day 54 – Penrhyndeudraeth to Harlech
10 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 16 completed: 563.3 to go: 497
a day on the coast path with no sea, oak wood and hydroelectric, exhausting, depressing, and encouraging at the end
day 55 – Harlech to Barmouth
11 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 17 completed: 580.3 to go: 480
reminder of a gypsy holocaust, a church in the sand, adders in the marsh, beach sculptures and pizza tales
day 56 – Barmouth to Fairbourne and Dysynni Valley
12 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 4 completed: 584.3 to go: 476
a toll bridge with no toll, a Genoan wreck and a textile map, Mary Jones’ Bible and Jane Whittle’s gallery
day 57 – Fairbourne to Aberdyfi
13 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 21 completed: 605.3 to go: 455
station incognito, I get to Aberdyfi twice and pass through Tywyn four times, rain, getting lost, more rain, getting lost again, a glorious beach and an inglorious diet
day 58 – Aberdyfi to Machynlleth
14 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 12 completed: 617.3 to go: 443
another coast path day without the sea, a life boat and a crocodile, a Royal church welcoming all faiths, and growing poverty in a grieving town
day 60 – Aberystwyth to Aberaeron
16 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 18 completed: 656.3 to go: 404
memorials to Welsh nationalism and red kites hunting, lost sheep and first poetry
day 61 – writing and WiFi at Aberaeron
17 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | map | data
a day writing, admin and checking mail, yuppie-free yachts and Georgian terraces, a market town and £1.20 shop