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South Stack lighthouse - start and
finish of the walk
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It's very busy up here on a Sunday afternoon. The RSPB have a carpark but it's full, as is the overflow carpark, but we manage to find a space a bit further up the road and admire the lighthouse at South Stack before setting off.
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Multiple paths across the mountain,
but well signposted
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There seem to be a lot of options, pathwise, but it's pretty obvious where we're going and as we get closer the way to the rocky quartzite top is well signposted. There are plenty of climbers as well as walkers making their way up too.
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Quite an impressive sheer-sided hill,
for such a relatively low altitude summit
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We reach the summit quickly and admire views of the ferry coming in to Holyhead below us, though it's not clear enough to see the Wicklow mountains this afternoon. The town's harbour wall is impressive from here ; it's 1.7 miles long and was built using rock from the mountain.
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Trig point at top, with harbour breakwater
and Irish ferry in background
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The route down again is quick and easy, leaving us plenty of time to get to our holiday cottage in Menai Bridge.
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