Starting from West Angle Bay car park, the Pembokesire Ramblers’ route, on Saturday, followed the coast path south and then east towards Freshwater West (writes John Reeves, walk leader).

Unfortunately, the sunshine of the previous day was absent, with overcast sky and a cool breeze, but once underway, the walkers soon warmed up and the path was sheltered from the breeze.

Visibility was good, giving a clear view of St. Ann’s Head on the opposite side of the Haven. The route is well-signed with named location and OS map reference on most waymarkers.

After a brief coffee break at the octagonal ruin overlooking Guttle Hole and the first 2.5 miles behind us, we continued along the path which now contains several steep decents and ascents as the path traverses various ravines which cut back inland, the last of these being at Gravel Bay.

Just before the coast path reaches Freshwater West beach, our route took us on to a footpath leading inland towards Rocket Cart House. It was at this point, having travelled almost 4.5 miles from our start point 2.5 hours previous, we had a well-earned lunch stop.

There were several other walkers on the path, including a group from Hirwaun and also the local reporter from Wales Today, who was heading in the direction of Angle with two friends.

After lunch, we headed inland to Rocket Cart House and then took the lane leading north through Bangeston Wood to meet another section of the coast path at Angle Bay. At this point, we turned west on the coast path and followed it back towards Angle village.

On reaching the outskirts of the village, four of the ramblers headed back to the car park, while the remaining seven, who included a visitor from Ramblers HQ in Cardiff, who was visiting her father in Steynton, continued via Angle point and the recently opened Chapel Bay Fort back to our start point in the car park.

The total distance was almost 9.5 miles and the time taken was approximately five hours, after which refreshments were taken at the local inn.