Plas Menai to Dinas Dinlle

Are you ready? Come on. It's another walk and it's a sunny day. We start off on a cycle track between the sea and the main road and guess who we see half way to Caernarfon?

It was Ian who'd driven to Caernarfon and cycled back. We continued to the harbour and they had coffee and cake in the theatre cafe. I got water!

Then he left us to take the car to Dinas Dinlle and we continued past the walls and over the bridge to look back at the castle. Quite a sight!

We went past Coed Helen along the edge of the road next to the sea. It was a long road.

After a while it headed inland then crossed a river and headed back to the sea. That's where we met Ian again.

We sat on the beach looking across at Anglesey.

We set off again and he cycled ahead. We were on our own again and we soon left the road to cross the salt marsh where I managed to have a swim in the river. I needed to cool down so I had another swim on the other side of the bridge.

We finally left the footpath near an airport where planes and a helicopter were flying in and out - very noisy! Then we were back by the sea and, in the distance, we could see Dinas Dinlle and the promise of food (for them).

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