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Day 16-20: Campsite before Nefyn to Harlech.📍🦶 Walking the Wales Coast Path: 870 Miles in 50 Days! 🥾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿




🥾Day 16/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Wednesday 4th May

Weather: sunny ☀️ with blue skies

From: campsite before Nefyn

Start time: 9.30ish

To: past Morfa

End time: 7.30pm

Accommodation: wild camped

Terrain: Almost entirely along attractive Cliff coast, passing several fine beaches

🥾Miles: 13 miles

🦶Steps: 27,684

🏔 Ascent: 350 m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage:17

Pages: 126 - 130


Total miles on the WCP: 260/870


💰Food: £32.52


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 7/10 - the views today were outstanding.

Fatigue: 4/10 - had an afternoon nap in the sunshine

Ease of terrain: 3/10



Highlights - meeting Sioned, eating home made Welsh cakes 😋, stunning coastal views


Challenges - cows 🐄 in fields again. Really starting to dislike them, especially when they start walking towards you with a look on their face. scrambling up a cliff side to get to back on the path - with a heavy pack - would not recommend!


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🥾Day 17/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Thursday 5th May

Weather: very sunny ☀️

From: past Morfa

Start time: 9am - lots of flafffing this am - spoke to the @guardian for a piece they were writing about the #WCP10

To: Aberdaron

End time: 5.30pm

Accommodation: hotel - bed 🛏

Terrain: mostly cliff walking for the first half of the day it was quite steep and rugged at times.


🥾Miles: 9.6 miles

🦶Steps: 19,816

🏔 Ascent: 800m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: final bit of stage 17 and most of stage 18

Pages: 130 - 133


Total miles on the WCP: 274/870


💰Costs: accommodation - the ship hotel £120 #gifted

Dinner : £20 burger & chips with sticky toffee pudding for desert #gifted


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 7/10

Fatigue: 4/10

Ease of terrain: 5/10



Highlights - 10th anniversary of the WCP! Incredible scenery especially when coming around the end of the peninsula. The sun was amazing just beautiful weather and blue skies. I lovely bed and a hot shower 🚿 #bliss


Challenges - some of the climbs were quite tough going especially with the pack on! Lots and lots and lots of stairs today!


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🥾Day 18/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Friday 6th May - fast packed

Weather: rainy for most of the day 🌧

From: Aberdaron

Start time: 9.15 am

To: Abersock

End time: 5.30pm

Accommodation: stayed with Sally Kettle & family 😀

Terrain: roads and field paths, setback from the coast, followed for half of the day. The second half had high cliff paths.


🥾Miles: 20

🦶Steps: 44,877

🏔 Ascent: 450 m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: end of stage 18 & stage 19

Pages: 133 - 139


Total miles on the WCP: 294/870


💰Costs:£3.50 hot chocolate


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 5/10 - the rain and the wind really do make an impact

Fatigue: 4/10

Ease of terrain: 5/10



Highlights: walking through a bluebell forest, staying with Sally, sitting in front of a roaring fire 🔥 eating spag bol 🍝 & drinking wine 🍷


Challenges - vicious dogs 🐕, crazy cows 🐄, horny bulls, wind 💨, rain 🌧, cold 🥶.


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🥾Day 19/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Saturday 7th May - walked with @sallykettle 🥳

Weather: sunny ☀️

From: Abersock

Start time: 8.30am

To: Criccieth

End time: 4.20pm

Accommodation: bed - stayed with Sally & family 😀

Terrain: roads and field paths, set back from the coast, are followed for half of the day. Splendid high cliff paths are followed later. Plus long stretches on beach


🥾Miles: 20.45 miles

🦶Steps: 44,471

🏔 Ascent: 450 m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: 20 & half of stage 22

Pages: 140 - 146


Total miles on the WCP: 314/870


💰Costs: £0 #Nospendday


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 9 /10 - dealing with cows again 🐄🐄🐄knocked it down a point.

Fatigue: 4/10 / it took me about an hour to warm up.

Ease of terrain: 4/10 - a few steep climbs but otherwise pretty flat



Highlights - walking with Sally - great conversation, amazing weather, gin & tonic, recovery in front of a fire 🔥


Challenges - long beach walks - hard on the feet & legs, super tough going, cows on the boardwalk and blocking the way 😩


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🥾Day 20/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Sunday 8th May

Weather: Glorious sunshine ☀️

From: Criccieth

Start time: 10.15 am

To: Harlech

End time: 6.30 pm

Accommodation: B&B

Terrain: Long Beach Walk, lots of walking along roads, salt marsh paths before heading inland through fields and a small little road section to reach Harlech


🥾Miles: 20

🦶Steps: 45,167

🏔 Ascent: 200m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: 21 and most of 22

Pages: 146 - 154


Total miles on the WCP: 333/870


💰Costs: £90 The Crown Lodge #gifted

Food: £3.60 snacks


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 5/10 - felt flat most of the day

Fatigue: 3/10

Ease of terrain: 3/10



Highlights - I can’t believe this is my 20th day walking without a rest. my body still feels really strong which is great and having stunning coastal views plus good weather makes for a good day. Plus no cows !!


My accommodation was amazing I had a massive room to myself, a glorious shower and an incredible bed for the night.


Challenges - I always feel a bit flat the day after I’ve been walking with someone and then I’m by myself again. I think it take to get a bit of getting used to.


My accommodation was at the top of a very steep hill which is the last thing you want to climb after 20 miles!


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Read more of my journey here: Day 21-25: Walking the Wales Coast Path


 

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