The first section of the walk consists of a ten-kilometre, undulating hike on this road, with very little variation. Even when I reached the downhill sections the poor weather meant any views I had were shrouded in mist and rain.
The route passes through the small hamlet of Clynnog Fawr where the church and Holy Well of St Beuno are to be found. The saint is reputed to have establsihed a very important monastery and college at Clynnog Fawr, known as a 'clas'. St Beuno died in 640AD but the 'clas' or community continued in importantance until at least the 10th C AD. The current church dates from the late 15th to early 126th C, with the remain of the original 7th C church thought to lie beneath the small chapel in the left of the church picture.