10 Dec 2025

I started the walk where I finshed last time at the bus stop near the Old Police House in Rhosneigr. I followed the road through the town centre passing the large town clock which doubles as a war memorial. The road reaches the beach passing some rather expensive looking holiday homes.

I walked past a large bit of a tree washed up on the beach and up onto the dunes. I occasionally lost sight of the marker posts due to the sun being in my eyes and had to backtrack but found my way to a small car park near Craig Llydan. To my dismay I was faced with a large pool of water with a half submerged marker post. This time, unlike my previous walk, I found a way around the edge and climbed over a fence to get to the other side.

I walked past the little rocky island of Ynys Sych and on to the ancient chambered cairn called Barclodiad y Gawres on the top of a little headland. The Welsh name means ‘Apronful of the Giantess’ and it was excavated in the 1950s. After the excavation, a concrete roof was built and covered in turf. You can go in to the entrance passage but there’s a gate stopping you going inside. Some of the stones are decorated with symbols and wavy lines but I couldn’t see them from my vantage point. The path then drops to the car park at Porth Trecastell where I had originally intended to finish the previous walk.

The path then continues south along the coast before turning inland to avoid the Anglesey Motor Racing Circuit. This originally opened in 1997 but the track was rebuilt in 2007 and hosts various events and driving experiences. If you’re interested, visit the Anglesey Circuit website, although when I checked the diary it was out of date showing events for 2025. The path rejoins the coast at Porth Cwyfan where the remarkable St Cwyfan’s Church comes into view. It was originally built on a headland in the 12th century on the site of an earlier chruch but the headland eroded leaving the church on a tiny island. It was abandoned and then restored in the 1890s. You can visit the church at low tide but when I was there it was cut off by the tide. I made my way around the bay which was quite tricky at times because of the high tide. I met a nice lady called Kalie (I hope I’ve got that right) and when I told her what I was doing she said she would mention me on the Anglesey Facebook page. I got several donations as a result so thank you very much for that.

I made my way round Braich-lwyd point and headed towards Aberffraw. At Porth Lleidiog, I had to walk high up on the rocks to avoid the water and was forced to climb over into a field and around a small inlet. There’s a large beach here and extensive sand dunes but the path went along the edge of the river called the Afon Ffraw to the town of Aberffraw itself. The tide was almost at it’s highest and the path was partially submerged so I did a little detour down a side street and arrived at the bridge. This was a significant moment in my charity walk becaue it marked the completion of 200 miles. I celebrated with a nice bit of cake bought at the local shop.

At low tide, there is a route from Aberffraw going around the dunes and along the beach but since the tide was in I walked the shorter distance along the road. The path then follows the road inland avoiding the the large Bodorgan Estate, notable for being the place where Prince William lived during his service at RAF Valley. I met some estate workers here who had just cleared a tree blocking the road. It probably fell during Storm Bram the night before. Near the village of Henmon I turned right along a road towards the coast and along a path into the village of Malltraeth where I finished with a pint of Guiness in the Joiners Arms (Tafarn y Joiners).

11.77 miles