4.1 - WHITESANDS - ABEREIDDY

A distance of about 7 miles.

From Whitesands (a very popular beach/surfing area ) only a short walk to St Davids Head , with views over to Ramsey Island and the smaller Islands of the " Bishops and Clerks" - igneous rocky outcrops - with a lighthouse on South Bishop Rock.

Smalls Lighthouse is in the distance.

A neolithic burial chamber (Coetan Arthur) , may be spotted on the way , with views inland dominated by Carn Llidi (181m).

Manx Shearwaters - the Seabirds with nocturnal habits - may be glimpsed / during the breeding season (may - sept) / near St Davids Head and the coastal path to the east / thousands , low over the sea , in the evening and early morning , as they fly between their feeding areas and nesting sites on Skomer / Skokholm Islands .

Iron Age hut circles / can be found on St Davids Head after passing through the stone bank / ditches , part of "Warriors Dyke".

Near St David`s Head is St George`s Channel / a narrow strip of sea / extending to Carnsore Head ( Wexford - Ireland ) / seperating the Celtic Sea from the Irish Sea .

Route away from the head , passes Coetan Arthur , through early summer flowers , heather in August .
Iron age field system of small walled enclosures may just be visible below Carn Llidi , before the bracken grows to tall .

Carn Lleithr / Perfedd / Treliwyd - inland - are passed , and on to climb Carn Penberry (175m) , all hard igneous , volcanic rocks / Dolerite - ( dark rock / medium grain / crystallized magma ) .

Views ahead in the distance to Strumble Head , with its Lighthouse , and the bulk of Garn Fawr (213m) .
Route continues above bays with Seals / Pups in Sept / Oct , and on to Abereiddy.

Along the coast to Strumble ( Pencaer Penninsula ) / the bays are eroded Ordovician Shales / the Headlands - hard Ordovician igneous rocks .

Car Park - Whitesands Bay , Abereiddy.

Bus - "Celtic Cruiser", St Davids (Grove St) , to Whitesands.
"Strumble Shuttle", - St Davids (Grove St) , to Abereiddy.