Ceredigion Coast path

by Alan Cole · Published Sunday, June 10th, 2007 · Updated Sunday, June 10th, 2007

It was another hot sunny day here today so I headed off for a walk along the cliff path. I headed up onto the coast path from Borth, past the war memorial and then down into the small beach at Aberwennol before heading off onto the main section of coast path between Borth and Wallog, high up on the cliffs above the sea.

The sun was shining and it was hot work climbing to the top but the views were worth it. The sea was really clear and blue today so all the rocks and reefy areas could be clearly seen way below me. I then walked across the top and down into Wallog where I explored around the old kiln there and then walked back towards Borth along the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs.

I had intended to hide a geocache along the base of the cliffs here, hopefully somewhere around Harp Rock, but although there were plenty of hiding places, finding one high enough above the sea to make it safe from the waves during storms meant that it would invove a bit of a scramble over some pretty unstable cliffs so I thought better of it. I found plenty of hiding places but I didn’t really want to encourage others to scramble around on these rocks.

I then headed back along the shoreline to Wallog and got mobbed by a couple of oyster catchers at one point. then it was back onto the cliff path and over to Clarach. Again the views from here were amazing, looking down onto Clarach and beyond towards Aberystwyth.

I followed the cliff path back towards Borth, hiding a cache on the stretch between Clarcah and Wallog overlooking Sarn Cynfelyn which is believed to be a glacial moraine left after the retreat of glaciers during the last ice age. Legend has it that Sarn Cynfelin is one of several ancient causeways to the lost lands of Cantre’r Gwaelod (The lost lands of Wales).

I also hid another geocache high up on the cliff path between Wallog and Borth. Back towards Borthand there were lots of people out in kayaks and canoes and snorkelling around the rocks. After a walk in the hot conditions a dip in the sea looked rally inviting. All in all a nice easy walk of around 15km and two new caches for the aber-cachers to race to get the First to Find!

Back at home and Morgan had his paddling ppol out in the garden, so I sat with my feet in that rather than jumping in the sea and then watched Lewis Hamilton win the Grand Prix… The perfect way to spend a Sunday.