Aberaeron

We all left Porthmadog to travel down to Averaeron, where we were to spend two nights on a site which M and R enjoy - Camping on the Farm.
We followed the A470 to Dolgellau then the beautiful coast road through Tywyn and back to Machynlleth where we left the official Snowdonia 360 route.
We looked into Aberystwyth for a couple of hours in the afternoon which is a very elegant town with a shingle beach and old ruins of a castle. Also plenty of interesting shops to look around. M and R could not resist treating us to an ice cream which was very nice.
After setting up on site in the evening we enjoyed a charcoal bbq in the evening sunshine. Bella enjoyed the freedom and raced around the site chasing balls with great abandon.
On Tuesday we all wandered into the town of Aberaeron which is a really delightful little town built around a port. All the houses around the village centre are painted in pastel shades, and it is very pretty. We were hoping to get a table to enjoy lunch outside but left it too late and settled for a sit down fish and chip lunch instead - we were not disappointed. The fish was excellent and the service very good.
We thoroughly enjoyed our three weeks of travel around some of the Snowdonia 360. The weather was truly wonderful and the views along the route breathtaking. Climbing Snowdon completed Alan's set of the three summits of the mainland. Karen needs to complete Ben Nevis so watch this space.
At some point we will complete the parts of Wales 360 that we did not have chance to see, as we were told by many people that the Llyn peninsula and Anglesey are very pretty and definitely worth visiting. We were surprised at how busy most places were, as we were outside of main holiday season. Some campsites that we tried to get into were completely full, but we always managed to find somewhere to stay.Read more