garden in our local pub, the Victoria Inn. It's all of about 2 minutes walk from the door!

While we were there, the others started arriving. Pete and Jenny came by car from Bristol, and Rachel by train from Romsey. Also Pauline and Stuart who were coming for dinner from their home in Shropshire and who had booked into a local hotel.

Eventually we all went back to the house where Scott and Shirley prepared dinner: a vegan pasta dish with cauliflower sauce, spinach and mushrooms with a vegan "cheesy" topping. This was followed by vegan chocolate torte. It all went down well.

We spent the evening chatting, quizzing, drinking and listening to music.