18–30 June 2013
Glorious coastline, the most arduous 10 miles of the entire coast (Cardigan–Newport), the tiny cathedral of St Davids, ending with tidal stepping stones and gas terminals of Milford Haven.
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day 62 – Aberaeron to Aberporth
18 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 19 completed: 675.3 to go: 385
breakfast on the quay, a precipitous path and new-look Urdd camp, 3G but only in Cardiff, and a warm welcome at The Ship.
day 63 – Off path visit to Lampeter
19 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | map | data
lovely people at Lampeter, imagining the future and peeking into the past
day 65 – Cardigan to Newport
21 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 18 completed: 706.3 to go: 354
“It’s hard, very hard”, arduous vertiginous path and rural life for the incomer, not to mention twenty dancing virgins
day 66 – Newport to Goodwich
22 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | data
miles walked: 13 completed: 719.3 to go: 341
an easier day, along a coast like a half-eaten sandwich, green and black beetles, the last invasion of Britain, and the final voyage of the Lusitania
day 67 – Fishguard to Strumble Head
23 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 6 completed: 725.3 to go: 335
an unexpectedly glorious day, Fairyland and choral evensong
day 68 – Strumble Head to Abereidy
24 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 16 completed: 741.3 to go: 319
local knowledge and stone circles, decayed brickworks and a deep lagoon
day 69 – Abereiddy to Caerfai
25 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 16 completed: 757.3 to go: 303
sandal walking again, wild ponies and a floating seal, Hebridean havoc and the first feminist, spray drift and the true path
day 70 – Caerfai to Newgale
26 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 8 completed: 765.3 to go: 295
words and WiFi at the Oriel-y-Parc, horses and lime kilns, surfers and mobility scooters
day 71 – Newgale to St Brides
27 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 13 completed: 778.3 to go: 282
satsumas and soldiers, a fragmented nation and fracturing cliff edge, and a friend well met
day 72 – St Brides to Dale
28 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 15 completed: 793.3 to go: 267
candles for peace and fortifications for war, a Twitter contact and a volunteer coastwatcher, a tantalising isthmus and a giant popgun
day 73 – Dale to Neyland
29 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | audio | map | data
miles walked: 16 completed: 809.3 to go: 251
tidal detours and delays, the unforgiving sea, caged paths and a town with good taste
day 74 – Neyland to Pembroke
30 Jun 2013: blog | flickr | map | data
miles walked: 6 completed: 815.3 to go: 245
military heritage and maritime houses; bullocks, bridges, mud and swans; a bad take-away with a glorious view