Miss Mostyn follows the coastal path around Llandudno, with views, gradients and no tolerance for foolish shoes.

Llandudno sits on a strong stretch of the North Wales coast, and the coastal path lets one see more than the main bay. This is useful, because some visitors appear to believe the town ends where the ice cream does.

The All Wales Coast Path passes through the area, connecting Llandudno with the wider coastal route that extends the full length of the Welsh coastline. Locally, the path gives links between Llandudno, Deganwy, Conwy, Rhos-on-Sea and the Little Orme area in one direction, and around the Great Orme on the other.

You can link the promenade, the Great Orme, West Shore and nearby communities into longer walks. Done well, the route makes Llandudno feel connected rather than isolated and decorative.

The path is not the same all the way. Some parts are easy and level (the promenade being the most obvious example). Others involve roads, slopes, rough surfaces and navigation that expects you to have brought more than optimism.

The Great Orme section of the coastal path uses Marine Drive, the clifftop paths and routes through the Country Park. The signage is generally adequate, though the Great Orme is large enough that an OS map is an asset rather than a vanity.

The coastal path between Llandudno and Deganwy gives estuary views and the approach to Conwy Castle from across the water (a more interesting approach than the car park and castle entrance, though it takes longer and requires actual legs).

Use the coastal path flexibly. Walk one section, return by bus or train, and do not turn every outing into a test of pride. Pride has ruined many afternoons and several dinner reservations.

The path through West Shore, along the sea front and connecting to the Conwy estuary gives a particularly good sequence: resort, residential coast, estuary views and then the walls of Conwy in the distance, accumulating into a sense of how the settlements of North Wales relate to their shared coastline.

A short coastal walk done properly is better than a long one done resentfully. Llandudno rewards attention, not martyrdom.

Download the relevant OS map or use a walking app before setting out on any section beyond the promenade. The coast behaves like itself and not like a well-managed attraction, which is precisely why it is worth visiting.