Summer temperatures but it’s still Spring! We continued westward from the river at Llantwit Major beach, past Tresilian Bay and St Donat’s Point. At St Donat’s is a large complex of impressive buildings now forming the centre of the UWC Atlantic College. We wandered in through some open gates and walked through the length of the site until we we very politely asked to leave. Details of the college were hard to establish. There were no obvious students and and the staff all seemed about the same age and smiled a lot. Searches on Google seem to highlight the status of students (foreign royalty) rather than the subjects taught.

From St Donat’s we continued westward to Monknash, at the head of a valley, The Nash Brook, about a kilometre from the coast, where we were staying. Monknash has a nice pub, The Plough and Harrow, but not much else.

Then on to Southerndown, just south-east of Ogmore-by-Sea, passing Traeth Beach and the Dunraven estate, with extensive walled gardens, and Dunraven Bay, where we paddled, albeit, in my case, with my boots still on.