Category: Wales Coastal Path
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Baglan Burrows to Port Talbot – Wales Coast Path
We still have a few bits of the Glamorgan coast to fill in as part of the Wales Coastal Path, and todays 9 mile trek was one of them. In fact it was only 4.5 miles of the path but it was a there and back type of day. The sun was bright, even if…
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Llandanwg Church
Earlier this year in July as I was recovering from my heart attack, Aunty and I undertook a walk along a stretch of the Wales Coastal path in North West Wales. This was to be walk from Llandanwg south along the beaches towards Barmouth, but it was so hot that we cut it short and…
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Llandanwg to Llandecwyn
Well the summer this year is one to write about. We’ve not had any appreciable rain for weeks now, except when we went to the Gower earlier. Even the mountains of Wales are looking brown and dry. This time we’ve managed a few miles along the Merioneth Coast, but only 9 miles, not the 12…
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Worm’s Head – Welsh 100 No 55
May and June this year has been almost wall to wall sunshine – except that iOS when we stayed on Gower for a few days with the intention of joining up a few sections of the Coastal Path in this area. Well the best laid plans of mice and men were scuppered by the weather…
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Strumble Head Lighthouse
Stumble Head Lighthouse is right at the end of the world, Well, that may not be strictly true, but it feels like it. For one thing, in order to find it you need to want to find it. No, I’ve not come over all mythological. It is a physical place. It just feels remote. First…
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Porthcawl to Ogmore and back
The weather at the weekend had turned cold and it looked promising for a short walk along the beach between Porthcawl and Ogmore so we could fill in a couple of gaps along the coastal path. It was sunny when we started, but it soon turned colder, the wind got up and to top it…
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Summer House Point to Barry
I am nothing if not consistent. Consistently late with posting, that is. Autumn is closing and winter is approaching fast, and the dark short days we have in the UK provide an opportunity to look back. Not too far back, mind, only September, to a short walk Aunty I took along the coast between the…
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Penarth to Barry – Cliffs, dinosaurs, wireless and coal.
The guidebook for the Wales Coast Path claims the total length is 896 miles. Quite a distance in anyone’s book, and probably one we won’t manage in it’s entirety, but Aunty and I are plugging away with determination. Early September is always a good time for a walk, especially if it’s not raining. This stretch…
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Newport Docks
Last weekend we completed another short section along the coastal path. This did not include the sweeping views of the last section we completed in Cardigan, but involved marshland and the industrial docklands of Newport. I should perhaps explain to those of you who do not know Wales, and add a word of caution, please…
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Confusing Geology – Sand and Cliffs
The weather during Easter Weekend in the UK can be pretty unpredictable and variable. It is not unusual to snow during this time, but this is more likely when Easter is early. This year it’s late, and so it’s reasonable to hope that it wold be warm and sunny. Well sunny it was. Warm it…
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