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Lydstep Point.

Start. Skrinkle Haven car park.

Route. Skrinkle Haven car park - Drought - Lydstep Point - Whitesheet Rock - Drought - Skomar - Church Door - Skrinkle Haven car park.

Notes. Short but spectacular just about describes this walk around Lydstep Point, airy drops, amazing scenery and you’ll be walking in the footsteps of smugglers. Old tales connected the caverns around the headland with the smuggling trade which was rife in the 18th and 19th centuries, very much part of the local economy.

We set out from the large parking area above Skrinkle Haven, even before we started the scenery stopped us in our tracks, the path guided us through a stunning setting before a steep descent deposited us at the head of Draught, a cove cutting deep into the land mass, a steep ascent followed, a great number of steps aided our climb of the hillside.

The path then continued through a couple of gates, into a car park then through woodland, we exited the woodland to find ourselves on the headland, a green trod then guided us to Lydstep Point. There are definite signs of quarrying on the Lydstep Haven side of the headland, stone was cut from the cliff face then lowered down to ships in the haven. A good path guided us around the headland, we stopped many times to soak up the scenery and enjoy extensive vistas, on reaching a view point overlooking Draught and Skrinkle Haven we spent five minutes drinking in the views before heading back.

We wandered northwards back to the car park, back through the gates, there was no avoiding the steep descent and ascent in and out of Draught. We left the path to explore an airy ridge with stunning views up and down the coast, if you dared turn round, I believe it’s called Skomar, safely back on the main trod we ignored the car park continuing along the coast path to enjoy gorgeous views from above Church Doors over Skrinkle Haven before heading back to the car.

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From near the car park views to Skomar and Drought backed by the the cliffs and caves along the southern end of Lydstep headland.

Stunning rock architecture, the bedrock in this part of Pembrokeshire was laid down before being turned on end by tectonic plate movement, the same force that builds mountains, volcanoes and causes earthquakes.