🥾Day 31/50 Walking the @walescoastpath
-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴
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ℹ️Stats
Date: Thursday 19th May
Weather: sunny ☀️
From: Trefin
Start time: 7.23am
To: Port Clais
End time: 5pm
Accommodation: camping ⛺️ tent
Terrain: Almost entirely along cliff coast, past headlands and coves with only minor detours in land, linking small villages and beaches.
🥾Miles: 19
🦶Steps: 26,222
🏔 Ascent: 600m
📚Guidebook Info:
Stage: stage 34 & the start of stage 35
Pages: 215 - 219
Total miles on the WCP: 517/870
💰Costs: £7.50 camping
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 7/10
Fatigue: 3/10
Ease of terrain: 3/10 - some great paths, the hard sections were few and far between.
Highlights - seeing ponies grazing 🐴 , stunning coastal views, making good miles and not having to deal with the wind. Mid afternoon snooze for 20 mins in the sunshine. Really nice to reach the camp site by 5pm.
Challenges - I did slip on some rocks going downhill, but otherwise it was a lovely day.
Watch the vlog here: No drama, no stress - beautiful coastal walking | Wales Coast Path 31/50
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🥾Day 32/50 Walking the @walescoastpath
-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴
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ℹ️Stats
Date: Friday 20th May
Weather: gusting winds, heavy rain fall, a mixture of both & gorgeous sunshine ☀️ at the end of the day
From: Porth Clais
Start time: 6.51am
To: St. Brides
End time: 7pm
Accommodation: wild camped- by mistake. There should have been a campsite - but it wasn’t there!
Terrain: almost entirely along an attractive and convoluted cliff coast, with several ascent and descent, passing small headlands and rocky coves.
🥾Miles: 22.8
🦶Steps: 41,108
🏔 Ascent: 500 m
📚Guidebook Info:
Stage: stage 35 and most of stage 36
Pages: 219 - 226
Total miles on the WCP: 542/870
💰Costs: £5.19 - ribenna & pastries
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 6/10
Fatigue: 4/10
Ease of terrain: 4 /10 - headlands were quite rugged and the final part of the day there was some really steep climbs and descents.
Highlights - after being soaked by the rain. standing under a warm blower in a public bathroom was amazing
Challenges - the paths were very narrow and quite challenging to walk on. Plus with the wind blowing it was really brutal. not been able to stop and take as many rest breaks as we would’ve liked as if we stopped we will just get cold so we need to keep on moving for the majority of the day.
Watch the vlog here: STRONGER - FITTER - FASTER | Wales Coast Path 32/50
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🥾Day 33/50 Walking the @walescoastpath
-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴
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ℹ️Stats
Date: Saturday 21st May
Weather: sunny ☀️ with a few little cloudy bits
From: St. Brides
Start time: 7am
To: Sandy Haven
End time: 4.39 pm
Accommodation: campsite ⛺️ tent
Terrain: Cliff coast path for the first half of the day. 2 tidal inlets linked by low cliff coast paths during the second half of the day.
🥾Miles: 20.3
🦶Steps: 34,533
🏔 Ascent: 390 m
📚Guidebook Info:
Stage: last part of stage 36 - and all of stage 37
Pages: 226 - 230
Total miles on the WCP: 560/870
💰Costs: £0
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 7/10
Fatigue: 2/10
Ease of terrain: 2/10
Highlights - lots of beautiful flowers 🌸 🌺🌷🌼
Crossing the two tidal inlets and not having to take an inland detour!
☀️Sunny weather - I love the heat 🔥. Getting to set up camp early and have dinner early. ready for bed by 6 o’clock 😀👍
Challenges - none.
Watch the vlog here: Stunning coastal views & tent life hacks | Wales Coast Path 33/50
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🥾Day 34/50 Walking the @walescoastpath
-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴
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ℹ️Stats
Date: Sunday 22nd May
Weather: rainy 🌧, windy🌬, sunny ☀️- all the weather today
From: Sandy Haven
Start time: 7am
To: Pembroke Dock
End time: 3pm
Accommodation: Travel Lodge
Terrain: low cliff coast beside oil refineries. Urban pavements and busy main roads, plus 2 big bridge crossings.
🥾Miles: 15
🦶Steps: 30,499
🏔 Ascent: 410m
📚Guidebook Info:
Stage: most of stage 38
Pages: 231 - 236
Total miles on the WCP: 574/870
💰Costs: £16.50 (room & wifi) - traveling with another person makes it so much cheaper on the accommodation front.
Food: £3.60 - breakfast scrambled eggs on toast. £7.20 2x hot chocolate 🍫
Food shop at Asda £26.30 (dinner, breakfast & snacks)
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 4/10 - not the best scenery today and a lot more road walking
Fatigue: 3/10
Ease of terrain: 3/10
Highlights - stopped at Milford Haven for breakfast at a cafe and to plan the next few days. We made a booking at the travel lodge in Pembroke Dock - which was great as we now have a very clear goal of when to get there by (3pm - check in). The thought of a hot shower and a bed for the night was a great motivator to get the miles done!
Challenges - trying to figure out distances and accommodation over the next few days. While trying to stay on schedule and making sure the distances covered adds up. Also looking ahead to take a ferry across from Llansteffan to Ferryside. (Instead of doing a 17 mile detour inland) but making it work is a challenge- there are a limited number of times and crossing.
Also forgot to put on sunscreen 😳
Watch the vlog here: What is wrong with me today?! Wales Coast Path 34/50
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🥾Day 35/50 Walking the @walescoastpath
-Llwybr Arfordir Cymru 🏴
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ℹ️Stats
Date: Monday 23rd May
Weather: cloudy and mild in the am. Started raining 🌧 as soon as we finished putting up the tents!
From: Pembroke Dock
Start time: 7.15am
To: Just passed Freshwater West at Gupton Farm campsite 🏕
End time: 6pm
Accommodation: camp site ⛺️
Terrain: roads, woods, fields & farms, often some distance from the coast. Cliff paths & sand dunes.
🥾Miles: 27 (biggest day so far)
🦶Steps: 56,002
🏔 Ascent: 410m
📚Guidebook Info: long but easy days walk.
Stage:end of stage 38, all of stage 39 and a small bit of stage 40
Pages: 236 - 245
Total miles on the WCP: 597/870
💰Costs: £5 camping
Subjective feeling out of 10 on:
Enjoyment: 5/10 - nice day nothing to complain about
Fatigue: 3/10 - only towards the end when there were a few ups and downs - which isn’t what you want after 24 miles
Ease of terrain: 3/10 - there were some lovely forest sections which I wasn’t expecting as I thought there would be more road walking.
Highlights - seeing wild ponies 🐴
Challenges - a long way to walk, few breaks and it felt like a march at times.
Watch the vlog here: 56,002 steps / 27 miles !!! The Biggest walking day so far | Wales Coast Path 35/50
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Read more of my journey here: Day 36-40: Walking the Wales Coast Path
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