Walking the Isle of Anglesey Costal Path, 130 miles circular route with five nights of wild camping. This is part one of three videos covering the hiking journey from Holyhead and passing through Church Bay, Carmel Head, Port Amtwch, Point Lynas and then wild camping near Dulas.
We have an early start so we can capture Holyhead in slumber so no crowds are at the start or in the town as we snake our way onto the headlands and beaches that are our escape from the urban conurbations. However, in Holyhead we have seen the start point of the Anglesey Coastal Path which is near the church of St Cybi which in it self is contained within the walls of a 4th century roman fort. We then cross the port of Holyhead on the Celtic Gateway Bridge that connects the port to the train station. From here we head out on to the headland before we encounter the beaches of Holyhead Bay. From this part of the headland we come across a memory to Tunnicliffe which is a wooden seat with a view. We read the sign that provides insight to the painters life.
Next we pass through the Penrhos Nature reserve and as we leave the reserve we take time out to view the memorial to David Richard Williams who was a Welsh Guardsman who died aged 20 in the Falklands.
Through the car park at the Nature reserve and we come across Stanley's Embankment which was build by Thomas Telford to link Holy Island to Anglesey and help speed the connection by road the link from London to Holyhead for mail going to London.
We then go inland up an estuary to cross the footbridge over the Afon Alaw. This eventually brings us onto the beaches of Church Bay. We continue into the land owned by the National Trust at Plas Gwynt eventually reaching Carmel Head. It is here that we view The White Ladies which is two chimneys painted white and using in mining. It is at this point we get our first glimpse of the Power station. We decide at this point we will not venture further as we do not want to camp near the power station so we decide to stop near Hen Borth where on the distant cliffs we can see the old church of Saint Rhwydrus. So we set up our wild camping tent and bed down for the night in our sleeping bag.
In the morning we pack our gear away from our wild camp and ensure 'we leave no trace' before once again starting our through hike of the Isle of Anglesey Costal Path. As enter another we bay we discover a memorial stone to the original launch slipway for the first Lifeboat on Anglesey which was launched in 1828.
Next we arrive at Ymddiviedolaeth Genedlaethol National Trust land which is a bird sanctuary that blocks our path durning the months between May and July. This adds an extra mile to our journey. From here is is not longer before we are passing the Anglesey Power Station and then Cemaes and Cemaes Bay. Out of Cemaes we find the trail on the headland passing the church of Llanbadrig which is dedicated to St Patrick. Alongside the church we are once again on National Trust land which is named Llanbadrig. it is on this part of the trail we view the old porcelain works at Porth Llanlleiana. Following the trail further we arrive at the most northernly point on Anglesey. Back on the costal path and we have a magnificent view of Porth Wen Brickworks.
Next we visit the harbour at Port Amlwch, however because we loose the signs for the Costal Path of Anglesey we are on the wrong side of the port. We back track and eventually get on the correct side of the harbour for Port Amlwch.
Next we head to Point Lynas to view the lighthouse. To achieve this objective we pass Ffynnon Eilian site of a holy well. After viewing the lighthouse at Point Lynas we following the costal path for just a couple of miles before the estate of Dulas. Here in the distanced out to sea we can see the refuge tower on Ynys Dulas. With the tower in the distance we decide we can set up our tent for another night of wild camping.
This completes part one video of our tour of the Anglesey Costal Path. On this hike we used the guidebook 'Walking the Isle of Anglesey Costal Path' written by Carl Rogers and published by Northern Eye Books. We also use the Wales Coast Path map for the Isle of Anglesey published by Northern Eye Books. This map book is on a scale of 1:25,000 and uses Ordnance Survey Mapping. Although the guide book does contain maps which are useful for connecting to the detailed guidance I also prefer to have a bigger map covering a greater area per page to allow additional planning. I find this particular useful when I am planning in advance the likely places for a wild camp.
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6 сен 2024
