We were pleased to welcome Liz Dimond back to walk with us this weekend. Seven Wanderers met up at the village hall and shared two cars to Nash Point. None of us were sure what to expect from the weather as it was quite chilly in the wind – so we had some Wanderers in shorts and t-shirts and others in winter coats and hats. We headed off towards Marcross – stopping briefly to look in the lovely Norman church (first built in 1150) and noted the leper window and the very large ancient stone font. Soon afterwards we turned off onto the quite overgrown footpath towards St Donat’s. We walked through fields of barley and wheat that both looked like they were doing well after the poor start to the year weatherwise.
The views were lovely to the lighthouse and across to Devon, and the sun was shining, so we stopped in a field for coffee and some of Mags’ wonderful cake and a good chat. Just before we set off again, we caught sight of the Waverley heading down the channel towards Swansea. Some of the group are taking a trip on the Waverley this week.
After a short section of road we took the path through the woods at St Donat’s castle and stopped to look at the church and rest our legs. The Summer Fair was on at the Castle, but we resisted sneaking in and continued on our way through the village. Meeting up with the coast path again we headed back towards Nash Point. We stopped for our packed lunches at St Donat’s point. There were quite a lot of people around because of the Summer Fare, and we chatted to a few and found a ‘volunteer’ to take our group photo.
Most of us felt our legs burn on the short steep climb up from there to the cliff top path, and we strolled back to Nash Point, noting how much further inland the path now was compared to a few years ago. Back at the café car park we opted to head off; Moira planned to walk home but then found she did not have her phone and a hunt through bags followed – with it finally being located in Mags’ car as she had mistaken it for her own phone.
A lovely fairly easy walk of just over 5 miles, in nice weather and very good company. It was nice for us all to catch up with Liz – and I will now snitch on her and tell you all that Liz failed to bring her whistle on the walk!!
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