In the footsteps of pilgrims … almost
19/08/17 – 20/08/17 Because of my usual tardiness in posting the blog I have decided to label each post with the date(s) it pertains to. That way you, the reader,… Read more »
Category: Walking
Caerlaverock
We remained parked up in Glencaple for the next day and night. The next day was bright and sunny to start with, and although it clouded over later and there… Read more »
Last days in Wales
By this time we knew we would have to be heading back to the south west as we had a music festival to attend in just over a week’s time…. Read more »
A new way up
After Anglesey we headed back into Snowdonia for a third and final time on this trip. The weather was glorious and a mountain walk was called for. Now, we have… Read more »
Blogging Anxiety and our final days in Anglesey
You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged for a week, this has caused me a little anxiety, but not quite enough to motivate me to blog. The reason for a lack of… Read more »
Puffin Watching
Anglesey has it’s own adjacent island in the north west corner, a smaller fractal image of the relationship between Wales and Anglesey; this island is Holy Island and in it’s north west… Read more »
Carneddau climb
We had decided to walk the Carneddau horseshoe from the Ogwen valley. The Carneddau mountains can be found on the north side of the A5 as you leave Capel Curig heading north and every previous time we… Read more »
Last day on the Lleyn
Our last stop on the Lleyn peninsula was at Nant Gwrtheyrn on the north coast. This heritage centre is home to the National Welsh Language Centre as well as having some… Read more »
A Parcel of Pinnipeds
Pinniped means ‘winged feet’ and is the name applied to animals with flippers, such as walruses, sea lions and seals. Our next stop gave us multiple opportunities to watch common seals… Read more »
Strong Currents
Next it was back to the original plan, and so we headed back down to the northernmost ‘toe’ of the peninsula. Mynydd Mawr (literally Big Mountain) overlooks Bardsey Island and… Read more »
If you cant stand the heat…get up a mountain
The weather was settling into heatwave territory, even Snowdonia expecting temperatures of 27 degrees, so we decided we needed to find a campsite where we could stretch out the awning… Read more »
Borth
Morrissey once sang about the ‘Seaside town they forgot to shut down’, and that’s what came to mind when we arrived in Borth, a town on the coast of Wales north… Read more »
An embarassment of kites
In my head, the Red Kite is a rare and infrequently seen bird, but here in mid wales that certainly is not the case. And in fact, reading the RSPB pages about… Read more »
When the sun shines
It’s still raining as I write this, but I thought I’d share the sunny side of the last seven days, as there was quite a bit of sunshine and it… Read more »
Castles and Coastline
Our plan was to head west to the Pembrokeshire coast, we’ve missed the sea since we left Exmouth. First though we needed to find somewhere to stay the night after… Read more »
To the Brecon Beacons
Off to the mountains for us next. The Brecon Beacons are supposedly named after the practice of lighting fires ‘beacons’ to warn of impending danger. The road to the Brecons… Read more »
Boar Encounter
Our next stop was the Forets of Dean for some wild camping. Wild camping usually means two key things, firstly finding somewhere to park overnight where no-one is going to… Read more »
A flying visit
The next stop for us was the Mendips. We were due to spend a couple of days with Aaron and Kate before they flew out to Morocco for a well… Read more »