This was our fourth trip to walk the Wales Coast Path. Starting early we arrived at Colwyn Bay around 7.20am ish, and I decided to park at the train stations car park on arrival. It was £4.50 all day (12/3/22) and convenient, entered the railway station and the nice lady told me my Son got to travel for free with a paying adult on Transport for Wales Trains, (So big up to them), we only had a nine minute wait for the train, and it only took about 10 minutes to get to Rhyl. A short walk to the seafront via gregs for a bake breakfast and coffee and we made our way to the Sea Aquarium centre as that is where we finished part 3. A quick walk to the sea as the tide was in and a little mess about with the waterproof camera before getting on the trail and heading along the seafront to the harbour, crossing the bridge and then heading into Towyn with caravan sites to your left and a beach to your right for most of this first half to Pensarn and Abergele train station which we had passed on the train earlier. We had a coffee and an ice cream at Pantri Bach Cafe and then a quick spot of crazy golf at surfside where the staff kindly stored our rucksacks, I won, but to be fair our Ethan don't ever remember playing before. Then it was off for the second leg of this part of our walk, as we continued along the coastal path. We had hardly seen any signs for the coast path since Prestatyn, but to be fair most of the walk has been straightforward, stay near the sea. As we headed along Pensarn Beach you had clear views of Gwrych Castle in the hillside, which is where they filmed I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here during the pandemic for two years. The path then took us Llanddulas Beach, on the way we passed a conveyor belt leading out to see from a nearby quarry, I presume its used to load boats of rock cargo. On the last stretch just before Colwyn Bay we were met with a short diversion, luckily for pedestrians it was very short. I had never been to these places between Rhyl and llandudno before, so they were nice to explore. We were soon in Colwyn Bay and decided to finish the filming at the pier, easy to begin from next time as its so close to the railway station. Not sure where we will end up in the next walked, its unplanned as yet, I wanted to finish at Llandudno pier but it looks a bit short, so not sure as yet....

PLEASE ONLY USE THIS AS A ROUGH GUIDE. TAKE MAPS AND FOLLOW SIGNAGE. WALKED: March 12th 2022

Standing behind the Rhyl Sea Aquarium, ///foam.owner.unity face the sea and turn left, following the path around the back of the fairground and next to the seafront, keep to this harbourside path until it leads out onto the B5118 West Parade.  ///kept.puts.pound Follow the footpath to the bridge across the River Clwyd to your right. Cross the bridge. ///notes.wool.twigs On the opposite side of the bridge you have two choices, The Boardwalk path through Horton's Nose Nature Reserve ///parks.solo.sheep or the tarmac NCR 5 pathway ///smiles.narrow.onion. We opted for the boardwalks which eventually leads back to the tarmac path, follow the tarmac path now along the seafront with the beach on your right and the caravan park on your left. ///piano.buddy.lonely  Keep to this path (or walk along the beach if the tide is out), passing Kinmel Dunes and promenade, its a long straight path, eventually there is an s bend, continue around. remember this is also a cycle path so watch out for bikes along the way. the path then continues straight again, next to a pebble beach now, ///spell.wanted.rocks At the end of the caravan park, the path makes another S bend and then you have two parallel pathways, one slightly higher than the other, we took this path as you got more of a view of the sea. its narrower and cyclists prefer the lower wider path. Higher path: ///occupy.crew.clever Another long straight path alongside Towyn Beach, you pass a small fairground on your left. Eventually the paths rejoin. ///present.opens.boast, turn right on the main pathway continuing slightly away from the beach.  the path now runs alongside the railway tracks to your left and the beach catches up  with you on your right. Follow the path a way until you reach Abergele and Pensarn railway Station. just before the path leads out onto Sea Road (The road bridge by the railway station) take the path to your right, Pensarn Promenade. ///engineers.habit.riverside which runs closest to the sea. A great place to stop on route for a rest, with a cafe, and ice cream sales, a crazy golf and small arcade and public toilets. Continue along the promenade until it leads onto the small access road. ///inner.rebounds.attic Turn right onto the road, the sea views are obscured by a large wall, so we opted to walk along the beach for a short section here. At the end of the road continue straight ahead on the tarmac cycle path which continues along the side of the coast. ///routine.warriors.overlaid Follow this path eventually it runs alongside a small car park  ///tinsel.alike.brings where there is a small cafe behind the palm trees. Continue to the pathway along the coast here. The path eventually runs alongside the River Dulas and a short way there is a footbridge to cross. ///pocketed.denoting.potential Cross the bridge and follow the path around to the left. It leads out onto a bend on Wern Road. Take the tarmac cyclepath on the right hand side of the road. ///tangling.career.automatic staying coast side and not passing under the large railway bridge. Keep to this path as it runs alongside the car park then away keeping to the pathway close to the beach, not straying off under the railway lines at any of the bridges/tunnels. Eventually the path takes a short sharp incline There's a nice place to stop on the way up on your right, we had a little picnic here. ///assembles.early.charities At the top of the little hill follow this tarmac cycle route and you soon cross a small metal footbridge, close to a bridge carrying the A55 and a lower bridge carrying the railway line we have been following since Chester. The path then goes back down a steep small hill and runs near the coast again. Continuing along the path passing a conveyor belt that leads out to sea, then up a slight hill further along with large rocks and a small brick building on your right and a small footbridge over the A55 on your left, continue straight ahead here. ///braved.permanent.rainbow keeping to the path near the coast for a while which eventually leads out onto West Promenade. Now we are on the outskirts of Colwyn Bay. ///beaters.denim.asks Continue straight here (Not passing under the bridge on your left. we did as there was a small diversion in place at the time) Follow the road eventually the path on the right side of the road nearest the coast moves away from the road, follow this into Colwyn Bay passing Porth Eirias building, we crossed over this making a visit to the rooftop.  ///force.lasts.gallons It is then a short walk along the seafront to the Colwyn Bay pier. ///points.powers.exact

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