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The last few days have been a blur of long walking days, frustration with company handling this section of the walk, lots and lots of frustration, way finding, bad but not terrible weather, and, of course the phone!

After the twenty-one mile day came the best and most gorgeous section of the Llyn peninsula, that being from Porthcolman to Aberdaron.  I can vouch for its being wild and vast, but not much else, because, sadly, I didn't see it, so heavy was the mist when it wasn't raining, that you were lucky if you could make make out the next marker in the distance, a necessity in open country, bordered by cliffs, and no actual path.  It might have been just as well not to have been able to see how steep some of the drops were!

But, oh, joy, in Aberdaron was new phone.  Miracle of miracles!  Setting it up, a few glitches, but accomplished, at last, and then relief!  Oh, such relief!  The map app on PHONE and GyPSy are really indispensable.  Each occupies prime real estate:  one in a pocket on the left and and one in a pocket on the right shoulder strap of my backpack.

Lucky for me, yesterday, man-of-B&B, designed the walk for today.  While it was nineteen miles (did not realize that), it was really gorgeous especially when the sun finally came out.

At the tip of the BIG peninsula.  Very thrilling!

The sea, with boats in the distance, on a sunny morning:

 An unexpected patch of daisies:

As you can see in the above photo, not all beach walking is as it is in Aruba (not that I have ever been there).

Do they appreciate the view?  Maybe they are thinking, "The sea is kind of ho-hum today."

Iron age crib for big iron age baby (or maybe a fertility goddess):

In Llanbedrog, home for the night, there is an art gallery, so, when proprietress of B and B suggested I go, I hastened, only to discover that the David Nash exhibit was being dismantled.  Very sad making.

Here is his Red Tree:

I really wanted to take it home!

And some other trees.  Don't they look as if they are dancing, or maybe doing Yoga?

Mostly Nash does wooden sculptures, like this Charred Oak.  One of the features of his work is his use of wood as a material that will respond to the weather. This piece, for example, has cracks from the cycle of the wood's getting wet and drying and cracking.  The textures are warm and soft:

Not his, but Big Mama wanted attention: