The September ’21 Grand tour of mid and North Wales in a motorhome Day 10

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A walk to Barmouth and back

We wake to find the motorhome hasn’t sunk below the field surface during the night. Such a relief! One of us had nightmares about that possibility!

 However, the people in the tent on the pitch next to us have left; clearly in a hurry in the middle of the night. The litter around their pitch is genuinely appalling and so I head out to collect it all and dispose of it in the bin 10 metres away. Neighbouring campers tell us that the pair actually upped sticks at 0230 in the morning. Wow, we must be heavy sleepers. I heard the rain but didn’t hear them or their car leaving.

The weather has improved overnight and we fancy a walk to Barmouth today. Out along the road down the spit and half way along, we take the path that goes along a dyke across the marshes to pick up the Mawddach trail. We stop once again to admire the surging waters beneath the railway viaduct and then stroll around the harbour to a café down by the amusement arcade.

Up through the main town high street, we dip in and out of the wonderful eclectic mix of shops, whilst simultaneously admiring the magnificent church building just above the main high street.  

I was particularly fascinated by the erosion taking place just outside the harbour where the railway viaduct finally comes back onto firm land. Despite a seawall on the seaward side, this little corner clearly gets some considerable erosion throughout the year

 

By the time we get back to the Ynys Faig campsite, we have walked 9 miles; an amble that gave us extraordinary views of the marshes and sandbanks. The weather has cleared, the sun returned, the breezes are keeping the temperature at a balmy 18C.

But those ominous black thunderclouds blowing northwards across the Porthmadog area, we don’t like the look of them! We stop to eat our sandwiches on a bench behind the Fairbourne sea defences, enjoying the stunning views out to sea and across the beach but keeping a weather eye on the gathering storm behind us.