We rose fairly early today, as we had over 300 miles to cover – just as we were leaving we were treated to a fly-past from a Hawk trainer – that was just for us wasn't it?
Today's target was St David's Head, the westernmost point Wales. The weather forecast was spot-on today – it rained pretty much non-stop until mid-afternoon! We departed Pembrey and headed for Pendine Sands – home to the Museum of Speed as the beach has seen many land-speed events. As it was raining sideways, we decided not to do any seed testing of our own!
It was quite a slog to get to St David's Head as it involved a great deal of narrow roads that had to be taken quite slowly, and the constant rain that was slowly seeping through our wet-weather gear. In the end, it became quite evident that we wouldn't get to the actual point without trading in our road bikes for off-road ones – we got as close as we could though.
From here it was ever-northwards – Milford Haven, Fishguard and Cardigan came and went – but as the day went on, the weather improved immeasurably. We stopped for a break at Aberdyfi when the skies cleared and there was lots of sunshine. Needless to say, the rest of the day was much more enjoyable. We took the coast road through Barmouth, Llanbedr, and Harlech, which must be said was an awesome road to ride – lots of sweeping corners, good surface and it was easy to see when it was safe to overtake the occasional caravan.
As the day had improved so much, we decided to do the loop of the Lleyn peninsular, before heading back round to Caenarfon and our camp site. It was our first night of camping, and our first run-in with the midges! Steve escaped to the conveniently-located pub, whilst Rupert and I heated some boil in the bag dinner.
Tomorrow is another long day, taking in the north Wales coast, the west cost of England, and put us just north of the Scottish border.
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