Monmouthshire Way Day 3: Trellech to Monmouth
Date walked: 13th January 2022 Map used: Ordnance Survey Explorer OL 14- Wye Valley and Forest Of Dean (having downloaded the route onto my phone). Distance: about 9 miles.This is Stage 2 of The Monmouthshire Way Website for path: There is no printed guide to the path but this website has the basics. *********** Driving through Trellech (current alternative spellings Trelech, Trelleck, Treleck - and that's just the English ones), takes less than 5 minutes. Notwithstanding the impressive...
Wales at the Water’s Edge – a review (Gomer 2012)
Writer: Jon Gower Photographer: Jeremy Moore Publisher: Gomer Press £19.99 Hardback: 160 pages This book was published in 2012 to coincide with the formal opening of the Wales Coast Path and is described on the cover as “a visual and verbal...
Wales Coast Path (Anglesey): Trearddur Bay to Rhosneigr
Date walked: 29th July 2014 Distance: about 15 miles Map used: OS Explorer No.262: Anglesey West At the start of these walks on Anglesey I flew from Cardiff to Anglesey Airport near Holyhead on the excellent Citywing service. ************** I had...
Wales Coast Path (Anglesey): Holyhead to Trearddur Bay
Date walked: 28th July 2014 Distance: about 12 miles Map used: OS Explorer No.262: Anglesey West ************* Having reached Bangor on my last walk I had a dilemma: how to deal with Anglesey. Clockwise? Anticlockwise? And starting from where? In...
A circular walk in the Brecon Beacons taking in Waun Fach
The most perfect of walks in the Brecon Beacons: a beautiful day, stunning scenery, good company and a dead sheep. What more could you ask for? Date walked: 8th September 2014 Distance walked: 10.4 miles Map used: OS Explorer OL 13 - Brecon...
Wales Coast Path: Caernarfon to Bangor
Possibly the least inspiring walk that I have completed over the whole of the Wales Coast Path - well something has to be at the bottom of the pile. Date walked: 26th June 2014 Distance walked : 12 miles Map required: OS Explorer OL 17 Snowdon I...
Wales Coast Path: Near Trefor to Caernarfon
Date walked: 25th June 2014 Distance walked : about 16 miles Map required: OS Explorer 253: Lleyn Peninsula West and 254 Lleyn Peninsula East. I had three guide books to refer to for this walk: Llyn Peninsula - The Official Guide- by Carl Rogers...
Wales Coast Path: Morfa Nefn to near Trefor (part two)
This is a continuation of a day's walk on The Wales Coast Path. Part one was posted last week. Date Walked: 24th June 2014 Distance walked: about 7 miles *************** The path from near Pistyll continued to climb gently. Out of sight, below me,...
Wales Coast Path: Morfa Nefyn to near Trefor (part one)
Date walked: 24th June 2014 As I was writing this day up I was finding more to say than on most days and many images that I was reluctant to leave out, so I have split the day into two. Part two will be published in a week's time. Distance walked...
Wales Coast Path: Porth Colmon to Morfa Nefyn
Date walked: 23rd June 2014 Distance walked : about 12 miles Distance: Map required: OS Explorer 253: Lleyn Peninsula West. I had three guide books to refer to for this walk: Llyn Peninsula - The Official Guide- by Carl Rogers and Tony Bowerman,...
Wales Coast Path:Mynydd y Gwyddel to Porth Colmon
Date walked: 22nd June 2014 Distance: about 11 miles, although by the official website it should have been about 8. Go figure. Map required: OS Explorer 253: Lleyn Peninsula West. I had three guide books to refer to for this walk: Llyn Peninsula...
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