HIKING the Anglesey Costal Path - Part 3 Newborough Forest to Holyhead via Rhosneigr and South Stack
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- We are hiking and wild camping the 130 miles of the Anglesey Costal Path. Leaving Newborough Forest we visit Newborough Beach and then Llanddwyn Island before we pass through the village of Rhosneigr. Eventually we visit South and North Stacks and then return to the port town of Holyhead.
We awake in the morning having wild camped the previous night in the forest of Newborough. We dry our clothes before packing to explore the beach of Llanddwyn and then discovering the magic of the Llanddwyn Island. From here we make our way to the village of Aberffraw before following the costal path to the many coves along the way. From one of these coves we can see the church of Saint Cwyfan perched on it's own little island.
We are now on the long beach of Traeth llydan where we have decide to bed down for the night in another wild camping spot. here we note that many others have decided to wild camp as well.
In the morning we pack away our wild camping gear and head into the village of Rhosneigr. here we enter the memorial gardens and admire the sculpture of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton. Once through the village we pass Anglesey airport and notice the non fly zone for drones. Then we are on the vast expanse of Traeth Cymyran beach. At the end of the beach we have to follow yet another estuary to enter Four Mile Bridge.
We are now on the cliffs where we note the White Arch or Bwa Gwyn as it is described in the welsh name. Onwards we now look down on South Stacks Lighthouse and North Stacks Foghorn station. From here we climb over Holyhead mountain before descending and discovering Soliders Point Hotel. From the hotel we view Holyhead Marina and the mile long breakwater. Finally, we are back at the start point to celebrate our completion of the Anglesey Costal Path.
This video is the last in a series of three videos describing the 130 miles of the Anglesey Costal Path. On this hike we used the guidebook 'Walking the Isle of Anglesey Costal Path' written by Carl Rogers and published by Northern Eye Books. We also use the Wales Coast Path map for the Isle of Anglesey published by Northern Eye Books. This map book is on a scale of 1:25,000 and uses Ordnance Survey Mapping. Although the guide book does contain maps which are useful for connecting to the detailed guidance I also prefer to have a bigger map covering a greater area per page to allow additional planning. I find this particular useful when planning in advance the likely places for a wild camp and possible water points.
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Nice set of videos mate. Anglesey, especially Newborough is very special to me and my family. And on that note, roll on next week...🥰🌄
Thanks Stu, totally agree Newborough is such a special place. Have a great family holiday.
Great little series im itching to hit the trail now 😀 only a few days to go 👍 atb daz
One question Nigel did you have any problems finding water on route atb daz
In terms of water; I found the best bet was the numerous (free!) public toilets along the way, nearly every tourist beach area and town had some. Otherwise, I did use a couple of streams using my water filter, but there were not many of those. Best of luck and enjoy the trip.
Just found you and subbed. Nowt like an amble. We travel around in our campervan, which we named Amble as we don't like to rush anywhere.
Totally agree, enjoy the Ambles!
So glad I found you're channel, I've been looking for a decent video series to the Anglesey coast path for a while! Really enjoyed you'res and learnt a lot that I didn't know about the area so thank you. Looking forward to watching you're Cotswold way series after I made a video myself few weeks back at Blenheim Park. All the best..
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Thanks Day really appreciate the comment. Anglesey has certainly been one of my favourites, hope you get chance to experience it soon. Cheers
@@AmblingTrails I've done a bit of exploring around Anglesey and a few miles on the coastal path but really want to do the lot but its finding time with 4 kids haha! I only live half hour away by Conwy and can see it from my window so itching to do it! Might have to do it in instalments
As you can do it by instalment, you can certainly just do the best bits, which hopefully you can choose from the series. Wild camping with four kids, now that would be an interesting video!!
@@AmblingTrails Haha no way would they be coming with me! I ment its difficult to get out for a week hahaha
Overall, what part of this path did you enjoy the most?
Newborough Forrest, best combination of all factors that make it ideal for wild camping. Thanks for watching.
Hi, I'm considering hiking the Anglesey Coastal Path next summer with my then 7yr old child, we hike a lot, so I'm sure he's physically up to it. My only concern is the drinking water situation. Where and how often did you refill your water? Waterrefills at least every 15-20km/10-13 miles would be ideal for us, is that the case on Anglesey? I'd prefer wild camping but I'm open to using campsides, if the water situation is difficult. Would be great to hear your advice on that!
Wow, love the ambition, wish I could have gone wild camping at 7! I must admit before I landed on the island the water situation was the main thing playing on my mind, so fully understand your concerns. However, one of my best investments for the journey was the Costal Path Map Guide by Northern Eye Books. It's OS 1:25,000 scale and you can see all the detail that will help you with your quest. My main water source became the toilets that were fairly numerous throughout the island and usually to a high standard for public loos. These are usually found near every beach. In addition, I found the locals really friendly and more than willing to fill bottles on request, also they seem happy to turn a blind eye to wild camping. If every I used a cafe, I would always ask for a top up of water. The people in the cafe on the far east of the island opposite Puffin Island were outstanding and actually gave my friend a lift to pick up her car. The one area I struggled the most is on the south west corner of the island where the path actually goes inland for about 20 miles as the coast is private. It seems to be quite remote of tourist traffic hence not many places to get water, knowing this from the map, I made sure I carried enough, also I would be happy now, to ask at a random farm or house as I'm sure the reception would be reasonable. There was about two streams along the way that I thought I was save with using water filter and boiling, but there are not many streams. Also, the map I mention has all the camp sites marked so that would give you options if struggling. Best of luck and I will say that the Anglesey Coastal Path has been my favourite this past year so I'm sure you and your child will have a great time.
@@AmblingTrails thank you so much for replying with such detail! Especially the info re: the public toilets at beaches, I will keep that in mind and will get the map in addition to the guide book!
Back in my girl scout days we often asked people at farms etc for water, so I'm not hesitant about that, if in need :D
Since you liked the Anglesey Coastal Path so much, I think you might enjoy the "Kysti" (Coastal path) on Bornholm (DK) as well. We hiked this trail in 2019 and it's absolutely beautiful and has a lot of variety such as cliffs and a beautiful long beach on the south coast. Wild camping is prohibited but they have shelter areas hikers can use for free and relatively clean public toilets at the little harbours and some parking areas, so the water situation is similar to Anglesey. (the App "shelter" gives good info on each camp/shelter site).
Thanks a lot, again, and happy trails!