Abersoch and the Llyn

The Llyn peninsular in North Wales is a place of contrasts: the popular beaches and seaside towns like Pwllheli and Abersoch, and the unexplored interior with its minor roads and solitude. On holiday a few weeks ago we took the campervan to Aberdaron, a little place virtually at the end of the peninsular. Surprisingly, the village paper shop opened promptly at 9.00 on a Sunday morning and I had no trouble buying a copy of our usual Observer. Later I walked a section of the coastal path right at the end of the peninsular. But the previous day we had paused a while in Abersoch, finding it much busier than expected (though no doubt the extremely hot late June weather was a factor). It's a bustling little place, with a pretty harbour, golf course, sand dunes and beach huts perched high above the beach, so naturally I took the opportunity to take some pictures and do some people watching. Apart from the beach huts, I really liked a collection of fishing paraphernalia outside the RNLI station and an old metalic ice cream advertising sign on the side wall of a shop in the centre.