Day 31 Rhôs-on-Sea to Conwy

Thursday : Up 07:00, away 10:15 after saying goodbye to Hasan.

Caught bus from Dinarth Hall back to Rhôs-on-Sea harbour to resume from where I finished yesterday. More Wales coast path walking on promenade. The whole promenade from Prestatyn (and perhaps further east?) to Penrhyn Bay is a continual off-road cycle route. Must be a dream to ride on.

From Penrhyn bay the coastal path passes through a housing estate before ascending the Little Orme. As my first ascent for 2 days this was a minor shock to the system. I was back to Rhian's counting paces before pausing to recover my breath. Little Orme was a pleasant break in the long miles of promenade. The small north facing beach bay looked like it could match any in the Mediterranean on a sunny day.

After Little Orme the Wales Coast path descended down main road A546 into Llandudno. This road ran along the beach front, which somewhat spoilt this part of the promenade. Roads in previous towns I visited were relatively lightly trafficed, but this was carrying lots of traffic. I stopped at a café on the front for lunch and to charge my device.

Once in Llandudno spent 90 minutes walking in and out of the outdoor shops looking for Campingaz with Easy-Clic fitting in small cylinder size (CV300). Go Outdoors had fitting and size; Regatta and Mountain Warehouse had right fitting only in large size (CV470); Trespass had neither.

Walking through the shops put me quite a way north on the Great Ormes head peninsula. I could have walked around Great Ormes head, but from a trip here earlier in the year, I knew this was all road walking. Decided to walk to the west beach, then turn south towards Conwy. At 4 miles this was further than I had in mind, but I was committed. Walking along the soft sand was tiring so I moved further down the beach to hard sand. I eventually made it off the sand onto another promenade where I met Howard of Cardigan whom I had met earlier on the Little Orme. He was walking the whole Wales Coast path. We walked together into Conwy together with another walker Anthony who was day walking a stretch of the coastal path.

In Conwy I sought out the post office in a Spar shop (open until 8pm) and posted home my inner socks - more weight saved. Then up hill to YHA Conwy where I was greeted by Kate who recommended The Eskine for food and Cider, particularly as the YHA had a school party in who were as noisy as might be expected.

10 miles from Rhôs-on-Sea to Conwy completed at end of 31st day of walking.
Total miles so far : 326
Average speed : 2.2 mph
Weather sunshine and glorious. A hot day with a westerly breeze on and off.
Number of people passed : Hundreds
Objective tomorrow : RowenOkumaya devam et