It is a beautiful evening in Morfa Nefyn. The sun is shining, the rays hitting the sea which in turn reflects an amazing spectrum of colours from vivid blue to aquamarine. The crippling heat of the recent heatwave is pushed away by a light breeze. The sky is almost entirely clear.
As you approach the village from the south, the number of cars with roof boxes increases, the laybys grow increasingly full with mobile homes. Driving past Sglods Gwen's chip shop, there's a queue outside. Further into the village, most of the shops have closed for the day but there's a steady stream of people making their way up from the beach past the golf club and back into their cars. Families with their bags of beachwear, people in wetsuits, dog walkers, all stroll past, many stopping at the top of the hill to take in the view. Those walking to the beach have those dropped shoulders that come with being on holiday. One woman is Facetiming someone to show just how beautiful it looks, others are discussing where to go fishing later in their holiday.
The view, particularly on an evening like this, is something you'd see on Instagram and double take it's in Wales and yet the village itself isn't the sort of place you'll see on a postcard. It's not got the cobbled streets of Tenby or brightly coloured houses of Aberaeron but what it has is a jaw dropping beach surrounded by awe-inspiring hills and mountains.
