As we walked on from Lower Town, looking back you had a much better understanding of Fishguard, Goodwick and Lower Town in the landscape, a very pretty prospect. From the eastern side of the harbour there is a climb up on the old road to Castle Point where there are the remains of an old artillery fort. Built in 1781, it had eight, nine-pounder guns that were used during the French invasion of 1797 (The Last Invasion of Great Britain). It still has four cannon on site today looking out over the harbour.
The coastal path weaves in and out of a crennelated clifftop, with gentle-to-medium rises in the land. On one of the headlands just before Dinas Island we could see what looked like a fairly substantial caravan or holiday park on top of Penrhyn Ychen, beside Aber Grugog.
On the cliff edge, we were walking through heavy gorse where there was a sharp contrast between the grey, dead growth of last year and the thrusting green of the current year, with many of the gorse bushes heavy with yellow flower. As well, in places there was a carpet of Bluebells, flower and shrub together gave off a sweet, heady scent. On the inland side we passed by the peak of the hill of Carn Fran. For a brief moment, coming off the cliff at the headland of Penrhyn, we were back in civilisation as we walked through the holiday park, fortunately it was only a brief visit.
We kept going, starting on the steep climb up to the headland, round the shoulder at the top and on to the trig point. From the headland there were the most amazing views backwards and forwards, showing what we had walked over the last few days and the beautiful walking that was still to come.