June 10th 2017, Wales, Shell Island 1

Monty the Motorhome is being buffeted by the wind on Shell Island, which is just North of Barmouth in mid Wales. We have a pitch on the crest of a grassy field which is adjacent to the shoreline. The island is reached by a causeway which is only covered for an hour or so either side of high tide, and covers an area of approximately 450 acres, 300 of which are available for camping. There are no marked or allocated pitches, you just pick your own spot.


We arrived in pouring rain, but by mid afternoon the sun was getting through allowing us a nice amble to one end of the site where we watched a couple of young men fishing with a long length of fine netting that they pulled through shallow water before both coming together to haul up their catch. We think they were after prawns, but they didn't seem to be having much luck.
By teatime the sky was almost cloudless, but later in the evening the weather closed in again and it looks like a windy night is ahead.

The beach just below out campsite, with Harlech Castle on the tip of the land ahead