Category: Wales

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Bagging a Nuttall: A Walk up Y Garn in the Rhinogs

After a busy weekend with some wild weather, Monday looked like the perfect opportunity to head into the hills and bag another Nuttall. With a few still close to home that I hadn’t summited, I decided it was a good day to tackle Y Garn in the Rhinogs. The forecast looked promising for a short-ish...

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Devil’s Bridge

Anna has every other Monday off work at the moment. Nice for her, and nice for us as I don’t officially work on Mondays either so we are able to have a day out locally together whilst avoiding the ‘crowds’. Not that I’m sure Devil’s Bridge would have been ‘crowded’ over the weekend, but it...

The View North 0

Dunes and Waves: Finding Calm Between Storms

Views from the Dunes It might not feel like it this year, but there have been some breaks in the weather here and there. Enough, at least, for me to sit on top of “the dune” opposite our house a few days ago and take in the views. It’s nice at this time of the...

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A Coastal Connection: New Prints for the Bathroom

Anna and I took a little drive south last week to visit a garden centre we hadn’t been to before. It was nice enough, but the real draw was the coffee and cake—though that actually turned into lunch instead. On the way back, we stopped by Driftwood Designs in Aberaeron to see if we could...

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Bagging Nuttalls around Crieglyn Dyfi

Nuttals Bagged This Trip Pen yr Allt Uchaf – 630 m Gwaun Lydan – 632 m Llechwedd Du – 614 m Esgeiriau Gwynion – 671 m Foel Rhudd – 659 m Foel Hafod-fynydd – 689 m Erw Ddafad-ddu – 872 m Aran Fawddwy – 905 m Gwaun y Llwyni – 685 m Waun Camddwr –...

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A New Adventure: Tackling the Welsh Nuttalls

Having recently completed a circumnavigation of Wales on foot I decided I needed a new project to have on the back-burner. When I first set out on my journey to conquer the Wales Coast Path, I was fit, relatively young, and had the luxury of dedicating a day each week to it. But as life...

Easy Running 2

Wales Coast Path – Aberaeron to Llanrhystud

Coast Path Vital Stats Aberaeron to LLanrhystud Distance: 8.50 miles Elevation Gain Today: 148 m Highest Elevation: 54 m Time: 1:26:31 Av. Pace: 10:11 mins/mile Calories: 950 Totals to Date Total Distance: 1113.22 miles Total Time: 220:21:28 Total Elevation Gain: 36798m Total Calories: 106779 Distance to go: 0 miles Well, all good things come to...

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Picnic at a Lavender Farm

Anna and I had a little trip to Bristol at the weekend. I was originally supposed to be heading to the south-west for work, but that was cancelled last thing. We had already arranged a family visit and some shopping around the work trip though so we decided to head that way anyway. We stopped...

Morning for Morgan in the Durston X-Mid 1

Wild Camping with Morgan

Now that Morgan is home for a few months, we won’t be heading out to Canada to visit him. This means that we won’t be hiking along the Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island’s west coast either. A shame as I was looking forward to a few nights camping with the bears! It also...

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Wales Coast Path – Gwbert to Aberporth

Coast Path Vital Stats Gwbert to Aberporth Distance: 8.86 miles Elevation Gain Today: 478m Highest Elevation: 136m Time: 1:44:49 Av. Pace: 11:50 mins/mile Calories: 813 Totals to Date Total Distance: 1084.83 miles Total Time: 214:19:35 Total Elevation Gain: 35334m Total Calories: 105510 Distance to go: 23 miles Another short section of the Wales Coast Path...