Aberystwyth

We had arranged to meet up with my Mother & Brother whilst in Aberystwyth, and booked in to the marina for four nights. The berth allocated turned out to be fine, and with very few people about, was very quiet. At the north end of the town there is a cable tram up to the top of the hill ( The Cliff Railway ), this afforded super views of the town and the scenery up the coast towards Aberdovey, and ( in the far distance ) the Llyn peninsular

The sea front is an attractive mixture of Victorian buildings, Pier, and a modern Promenade. The town has a resident population of about 12,000, but this more than doubles in term time due to the University.

The beaches are rather grey and pebbley, and after the recent heavy rain fall, were covered in debris washed down the rivers, and deposited on the beach at high tide.

Access to the marina with anything other than a flat bottomed barge is about HW +- 2 Hrs, and looking at the entrance at low water, it was hard to believe that we had come through here in a yacht.

Another after effect of the recent floods was the deposition of huge amounts of gravel in the river end of the marina - in the photo below, the boats clearly standing on gravel should have been floating !! The marina management seemed to have to spend a great deal of time and effort with a digger and dump truck moving gravel upstream of the weir in an attempt to reinforce the weir itself, and wash the fines out of the dredged material out to sea. With the weather we are having this year, this seems like a Forth bridge job !

This is the view from the weir, looking towards the sea wall, with 'NJ' in the centre of the photo.

After another thorough soaking on Friday 6th ( when we met mum & Pete ), we intend to move north again on Saturday, possibly to Aberdovey or on to Pwllheli.