{"id":2540,"date":"2013-09-20T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T20:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2026-05-24T06:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:23:04","slug":"up-at-the-piggies-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2013\/09\/20\/up-at-the-piggies-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Up At The Piggies Ear"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sky was chucking the rain down on Thursday morning, so after getting nearly as wet running to the bathroom as we did standing in the shower, we warmed up with a big cooked breakfast. Then, just to surprise us as we drove through Criccieth late in the morning, the sun came out and the clouds seemed to just fade away.\u00a0 We had expected the rain to hang around all day and intended to drive a fair distance, so we changed the plan and decided not to drive over to Anglesey, but to enjoy the sunny weather on the lovely Lleyn Peninsula.\u00a0 Our first stop was in Pwllheli for some LPG and then we parked at Llanbedrog and wandered down to the beach, where we discovered the most brightly painted beach huts we’ve ever seen.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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They couldn’t make them much brighter!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We wandered along the beach for a while, but as it was already past midday, we didn’t linger too long and wandered back to the car park. At that end of the beach is a gorgeous little whitewashed cottage, that I would love to spend a summer in, but I guess that will never happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A little dream cottage by the sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We pushed on through Abersoch, which was an attractive little village and then drove around a bit, trying to choose a campsite for the night.\u00a0 The Beach View Touring Park in Sarn Bach turned out to have lovely views across the Lleyn Peninsula and really nice bathrooms with heated towel rails (that’s a first!); it was a shame we couldn’t stay longer.\u00a0 We ate dinner early so that we could go for an evening walk down to the beach; one of my favourite occupations.\u00a0 It was a lovely evening and we had just enough time before sunset, to walk to the far end of the bay at Abersoch.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"The
The view across St Tudwal’s Bay from below the campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There were more beach huts here, though not quite as colourful as the ones at Llanbedrog Beach, but somehow they had more character in their higgledy piggledy fashion.\u00a0 It was a lovely stroll and on the way back the sky started to turn a gorgeous shade of pink.\u00a0 Rodney rescued a tiny silver fish that was unhappily flipping about on the sand, I was very proud of him, but then twenty paces further on, there were a dozen fish that had grounded themselves.\u00a0 He rescued them all, throwing back into the sea.\u00a0 Then another twenty paces or more, there were loads of them gasping and tossing themselves about. ‘Saint’ Rodney gave up at that point and decided the seagulls looked hungry, so we let them enjoy dinner on the sand.\u00a0 I didn’t look back.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beach huts near Abersoch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On a clear and sunny Friday morning we left Sarn Bach and enjoyed a very scenic drive across to the west coast of the Lleyn Peninsula and parked Eileen at Nefyn.\u00a0 We ambled down to a footpath above the small harbour and followed the trail south along the coast towards Porthdinllaen.\u00a0 It would have been nice to walk along the beach, but the tide was lapping the beach huts and there didn’t seem to be any beach in sight at high tide.\u00a0 My excuse for it being a slow walk was because the views were so lovely, but Rodney is starting to get fed up with the number of times I stop to pick blackberries on our walks. They’re just so delicious!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking across to Porthdinllaen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Looking north up the coast to Yr Eifl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We drove up to Caernafon and ate lunch parked right next to the Menai Strait, a pretty spot we had noticed when we were standing at the top of one of the towers of Caernafon Castle on Wednesday.\u00a0 We then strolled in to Caernafon to find a much needed\u00a0bank and wandered back to Eileen before driving up to the Britannia Bridge and crossing the strait to Anglesey.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Caernafon
Caernafon Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We shot across the island, all 26kms, to the far side and crossed over to Holy Island.\u00a0 We passed through Holyhead which was larger than we expected and then drove around the north side of the island and down the west side to Trearddur Bay.\u00a0 We checked in to Tyn Rhos Camping Site, set up the van for the night and then walked back in to Trearddur along the very rocky bays and across the small beaches.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Wandering along one of the beaches in Trearddur Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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It seemed a very lonely place with nobody about and many of the houses all shut up; obviously holiday homes with no-one in residence.\u00a0 It was difficult to imagine it, on a warm day in the summer, full of holidaymakers.\u00a0 We’ll investigate a little further in the morning on the way back to Anglesey, there must be someone living here.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Art
Art in nature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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