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A Tomb with a View – Cilan Uchaf
If you take a short detour off the Wales Coastal Path by clambering over a style and trudge through a couple of fields it’s possible to find the remains of a chambered tomb dating back to the Neolithic period (c. 4,400 BC – 2,900 BC). As remains go there is not much to be impressed…
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Abersoch to Pwllheli
Hmmm….. i’m afraid I’m going to have to start this blog or a slightly negative note. I fully understand that most people would not agree with me, but this is my blog and as writer, editor and publisher (makes me sound like a megalomaniac) I retain the right to be irrational. I don’t like Abersoch.…
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Fish and Chips on Barry Island – Welsh 100 #62
It has seemed to be a long, long week staring out of my home office window at the sun. Finally Friday arrived and what better way to start the weekend than making a dash to Barry Island and have a Fish & Chips supper on Barry Beach. Apparently the place to go is O’Sheas and…
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Criccieth to Pwllheli – Castles, sand and sea
Easter weekend 2021 – lockdown in Wales has finished and Auntie’s gamble with booking the holiday paid off. We are now allowed to travel further than ‘local’ distances, within Wales at least, though no-one can yet travel across borders in the UK, except for essential travel. After a week of warm weather the forecast for…
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Allt yr Esgair
March 27th 2021 – a date that I may well remember. After a long, long winter the Welsh Government lifted travel restrictions, but only within Wales. The pandemic is slowing, the vaccination program is going exceptionally well and we are now rewarded with greater freedom, no longer restricted to “Staying Local”. Therefore, Aunty and I…
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Tanks to Ponds – Castlemartin to Bosherston
This section of our discontinuous circuit of the Wales Coastal Path is a continuation of a shortened version we did earlier at Easter but was such a bore fighting our way against a gale force wind we turned around at Castlemartin and went back to the car at Freshwater East. This time the weather was…
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Castle Field Hill Fort
The pandemic continues to restrict Aunties travels, and so walks have to be started from home. The other day we took a walk along the quiet and narrow lane behind our house. The age of the lane could be significant, with the banks and topping hedge towering above the road giving in places, giving it…
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Ffynnon Denis
The current COVID-19 pandemic has put a slight dampener upon our explorations over the past six weeks. Now that we are in our second, or is it third lock-down here in Wales it has restricted our horizons even more. this has encouraged us to look much closer to home, not by design but by necessity.…
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Diversion ahead – Borth to Aberystwyth
Robert Burns in his apologetic poem to a mouse after ploughing up it’s nest The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley, (often go awry) epitomises some of the sentiment of this short walk. No we didn’t meet any angry unhomed mice, but what should have been a nice amble along the…
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Llanon to Aberystwyth
If you are planning to walk between Llanon and Aberystwyth make some preparations. The 12 miles from Llanon to Aberystwyth is the most isolated section of the path we have covered to date. There are no towns after Llanrhystud, only 2 farm houses and a caravan park (more on this later). So check the weather,…
Travels With My Aunt
Random notes on the travels of a Welshman who has been allowed out to play after finishing his chores. OK so I don't travel with my Aunt, but I am usually under the adult supervision of my long suffering wife.
Travels With My Aunt 