Something a bit different today, The Bones of Miss Willy, not so much a hike, but a nice short walk/run with some good photo opportunities. This starts on Cape D-Aguilar Road, just down the road from the entrance of Dragons Back, there’s no official parking, but there’s a roundabout type thing at the entrance of Cape D’Aguilar Road where the bus stops and you can park there without getting a ticket but weekends will be busy after about 10a.m.
Failing that there’s parking a few hundred metres down the road, again, nothing official but we saw the fuzz go past and not care too much about people parking on the side of the road. Follow the road in, you can’t go wrong with the signs, you need a special permit or something to drive all the way in so you have to walk in a few kilometres before you’ll reach the PCCW Cape D-Aguilar Radio Station.
Word of warning if you’re taking kids, don’t let them get to far out of sight as some of the cars going in an out of here can drive quite fast and the road, for cars, is quite narrow and lots of blind spots. Anyway, once you reach the radio station go left of that, you’ll see a path through the grass where people have walked, can’t miss it.
If you want a nice view, head left up the hill a bit where the signs say no trespassing, I took this by mistake and there were some guys working on powerlines or something but they didnt seem to care too much. Otherwise follow the road to the right all the way down to Bones of Miss Willy, right next to the University of Hong Kong Swire Institute of Marine Science. You can’t miss it.
The actual Bones of Miss Willy are a bit disappointing, worth a snap shot though. Have a walk around the beach, it’s not really great for swimming, but the rocks make for some good photos and there’s a bit of a cave, well not really a cave as so much a hole on the rocks. You can walk up the top of the rocks, again, if you have young kids, just be careful as once you get the near the edge it’s pretty much a straight drop into the ocean.
We took our 4 year old and he’s fine walking around the beach and halfway up the rocks but not worth the risk of going right up the top where one wrong move could result in a serious accident. No doubt you’ll see dickheads taking selfies seeing how close they can get to the edge for the sake of getting a few likes on Facebook.
Those knobs who takes selfies on top of high buildings etc deserve everything they get if they fall. But I digress. You could probably spend an hour or two here, apparently there’s a lighthouse but we didn’t go up to that, looks a bit shite. As usual, advice is to go early, especially on weekends as this place can get very busy.
You might need to bring a pram for little ones, it’s quite far for them, maybe 9-10km by the time all is said and done. Bones of Miss Willy is definitely not difficult, you’ll see a few locals all geared up with their compression gear and hiking poles – neither of those are needed at all and all they do is provide for some comedy on the way.
If you’re into photography and/or like taking photos, the Bones of Miss Willy hike is definitely worth a morning trip and is a nice easy walk or run. There’s no shops/kiosks or anything else where you can buy drinks/snacks at, so stock up before you go if you plan to spend time there. The Bones of Miss Willy would also probably be a good place to go on a date and try and bust a few moves on your future boyfriend/girlfriend or wife/husband.
Sunset would be particularly romantic, if you’re into that kind of stuff, long enough to have a nice chat but not so long you get all sweaty and ruin your chances of getting any action, unless you go in the middle of summer, in which case you better knock one out at home before going because you’ll be covered in sweat within the first few hundred metres. This has gotten a little out of hand and off subject. Give the Bones of Miss Willy a try, it’s got some nice views and if you go weekdays, you might be lucky enough to have the whole place to yourself.
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