Day 11 - Angle to Bosherston

Saturday 14th July 2007
20 miles, 9 1/2 hours



It was a warm bright morning as we set off from the Old Point House pub at 9.30. As we headed away from Angle we had our last views of the industrial estuary of Milford Haven. Although it had been an interesting two days it was nice to be back to the coast and the sound of gulls and choughs once more.

Across the estuary we could see Stack Rock fort and Dale just a short distance beyond.






Along this section of path we met another couple of people walking the whole route and these were the only ones we saw all holiday.

By the time we reached Thorn Island the sun was shining well and the cloud was disappearing.


West Angle bay is a lovely secluded sandy bay, with good views back across to St Anns Head.






The path took us past the ruins of East Block House. It is less than one and a half miles across to the Dale peninsula at this point, the narrowest section across the water.




The path around the Angle peninsula was lovely. The sunshine, the views and numerous flowers made us feel much better after the previous wet day.





There were large patches of white sea campion.





Freshwater West looked inviting ahead of us with 2 ½ miles of golden sands.





We reached the beach passing through a small section of the sand dunes known as The Burrows. The sea looked tempting, so we took off our boots and headed across the beach for a paddle. There were patches of soft sand where all of a sudden our feet would disappear which was a little worrying.




We dried off our feet at the top of the beach before heading up to investigate the thatched seaweed-storage hut on the top of Little Furznip.



The path now followed the road inland to Castlemartin around the boundary of the ministry of defence firing ranges.

We soon reached Castlemartin and had our lunch sitting in the well maintained pound.


By planning to arrive here at a weekend the road to Stack Rocks was open for public access. This meant we were able to return to the coast and avoid walking on the road all the way to Bosherston.




Stack Rocks carpark was full and there were many people admiring the Green Bridge.





Elegug Stacks are topped with white as result of the numerous guillemots who nest upon it!





We soon left the crowds behind as we headed along a good track just inland of the cliffs. It was easy walking but lacked the sea views at times.

We arrived at St Govan’s carpark just in time for an ice-cream.



St Govan’s chapel lies at the bottom of the cliffs nestled into the rocks.

After a short visit to the chapel we continued across Trevallen Downs to Broad Haven beach. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to take the detour around St Govan’s head.


Broad Haven is a lovely little beach, one of the nicest we passed on the route. It has clean soft sand surrounded by dunes and pleasant views out to the rocky islands. After nineteen miles of walking we couldn’t resist another paddle.






From the beach we followed the small lagoon up to the outlet of Bosherston lily ponds. The shallow water was very warm to paddle through.





It was very quiet and peaceful along the edge of the lily ponds for the last mile of the day.




We arrived at Cornerstones bed and breakfast at 7pm to discover they had no record of our booking and were fully booked. Fortunately her daughter who also runs a bed and breakfast across the courtyard had a lovely room available.




Evening meal: St Govan’s Inn, Bosherston.
Very busy pub, only outside tables free. We were able to enjoy a lovely sunset watching the swallows swooping around us.