Small post-race hike

Neil had proposed a hike on the day after the race. We hadn’t decided on where to go. But it looked like the mainland would be cloudy, but the coast sunny. So we didn’t head for the mountains. I had my archeological book in mind, and wondered if Neil had seen Din Lligwy. He said he hadn’t! So that could be a goal. 

We drove there in the sunshine, and walked over the hoarfrost to the chapel and the remains of the village. That rocked his memory; he had been there before! But it’s a lovely site. 

Din Lligwy

The chapel in the sunny distance

We were actually both feeling a bit low in energy. Me probably because hanging around in the cold by the finish line the day before had done me no good. Neil wasn’t quite sure about why he was a bit sluggish. So we were ok with no big hike!

We walked to the coastal path and followed that south. It was beautiful and sunny! But still cold. The sand of Traeth Llugwy was frozen. We came past something I thought was an old quarry. And I figured it was the same stratigraphic level as Bishop’s Quarry on the Orme. Later we saw some beautiful sandstones underneath the limestones. Some good channels there! 

The suspected quarry

And the suspected channels

 

Further on we had a chat with some people at the Coastwatch post. They spoke of a seal on a nearby beach. We hoped it was ok. And we sat on a rock for lunch. It was so relaxed Neil even dozed off a bit. 

When we got to the next beach, we saw a chap with binoculars. We should have recognised that for what it was: a Coastwatch man we had seen at their post, checking on the seal, but he had to tell us that. Oops. The seal seemed fine! Just dozing in the sun. 

Go full page view for the seal

From there we just walked back to the car. Enough excitement for a day! And only when we were back at my place did it become clear just how under the weather we were. I was glad we hadn’t tried anything strenuous!