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Llanbedrog


Abersoch really is in a perfect position. It faces east and is sheltered from the south and west by some big lumps of igneous rocky headlands. The southern beach is large, sandy and flat and sweeps north for perhaps a mile to a headland that separates it from the northern beach which is even bigger. That stretches north with ‘The Warren’ alongside, until the very large igneous lump immediately south of Llanbedrog, marked on the map simply as Mynydd.

The tidal range at the moment is about 4-5 metres and the flat sands mean that the beaches are very wide too.

However, Abersoch is not for us and we moved to a fantastic site on the top of Mynydd. The link to the site is here and it has to be one of the best ever. It is large but with just a few pitches on short grass. Small hedges separate most. The amenities block is worthy of an award. The pitched roof is supported by engineered beams with cladding in timber and large Velux roof windows. Inside the fixtures and fittings are better than in most hotels.





Owner Ruth is taking CoVID19 precautions very seriously and is trying to enforce the wearing of masks in the building. That means wearing one when washing the dishes, laundry, or oneself. She also cleans the building twice a day.

We paid for our first night on arrival and our second a few hours later. The third was paid during the next morning. Yes it’s a nice spot and the weather forecast is a good as it gets in September (or August or July...).


The view from up here is breathtaking as you can see the mountains sweeping around from Trefor, across Snowdonia to Caeder Idris. Mount Snowdon is prominent and must look spectacular in winter. The arc of mountains and the coast is one of the best I have seen anywhere.

With the sun in the correct place, some of the Snowdon features can be seen such at the summit itself, the Rhyd Ddu Path, some of the Clogwyn crags and the summit of Garnedd Ugain slightly west of the main summit and one on the classic horseshoe walk. 

From the site it is a short steep walk down the single track road to Llanbedrog beach. This is amazing as it is very sheltered and has flat sand with the tide somehow going out slowly leaving shallow water stretching for several hundred metres. This becomes very warm in the sun and the dozens of pre-school kids were having a great time.

We did too, walking out far enough to be able to swim. As the tide turned and the waters covered the sand, the heat in the ground warmed the water to the extent that it felt hot.

The signature beach huts were disappointingly already off the beach in the car park. They were still worthy of a photo. 



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