Point of Ayr is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately to the north of Talacre in Flintshire, at the mouth of the Dee estuary. It is the site of a RSPB nature reserve, and is part of Gronant and Talacre Dunes Site of Special Scientific Interest. This was an RSPB guided event. The high tide at Liverpool was 1pm and the height was to be 9.7m. (Enquiries were on 0151 336 7681) so we were expecting something of a spectacle as the tide rose.
We were to meet at 10.30am in the car park of the Smugglers Inn, Station Road, Talacre which was easier said than done as by the time we arrived the car park was full and none of the other holiday making type places would permit the parking of cars except for people eating in their cafes and restaurants. Neither were they too keen on people using their toilets – some cafes didn’t even have them necessitating the use of the very minimal and rather crude public toilets.