Wednesday 22nd October 2025
This week the high tides are in the morning and each beach we’ve visited, has limited space for the dogs to run around due to the high waterline so today we were heading to the large “Barmouth beach”. But first breakfast and walk the dogs.
The weather was pretty gloomy this morning, so no rush to get out but eventually hit the road around 10.30 and just after that, the rain came.
About an hour later we arrived at the beach in Barmouth and just in time there was a pause in the rain, so Christine headed onto the beach to let the dogs have a quick run about, I hung around in the car!!!; 10-minutes later Christine was waiting to be picked up as it was raining again.
Round the corner from the beach is the “harbour” where there are several cafes etc., and outside one was one car parking slot; fate, we could buy a coffee!! Across the estuary we also had a clear view of the famous, historic, grade ii listed, 900-metre long. wooden viaduct, built on oak pillars and opened in 1867. It was constructed to carry the Cambrian coast, “single line”, railway across the River Mawddach and is the oldest and longest timber viaduct in the U.K. in regular use. Today it also has a footpath and a cycle track that was added during past renovations, as well as the original single-line rail track used by the Cambrian Coast Line.
By now the sun was peeping through so we headed back to the beach car park. Once parked we then headed over the sand dunes and onto the vast sandy beach, and at that point we didn’t see the dogs for dust; they headed straight into the sea. At this time there was a lot of blue sky and we strolled along the beach enjoying the autumn sun whilst Tom-Tom and Rosie thoroughly went mad..
Eventually with “two wet, cold and tired pooches”, we headed back to the car and then headed back to our holiday cottage; well that was the plan, however best laid plans etc., we decided to head to the nearest beach to our cottage; Dina’s Dinlle Beach,
Following a couple of narrow single track lanes, we finally arrived at the “local” beach, parked and over the wall onto a long beach; top half stones, bottom half sand: at that moment both dogs forgot they were “two wet, cold and tired pooches” and “hared” over the stones, over the sand and straight into the sea!!! Once we had picked our way over the stones, we strolled along the beach in the late sunshine. We think this will be our last day with sun shining as tomorrow there a yellow storm warning that has been issued. Eventually we turned round but couldn’t decide where we had come down onto the beach. As we looked up towards the carpark all we could see is a long, high wall of stones!!! Where do we go up we wondered, and then noticed my “distinctive” footprints the damp sand so tracked them backwards and came out exactly where we needed to, right next to the car!!!!
Back at the ranch we had dinner and then settled down to watch tv; the highlight tonight is “Celebrities Traitors”, and we didn’t hear a “peep” out of the dogs!!!! Our plan for tomorrow is “wait and see”; it’s all about the weather!!!