Sea Kayaking - Wales in May -Strumble Head.

Wherever I go for a chosen trip, there will be a 'Prime Target' to try and do. If I go to Anglesey, it will be either The Stacks or The Skerries. Cornwall, it would be Land's End, or Cape Cornwall, North Scotland it would be Duncansby Head, or Cape Wrath, etc. On any trip to Mid-Wales, it would most definitely be Strumble Head. Is it the wildness, the towering cliffs, the strong tides, the exposure, the sheer challenge?......All of the above. The sheer inaccessibility is the first hurdle. The easiest launch is actually from Goodwick/Fishguard, that is easy, free parking and an approx 6 mile trip to the lighthouse, going direct and not exploring any bays, features. But a much more interesting way is from Abercastle. A direct paddle to the lighthouse would be approx. 5.5 miles, but parking at Abecastle is VERY limited, and there is a £1 charge to launch a kayak, but there is a (usually) very excellent working toilet, well stocked with shit ticket in that price! It would be possible to launch at Aber Mawr, but there is a stile to negotiate, and the beach is steep shingle that often has very awkward dumping surf on it, plus it has very limited parking also. By far the best option is from Abercastle. The toilet is very handy of course, the place is lovely, but more than all that, the scenery en-route is as good as it gets. I have actually done this trip twice before, once about halfway to the lighthouse 2009, and in Sept 2014 I managed to get right up to the Lighthouse, but it was terrible day, and I didn't think the footage good enough to upload. This trip is most definitely one the best in Wales, probably in the top 5, it is a fantastic paddle, with so much, in fact too much too see in one day. I haven't done the trip from the Lighthouse to Fishguard, but I'm pretty sure it's not a patch on this trip, I don't think you can get the full effect from this video due to the fog. There are tantalising glimpses though, especially at Pwll Deri. Paddle no. 2 of 2018 and it was a classic, and there is much, much more to come.