Day 8 Wednesday April 9th Port Eynon

Another glorious day and after breakfast etc the consultation agreed that we should go to Port Eynon  and do some exploring, beach activities and watersports.  We met at the car park and soon set up a base above high water line on the usual very sandy beach.  There was a reported cave at one end of the beach plus the remains of a salt producing plant.  Some decided to go for this walk whilst others decided just to enjoy the beach and weather.

I opted for the walk and hoped we could all make it OK.  We arrived at the salt 

the old salt plant

production works and discovered that this may well have been a cover for more lucrative smuggling activities.  We had a good look round before 

salt production ruins

progressing towards the cave.  The small pathway was not very clear with brambles and other bushes encroaching.  After a period of struggling with this, I decided to return back to base and Charlotte kindly came back with me. We then settled with the rest of the party 

Charlotte and I in a window

and waited for real adventurers to report in.  They came back some time later with tales of tortuous approach routes, a cave right on the shoreline with a couple of entrances and having to struggle to get into it.  On reflection it sounds the right decision for me to drop out! But everyone came back safely and said it was worth the experience but did not find any smuggled goods.

We had our picnic lunch kindly prepared by Ruth and later it was time for watersports.  The paddle board was soon inflated and put to expert use by Keren and Charlotte. The canoe proved more of a problem to inflate but soon Alexander was heading out across the large surf but it didn't look easy or comfortable.  He had some other 

Ruth and Charlotte

short trips with the young boys but they were happy to get back to dry beach as the surf was rough.  

Alex, Ruth, Charlotte and Ian

In the meantime it had been established that fish and chips would be available as a meal when we needed it.  Most people came ashore changed and got dry and warm.  Alexander had one last paddle but unfortunately capsized when coming back through the surf for the last time.  He was cold and wet but had enough spare clothes to become warm and dry.

We enjoyed our fish and chip meal and were then treated to a show by some of the youngsters.  What a good end to a fantastic day. We had coffee with them all at their accommodation and returned to our hotel after another wonderful day.