Walking Penmaenmawr beach

The final full day of our Welsh holiday last week was spent in and around Penmaenmawr. We started by walking down to the beach. The tide was out, revealing a vast expanse of sand and very few other visitors. I have been on the western end of the beach lots of times but not on the eastern part, so we walked along there, soaking up the scenery (great views of Puffin Island, Menain Straits and the Great Orme) and the sun, which was out in force.


Looking west - you can see the quarrying in the mountainside.


Looking east towards the Great Orme.


Anglesey and the Menai Straits on the horizon.


A better view of the quarrying above Penmaenmawr.

Having walked east along the beach, we then crossed the A55 Expressway and walked through the graveyard of St Gwynin's Church in Dwygyfylchi, the village to the east of Penmaenmawr. Some of the graves date back to the 18th century but the church itself was built in the late Victorian period, on the site of a previous church.



From there, we headed south, up the valley of the river Afon Gyrrach to the Fairy Glen for lunch.