Wales Coast Path: Carmarthen to St Clears

Wales Coast Path: Carmarthen to St Clears

 Walked 15th October 2012 Approximate distance 19 miles, It should have been 18 but I went the wrong way at one point. A long walk often on minor roads or beside busier ones. Many of the fields were very muddy and wet. OS Map Explorer 177 Carmarthen and Kidwelly. This...
Wales Coast Path: Swansea Bay to Pennard Burrows

Wales Coast Path: Swansea Bay to Pennard Burrows

Walked 15th July 2012 Distance: around 12 miles. Easy walking on good paths around the Bay. Some  climbs and descents around the bays that are steep at times but the path surfaces are good. Soft sand around Pennard Burrows. OS map: Explorer 165 and 164 Having got the...
Wales Coast Path: Ogmore to Port Talbot

Wales Coast Path: Ogmore to Port Talbot

Walked 29th June 2012. Approximate distance: 15 miles. At first the route can be tiring as you are walking on sandy ground and some dunes. From Porthcawl the path is firm through to Kenfig when it is through dunes again. After that I made life more difficult for...
Wales Coast Path: Llantwit Major to Ogmore

Wales Coast Path: Llantwit Major to Ogmore

Approximate distance: 13 miles Walked 22nd June 2012-  with 30mph headwinds, but no rain! I left the car out the outskirts of Llantwit and took the path that goes by Rosedew Farm, where some outbuildings have been converted to a holiday let, to rejoin the Coast Path....
Wales Coast Path:Chepstow to Magor

Wales Coast Path:Chepstow to Magor

Walked  5th May 2012 (the official opening of the path) Approximate distance: Magor (around 14.5 miles) or Redwick (15 miles) Chepstow The Wales Coast Path runs from Chepstow to the river Dee. The Countryside Council for Wales appears to consider that it actually goes...
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