Distance: 9.6 miles Max Altitude: 57 m Min Altitude: 5 m Height Gain: 178 m Height Loss: 169 m I won’t lie to you, it wasn’t exactly the best start to the day. Due to my trainer-saving detour around the Valero refinery yesterday, I had finished my day on the wrong side of the plant. So I needed to find my way back to the Wales Coast Path in order to get on my way again. Easier said than done though. I could see it across…
Distance: 11.1 miles Max Altitude: 80 m Min Altitude: 10 m Height Gain: 305 m Height Loss: 306 m After a day off for medical purposes, I arrived back on the trail. I had found myself a new pair of trainers on my day off. The treads on the others had worn down so much that it was like wearing slippers. My walk started beside Pembroke Castle. The Wales Coast Path runs alongside it, almost right the way around. This bench was placed here to commemorate…
Distance: 13.7 miles Max Altitude: 63 m Min Altitude: 3 m Height Gain: 354 m Height Loss: 364 m It was a windy day on the Wales Coast Path. My walk began in front of the memorial to a plane crash which happened during the Second World War. The memorial overlooks the site where Wellington IC, N2749, of 27 OTU, RAF Lichfield, crashed in the early hours of the 19th July 1942. There were no survivors. I continued down Hamilton Terrace. And I arrived at another…
Distance: 8.9 miles Max Altitude: 56 m Min Altitude: 1 m Height Gain: 289 m Height Loss: 271 m -> My day started in St Ishmael’s. It was a short walk to find the Wales Coast Path at Monk Haven. Monk Haven was a landing place centuries ago for traders and pilgrims on their way to St David’s. Yet again, I was fortunate enough to be experiencing one of those perfect Pembrokeshire days. Up and down the coast, everything looked so idyllic. The going underfoot…
Distance: 7.2 miles Max Altitude: 58 m Min Altitude: 1 m Height Gain: 210 m Height Loss: 225 m It had been almost a fortnight since I had last walked. To cut a very long story short, I had been fortunate enough to meet a retired consultant on St Ann’s Head, who was on holiday from London; this was all courtesy of my kind (and worried) host, Frans. When I told the consultant my symptoms (which I shan’t go into here for fear of…
Distance: 12.24 miles Max Altitude: 80 m Min Altitude: 9 m Height Gain: 302 m Height Loss: 273 m It was mid morning when I set off from St Bride’s. Next to the beach here is a church and also a non-obvious building. I stepped inside to discover that it’s a pump house. I discovered that it had been built in 1904 to provide fresh water to St Bride’s Castle. This is an imposing building and had been visible to me most of yesterday…
Distance: 12.67 Max Altitude: 81 m Min Altitude: 3 m Height Gain: 475 m Height Loss: 475 m My flip flops finally gave way after months of trusty service. Despite my best efforts with gaffa tape, they could not be saved. So I decided to get another pair in a surf shop before I left Newgale. I found some I liked, bought them, had a cup of tea and started walking. It was overcast and washed out, weather-wise. But the geology was astounding. It didn’t…
Distance: 16.3 miles Max Altitude: 108 m Min Altitude: 2 m Height Gain: 535 m Height Loss: 548 m It was another fine day on the Wales Coast Path and I started walking from the Tyddewi (St Davids) Lifeboat Station. The forecast was favourable and I planned to make a proper assault on the trail. Ynys Dewi (Ramsey Island) opposite was bathed in sunlight. I was curious about this line of buoys in the photo, and wondered whether they were there to denote a wreck…
Distance: 12.36 miles Max Altitude: 103 m Min Altitude: 1 m Height Gain: 484 m Height Loss: 471 m My day began at The Sloop Inn at Porthgain. A mighty breakfast to start the day. It’s hard not to like this place or not be fascinated by its contents. Everywhere you look there are bits and bobs, various sorts of memorabilia, trinkets, maritime odds and ends, photographs and ephemera. And the food is great too! Before I re-joined the Wales Coast Path I decided to…
Distance: 14.3 miles Max Altitude: 136 m Min Altitude: 3 m Height Gain: 590 m Height Loss: 624 m Bless me, bloggers, for I have sinned. It’s been….er, quite a few days since my last post. My last walk, although only 10km in distance had left me banjaxed in mind and body (or feet more specifically). So I decided to rest. That coupled with never ending technical troubles have led to a shabby upkeep of this blog. My feet have never warranted this much attention…
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