While paddlers enjoy the craggy cliffs and secret inlets, walkers with a little know-how can follow the Ceredigion Coast Path to many of the same hidden spots. It’s a half-mile trek to Castell Bach – “Little Castle” – an iron age hill fort dating to 300 BC, where the remains of earthwork defences are still visible today. The small sandy cove there is an utter joy. Sheltered by a rocky knoll that has the appearance of an island, you can sometimes find the beach empty, even on the sunniest of days. Continue further and you reach New Quay, home to pubs and restaurants aplenty and a good place to organise more tourist-orientated excursions, while, to the south, it’s the same distance to walk to the beach and welcoming pub at Llangrannog.
