Somewhere to benllech - last day

Yey!  We did it - 130 miles according to the official route, (or 140 depending on whose sat nav you look at).  The last day was as forecast wet and extremely windy; but we only had 10 miles or so to do.

But before telling about the rest of today, I just need to back track to yesterday as the below photo has just come into my possession.  It is of course Stuey's legs underneath the Cemaes time and tide bell!  there are several of these bells around the country - The first bell was installed in July 2009 at Appledore, Devon: the second on Bosta Beach, Gt. Bernera, Outer Hebrides in June 2010: the third at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, in September 2010: the fourth installed in Aberdyfi, Wales, July 2011. The fifth was installed on Anglesey at Easter 2014 and our Lincolnshire coast could host the sixth. Proposals for the Berwickshire and Norfolk coasts are in preparation.

And so to today; we all had to put coats and leggins on -

Then we set off across some varied countryside and coastline, it was a fairly quick pace as no-one wanted to hang around too long.  The wind was exceptional; on exposed stretches it buffeted us around, fortunately we weren't walking into it for too much, it was mostly coming off the sea, so hit us sideways.

Walking up a sandy / muddy estuary.

We decided to try and get to a village (Moelfry) which was about 7 miles into the walk to stop for coffee; this is much further than we normally walk before coffee, but it was pretty much head down and don't stop, so we covered the 7 miles quite quickly.

 Afterwards we were off again with a bit more up and down and in and out of headlands etc.  Eventually after 3.5 miles more we arrived at Benllech ... the end!!  Well, interestingly, we could see Laa Laa parked on the road and we emerged  around a rocky headland on a path, but the last little bit seemingly took us over rocks that were being battered by the sea.  So, we scrambled up a bank and over a fence to get round this obstruction and reach the road.  No photos at the end - all wet and wind swept, so headed back to the house for tea and lunch; and Carol had made a cake, yum!

Multi coloured rucksack covers.

A very different sea to that which we had seen on previous days.  This is
the sort of weather I had half expected in Anglesey, and in a way it was
quite exhilarating, but I'm glad the rest of the trip was mostly dry.

This has been altogether a fantastic trip; the isle of Anglesey is very varied and beautiful, and the whole walk has been great - every turn you make you see a different scene, from the rugged rocky coastline, to the dunes, to the menai straights and bridges and to the other little islands and lighthouses. 

Celebrations in the conservatory. :) 

Tonight is fish and chips so no-one has to cook.

Signing off now til next year

Alison x