Day 12 Pwll Deri to Goodwick Sands

Statistics for the Day:
25,000 steps
9 1/2 miles
Ascent of 610 meters
1 1/2 ciders


After another hearty breakfast, we all piled into a taxi for a quick ride back to the start point for today at Pwll Deri for our walk back to Goodwick Sands and another night at The Ferry Boat Hotel.  The day looked a bit grey but the forecast was for improvement as time went on.

A look back at Pwll Deri

When we returned to the coast, the winds had picked up and we had a cool north breeze in our faces for the first few hours to wake us up.  We hiked around the headway at Strumble Head always with lighthouse ahead of us.  We had been seeing this lighthouse ahead yesterday for most of the day in the distance so it felt good to finally be upon it.

Lighthouse at Strumble Head




Don leading the pack with windbreaker on this morning!

Our cloudy path for today ahead

And then the clouds began to break and the blue sky showed itself again . . . along with some jet trails


More beautiful wildflowers and heather along the rugged path

The picture above and below are taken at Carregwastad Point, the site of the last invasion of Britain by the French in 1797.  The memorial stone below was erected in 1897 to mark the centennial of the event.



Don, surveying the path at Anglas Bay


We walked up and around many more inlets today and saw quite a few seals frolicking in the bays.  On one occasion we saw 4 together swimming in a small inlet.

Finally, the formidable breakwater at our destination, Goodwick Harbour comes into view.  You can see the regular Ferry service heading out of Goodwick Harbour on its way to Ireland.


At the top of Goodwick, an old cannon defending the harbour and in the background and below, one of the many ornamental torches that were lit to mark the 60th jubilee of the queen.


The towns of Fishgard and Goodwick together in the harbour, our destination for today.


On our trek from the path to our Inn for the night, we passed a front yard tastefully decorated with only the finest of contemporary trolls, plastic ducks and other fine pottery . . .

It was an early finish today, around 2:00, due to the relatively short distance (9 1/4 miles) so we thought we would relax for the afternoon and prepare for the challenge of the last two relatively long and tougher days.


Evidence of our daily statistics!

The men folk enjoying a brew on the balcony of a local pub.

Some of the fabulous food at at local "farm to table " restaurant.

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