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Day 7 – Morfa Dinlle – Llanfairfechan(ish) – 37 km We start our final day under a glorious sky, 0900 OTW and it’s a nice warm day – thin-cag time! There is a gentle, clean swell running in on the beach and we partake of a couple of easy runs up by South Sands, before …
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Day 6 – Porth Dinllaen – Morfa Dinlle – 28 km Back to early starts, 08:00 OTW, with slightly slow arms after the Llyn Padarn TT yesterday. The wind has dropped off, but it has taken the blue skies too. We start from Porth Dinllaen in a dead calm, with a 12-14 mph breeze forecast …
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Day 5 – Porth Colman – Porth Dinllaen – 14 km We travelled through Bardsey Sound and rounded the end of the Llyn yesterday, the difficult bit was done now. Of course, it doesn’t work out like that; it’s the simple bits that cause you hassles. The high pressure system that sat overhead, brought blue …
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Day 4 – Abersoch – Porth Colman – 37 km We finished at Abersoch and had to head home for a few days, or so we thought. But, we had Bardsey Sound to paddle through and February just did not bring any weather that made that a good idea. It was late March before we …
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Day 3 – Criccieth – Abersoch – 25 km We stayed not too far away in Porthmadog last night. Even with the necessary car shuttle, the relaxed tide timings meant we had an easier start today – OTW after noon! By contrast Criccieth was flat calm today and we headed out for a steady paddle …
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Day 2 Barmouth – Criccieth – 25 km The forecast was for a stiff breeze from the S, increasing as we headed N, and with only a little swell. The plan was to follow the coastline to Mochras/Shell Island, staying far enough out to avoid any surf, and then straightlining it to Criccieth – with …
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