A cloudy day today but still warm. The bus driver was kind enough to drop us off at the west side of Sandy Haven pill which we couldn't cross as the tide was in too far. We walked down the lane to Sandy Haven and then set off on the coastal path towards Dale. Now this day was Yorkshire day on the coastal path. We didn't see many people but most of the people we did see were from Yorkshire! First of all two men from Otley and one had just joined Otley walkers that Ann belongs to. Then a couple from Wakefield sitting on a bench eating rhubarb.....yes really. They lived in the rhubarb triangle and were very chatty. A good job we had plenty of time today. Then almost at the end of the walk two ladies, one from Skipton and one from York who belonged to York CHA group.
The walk was quite straight forward until we came to The Gann where we had to walk on the beach for a while and cross the stepping stones. Walking on a beach sounded great in the book but when we got there it was extremely rocky and very uncomfortable to walk on.
The most outstanding thing today were the grassy banks on the cliff tops absolutely covered in wild flowers, mostly large clumps of thrift. May is the very best time to do this path and every day we were impressed by all the wild flowers.
We had time at the end in Dale for a cup of tea in the pub while we waited for the last bus back to Milford Haven. Our luck was in when we got there as a train was just about set off to Haverfordwest so that saved us a long wait for a bus.
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