Thursday, 24 May 2012

Monday 21st May – Tyn Ddol, Llanystumdwy


Another lovely day with blue skies and sunshine greeting us in the morning. We decided to move on this morning with our first stop being the nearby resort of Aberdaron. This turned out to be a lovely little seaside village and, despite having two hotels, two cafés and a number of touristy shops, it still had a lot of charm. We were able to buy a loaf, two pies and some Eccles cakes from the local butcher and went on a short walk around the village and looked in the interesting church dedicated to St. Hywyn. This was a both a parish church and a pilgrimage church that was used by the Mediaeval pilgrims on their way to Bardsey Island.
We bought fresh crab meat from a local café and took a picnic to the promenade where we sat in the warm sun and watched over the bay looking for porpoises or dolphins. I discovered from an information board that it was bottle-nosed dolphins that I saw yesterday and not porpoises. We didn't see either today but the view was very pleasant!
One of the places on our 'Must see on the Lleyn' list was Mynydd Rhiw, close to the huge sweeping sands of Hell's Mouth. We approached from the north reaching a small National Trust parking area at the north-east corner of the Access Land (OS SH237298). This was an ideal starting point for the short walk up to our target, the site of a Neolithic Axe Factory. Close to one of the outcrops of rock are a series of shallow pits surrounded by low banks that were discovered after gorse on the hillside was burned in 1956. The rock is very good for the production of sharp edges and axes, scrapers and knives were produced here and exported from the local coast from about 1,200BC for a period of approximately 1,000 years. A picked up a couple of small rocks with the idea of attempting to make some stone tools although they will probably just join my collection of dusty, never completed projects!
We wanted to make one last stop on Lleyn and we chose the small village of Llanystumdwy. We chose it for a number of reasons – the area looked interesting on the OS map; there is a museum dedicated to David Lloyd George; there are two campsites there and a pub. The latter reason was important as we had not managed to have an evening meal out in a pub yet and we were in danger of going for the whole of the sojourn without doing so. This was totally unacceptable.
The choice of campsite was interesting – a Camping & Caravanning Club owned site or a Camping & Caravanning Club Certified Location (CL). We prefer the smaller sites so we headed for the CL, Tyn Ddol that is ideally located opposite the school in the centre of the village. When we got there we found that it was a gem. The pitches are next to the lovely river Dwyfor and everything in the village is within 5 minutes walk. The facilities are basic – one Gents toilet, one Ladies toilet and one shower. With five motorhomes or caravans and a field full of tents in high season, this would be a problem but we were the only people there. There was a gate and steps that gave access to the river and on the other bank was a café with picnic tables on the lawn. In the camping field there were three miniature horses one of which had a young foal. A lovely rural setting yet in the centre of the village and all for £10 per night.
We took a stroll round the village locating the museum and the pub that had a note on it saying that it was closed on Monday 21st May – today. Luckily we had already planned to stay for two nights and to eat at the pub tomorrow.
Photos: A heron on a hot tin roof – a very tame heron (we thought that it was plastic or stuffed at first) stands on the local stores roof; Y Gegin Fawr (The Big Kitchen) café, built in 1300, where Bardsey pilgrims could claim a meal before their crossing to the island; A view of Aberdaron with St. Hywyn's church in the foreground.



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