What a difference a day makes. Freshwater West the next morning, no sun and the tide right in. No walking on the beach today, a good job we did it yesterday. We set off in cloudy but dry weather along the coastal path towards West Angle Bay. The walking was a lot more strenuous than the previous day and there were plenty of 'ups' and 'downs' along the way.
The best bit for me was a beautiful patch of wild flowers on the cliff top full of the sound of bees. Lots of clover, mostly red but some white as well.
We knew there was a cafe at West Angle Bay and were looking forward to a cup of tea, but it had seen better days and was falling apart. We used their table anyway to have our lunch!
As we were eating lunch it started to rain and we had to put our waterproofs on, but this was only for a short time and by the end of the walk the sun was shining again. The rest of today's walk to East Angle Bay and the village of Angle was much easier walking. We passed Thorne Island that has a deserted fort on it and looks a bit like Alcatraz.
As we rounded the point we had views of the industrial nature of this area with jetties and pipelines for the oil and gas refineries.
At the start of East Angle Bay there is a pub but we didn't stop there. We hardly saw anyone on the coastal path today just a couple of chaps going the opposite way who had been staying here.
Angle village had the best toilet we had seen and a village shop that sold everything, according to my Trailblazer guide book. Once again we were early for the bus so had plenty of time for sitting on the beach and admiring the view.
The bus gave us a bit of a fright as we were at the furthest point from our base and it came whizzing past us without stopping. What on earth would we do now............ten minutes later it came back the other way. It had been to West angle Bay first to pick up there, phew, what a relief! This was our longest journey back to Freshwater East and by the time we got back the sun was shining as it would for the rest of our trip.
Hodgeston Church
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