Port Eynon to Rhossili
I am on my final walk of 2022 and find myself at Port Eynon, heading for Rhossili. Ther are few ups and downs and its at least 8 miles which will be far enough for this old geezer. Forever Friend is helping me out again and has dropped me off in a very grey and cool Port Eynon.
There is an old ruin as I climb off the beach onto a tarmac path leading me through a caravan park an upward to the hill on my right. It is not interesting enough (the ruin that is) when I looked inside to warrant a picture. Here is the view after the climb.
The sea state is rough with a strong off-shore breeze and I am glad of the extra layers I put on in anticipation of November weather, although unseasonably mild. After climbing to the top with a great view of Port Eynon I turn right and head along the coast to my first descent of the day. The path is marked with an attractive stone marker and the beach below is wild with the wind and the waves.
These two don’t mind the weather at all.
For the time being its a case of walking close to the shore which is brilliant, allowing me to spend hours trying to capture the impressive sea swell over the rocks and failing miserably. There are pieces of minor interest in the very old looking path marker and a heap of rope. The blowy conditions make the shoreline interesting and requires firm placement of wooly hat on ‘bonce’.
Having received a picture from my walking buddy ‘ Miss “M” ‘, its a lot nicer looking in her part of the world down on the ‘South West Coast Path”; however I am not disappointed as the wildness appeals to me and I am enjoying ‘nature’ in one of its many guises.
After a mile or so and some quite steep climbs I am on the top and fairly level walking ensues. I come across the first beach of the day and shortly after my first sighting of ‘Worms Head’ close to my endpoint at Rhossili.
Looking back on where I have just walked the coastline is impressive.
I am at ‘Worms Head’ and am surprised by the breadth of the causeway which for some reason I expected to be a narrow straight run instead of this broad rugged expanse curving round to the headland.
So this wraps up my walking year until 2023 and most enjoyable it has been. One last picture to show what will greet me in my first walk of 2023. Beautifull ‘Rhossili Bay’
Its interesting to me that I seem to have been walking ‘All Year’ but in fact its only been 24 Walks, 160 Miles, and the completion of Pembrokeshire Coastline. Not too bad for and old geezer who’s been retired a decade !!
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