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Day 21-25: Harlech to Aberaeron.📍🦶 Walking the Wales Coast Path: 870 Miles in 50 Days! 🥾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿




🥾Day 21/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Monday 9th May

Weather: sunny ☀️ & windy 🌬

From: Harlech

Start time: 9.47am

To: Barmouth

End time: 5.20 pm

Accommodation: B&B

Terrain: Low level road walks and beach walks with some field paths further inland


🥾Miles: 18.37

🦶Steps: 42,542

🏔 Ascent: 100m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: final bit of stage 22 and all of stage 23

Pages: 154 - 160


Total miles on the WCP: 349/870


💰Costs: £90 Endeavour Guesthouse #gifted

Food: £40 food resupply- co-op. Dinner, snacks etc


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 7/10

Fatigue: 2/10

Ease of terrain: 3/10



Highlights - The accommodation in Barmouth. I had a beautiful room with incredible views. I also managed to do a food resupply and get to the accommodation before it started raining which made me super happy 😃


Challenges - it was a really good day no real challenges at all.


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🥾Day 22/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Tuesday 10th May

Weather: sunny ☀️ & windy 🌬

From: Barmouth

Start time: 9.36am

To: Aberdyfi

End time: 5.30pm

Accommodation: Trefeddian Hotel


Terrain: Low level bridge and embankments at first. Hill tracks, roads and fiddly field paths well away from the coast. mostly low level Road walking towards the end followed by a 3 mile beach walk.


🥾Miles: 20.67

🦶Steps: 46,263

🏔 Ascent: 600m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: 24 and first bit of stage 25

Pages: 161 - 167


Total miles on the WCP: 370/870


💰Costs: £125 (this included dinner 5 courses and a buffet breakfast) #gifted


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 7/10

Fatigue: 2/10

Ease of terrain: 4/10



Highlights - started the day with an amazing breakfast fluffy pancakes crispy bacon and maple syrup 😋.


There was some good long downhill descents and flat ground which I was able to cover really quickly.


Getting to stay at a very nice hotel. It helped with the motivation when walking as I wanted to get there ASAP!


Challenges - The farmers fields started to get a little frustrating especially when there wasn’t a sign indicating which direction to go so you ended up walking around the fields trying to find the correct route!


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🥾Day 23/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Wednesday 11th May

Weather: rainy to start - then misty with a bit of sunshine

From: just before Aberdyfi

Start time: 10.30am

To: around Furnace

End time: 8.45pm

Accommodation: wild camped 🏕

Terrain: paths and tracks quite far inland through low hills and forests, lots of farmland fields and more forests 🌳


🥾Miles: 21.5

🦶Steps: 44,318

🏔 Ascent: 700m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: most of stage 25 (apart from the first 4 miles which I did yesterday) & most of stage 26

Pages: 167 - 175


Total miles on the WCP: 392/870


💰Costs: £0 #Nospendday


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 5/10

Fatigue: 7/10

Ease of terrain: 5/10 - A lot more hilly during the section.



Highlights - looking back to see how far I’d come. Plus having some stunning views while walking inland over the hills.


Challenges - Feeling really tired and fatigued this morning was such a struggle to leave the hotel and get walking. I think it’s because it’s the end of my period 🩸. As I was well fed, well rested and well hydrated. Randomly did an interview while in the hills with @muchbetteradventures talking about periods.


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🥾Day 24/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Thursday 12th May

Weather: dry at the start and sunny later on

From: around Furnace

Start time: 7.07am

To: Aberystwyth

End time: 4pm I got in at a good time and used the hour before Alex @masonalexandra arrived to visit the post office 📮, but new leggings and socks 🧦

Accommodation: staying with Alex’s friends 🛏


Terrain: forests, marshland, promenade paths and coastal cliff paths. Nice to be back on the coast again 😀


🥾Miles: 15.9

🦶Steps: 32,991

🏔 Ascent: 800m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: end of stage 26 & start of stage 27

Pages: 176 - 179


Total miles on the WCP: 402/870


💰Food: £8.50 breakfast (eggs & bacon) + £4 hot chocolate. Lunch £10 Wetherspoons

Clothing: new socks £3.99, new leggings £15

Random: posting a packing of stuff I haven’t used back home £3.30


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 6/10

Fatigue: 2/10

Ease of terrain: 2/10



Highlights - being back on the coast, no crossing cow fields 🐄, breakfast in Borth, meeting Alex in Aberystwyth. Getting new leggings, great dinner with new friends, hot 🚿 , G&T 😋


Challenges - planning the route for the next few days and figuring out distances and accommodation. I think I’ve got it sorted. A bit of fast packing here and there and staying with a member of the tough girl tribe. 🥳


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🥾Day 25/50 Walking the @walescoastpath

-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

📍Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress


ℹ️Stats

Date: Friday 13th May (half way in days - not distance!)

Weather: very windy 🌬 and sunny ☀️

From: Aberystwyth

Start time: 10.45 am - a bit of flaffing around town before we set off

To: Aberaeron

End time: 6.45pm - collected at 7pm

Accommodation: stayed with Alex friends 🛏

Terrain: beaches, low cliff coast, pebble beaches


🥾Miles: 22.4

🦶Steps: 45,984

🏔 Ascent: 350m


📚Guidebook Info:

Stage: half of stage 27 and half of stage 28

Pages: 179 - 184


Total miles on the WCP: 420/870


💰Food: Hot chocolate x2 at the end £6.80. £24 pizza for everyone and lunch for tomorrow (sandwich, crisps, snickers)


Subjective feeling out of 10 on:

Enjoyment: 8/10

Fatigue: 5/10 - a few sections felt super tough

Ease of terrain: 5 /10 more climbs, more slopes to walk on



Highlights - walking with Alex @masonalexandra, beautiful coastal views, pizza in the evening with a pink G&T 💕


Challenges - some big climbs, the wind was really blowing across ways. Very intense - especially in the am!


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Read more of my journey here: Day 26-30: Walking the Wales Coast Path


 

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