Monday I took a day off from painting and took part in the "supposed to be 18 mile but turned out to be 22 mile" sponsored walk from Beaumaris over to Moelfre. Well Socs and I had a brilliant time, the scenery was as always breathtaking. We started 7.30am (way too early for me) from the greens opposite the Castle and made our way along the coastal path. It wasn't long before we reached the beaches (pic 1) you could see for miles and even at that early hour it was very warm. Me being me I had packed just about everything.....even Bear Grills would have been proud
I had a waterproof coat, binoculars,water bottles for me and Socs, gaters, sweets, sandwiches, dog treats and a fleece....oh and my Dads lead lined flask. My rucksack felt like I was carrying a dead body and for most of the first leg of the walk I struggled not to fall backwards, the best was I needn't have bothered with half the stuff crammed into my bag as we had a backup team that met us every 3/4 miles along the way. Something caught my eye as we passed the rugged shore line, someone had collected small pebbles from the beach and painted hearts on them then left them in a crevice on the beach, no idea why but they looked really nice (pic 2)
I had packed Socs ball but didn't want to keep throwing it as the sun was getting hotter and hotter and I was afraid she would over heat but that didn't stop her from collecting sticks and trying to get us to throw it (pic 3). Socs was making us laugh as she kept running a hundred yards in front of us lying down and waiting with the stick as one by one the seven us had guilt trips as we walked passed and ignored her. We made up for it as soon as we got to ponds though as it was then we'd throw the stick in so she got to cool down. We were now well on our way to Penmon and all I could think of was ditching my bag and getting a coffee. I think that the last pic is an old derelict life boat station.