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Week 43 – Leasowe to Fleetwood

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 24th to Tuesday 30th July 2019

Leasowe to New Brighton 4.51 miles
Liverpool to Formby 13.77 miles
Formby to Southport 7.88 miles
Lytham St Anne’s to Bispham nr Blackpool 13.13 miles
Bispham nr Blackpool to Fleetwood 8.37 miles

Total miles this week 47.66

Total miles to date 1910.8

Anthony Gormleys “Another Place” on Crosby beach

Tribute to members of the the emergency services (Police, Fire, Ambulance, Coast Guard) who “gave all or part of their lives”. Blackpool.

Celebrating the Sea Swallow book. Cleveleys to Fleetwood.

Detail from the “shipwrecks on the Fylde coast 1643-1873” memorial, Cleveleys.

Week 42 – Llanfairfechan to Leasowe

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 17th to Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Llanfairfechan to Llandudno 14.91 miles
Llandudno to Abergele 11.89 miles
Abergele to Point of Ayr 13.3 miles
Point of Ayr to Flint 13.05 miles
Flint to Neston 12.64 miles
Neston to Leasowe 12.01 miles

Total miles this week 77.8

Total miles to date 1863.14

Approaching Conwy Castle, Llanfairfechan to Llandudno

Conwy Castle, Llanfairfechan to Llandudno

“Llandudno was the holiday destination resort of the real Alice in Wonderland, Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll and for whom he based his worldwide famous story on, Alice in Wonderland”

The TSS Duke of Lancaster, “a railway steamer passenger ship that operated in Europe from 1956 to 1979, and is currently beached near Mostyn Docks”. Point of Ayr to Flint.

Week 41 – Cemaes to Llanfairfechan

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 10th to Tuesday 16th July 2019

Cemaes to Llaneilian 11.9 miles
Llaneilian to Meolfre 10.2 miles
Meolfre to Glan-yr-afon 11.72 miles
Glan-yr-afon to Bangor 12.82 miles
Bangor to Llanfairfechan 13.09 miles

Total miles this week 59.73

Total miles to date 1785.34

Penmon Priory and dovecote, Glan-yr-afon to Bangor

Menai suspension bridge, Bangor to Llanfairfechan

Week 40 – Bangor to Cemaes

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Beth

Monday 1st to Tuesday 9th July 2019 Anglesey

Bangor to Dwyran 11.66 miles
Dwyran to Aberffraw 12.60 miles
Aberffraw to Anglesey Airport 9.91 miles
Anglesey Airport to Trearddur 11.21 miles
Trearddur to Porth-y-Felin 9.91 miles
Porth-y-Felin to Llanfwrog 9.96 miles
Llanfwrog to Cemaes 12 miles

Total miles this week 77.25

Total miles to date 1725.61

Nelson’s Statue looking out onto the Menai Strait, Bangor to Dwyran

This sculpture by Ann Caitlin Evans depicts the “gafrod” of marram grass, harvested and drying in the sun. Newborough residents used to harvest the grass every two years and weave it by hand to make mats for their homes. Dwyran to Aberffraw.

These sculptures were designed by pupils from Newborough school 2013. Dwyran to Aberffraw.

Sculpture in Newborough Forest. Dwyran to Aberffraw.

The wall of a private estate, Dwyran to Aberffraw

Old brickworks gallery, Holyhead Breakwater Country Park, Trearddur to Holyhead

Detail of the pedestrian bridge, Holyhead

Week 38 and 39 – R&R near Brecon, Wales

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 19th June to Sunday 30th June 2019

I spend this week having some R&R near Brecon, so although well away from the coast I wanted to share the beauty of the area. A different sort of walk to my norm; inland at Llangynidr, a 3 mile stroll along the Usk Valley Way following the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal. Then an evening walk along the edge of Llangorse Lake, the largest natural lake in South Wales. Situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park, it’s a haven for wildlife. Later during my break we had a short walk up to the top of Allt yr Esgair. Great views of Llangors Lake and the winding river Usk.

Total miles to date 1648.36

Week 37 – Penychain to Bangor

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 12th to Tuesday 18th June 2019

Penychain to Llanbedrog 11.32 miles
Morfa Nefyn to Llithfaen 7.09 miles
Clynnog Fawr to Caernarfon 10.85 miles
Caernarfon to Bangor 9.87 miles

Total miles this week 39.13

Total miles to date 1648.36

One of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways’ beautiful old engines, which carry passengers through the heart of Snowdonia National Park. Fawr to Caernarfon.

One of Welsh Highland Railways’ benches, Caernarfon station.

A glimpse of the Menai Strait from Vaynol Wood near Bangor

Week 36 roundup – Aberystwyth to Penychain

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 5th to Tuesday 11th June 2019

Aberystwyth to Borth 6.8 miles
Tywyn to Fairbourne 11.00 miles
Fairbourne to Llanenddwyn 7.74 miles
Llanenddwyn to Porthmadog 14.23 miles
Porthmadog to Penychain 12.88 miles

Total miles this week 52.65

Total miles to date 1609.23

Sculpture made from beach litter. Borth.

One track, choose your direction. Nice and easy. Borth railway station.

Yarn bombing at Llwyngwil. Tywyn to Fairbourne.

The sea front of Fairbourne, which has one of the longest Second World War coastal defences in the UK. Built in 1940, the defences run for 1.5 miles. There were once five Type 24 bulletproof pillboxes; over 650 concrete tank obstacles or “Dragon’s Teeth”; and barbed wire supported on wooden posts set into the beach. The defences were manned by the Merionethshire Home Guard.

The railway and toll footbridge, looking towards Barmouth.

Criccieth castle and town in the distance. Penychain to Porthmadog

Week 35 roundup – Moylgrove to Llanon

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 28th May to Tuesday 4th June 2019

Moylgrove to Cardigan 11.25 miles
Cardigan to Aberporth 9.2 miles
Aberporth to New Quay 12.42 miles
New Quay to Llanon 10.59 miles

Total miles this week 43:46

Total miles to date 1556.58

“Leaping Dolphin”, designed and carved by Paul Clarke. Funded by the Prince’s Trust Cymru. Summer 2001. Aberporth.

Saint Carannog (480-540 A.D.), founder of Llangrannog. Sculpture by Sebastien Boyesen 2011. Aberporth to New Quay.

Week 34 roundup – Newgale to Moylgrove

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 22nd to Tuesday 28th May 2019

Newgale to St Davids 9.94 miles
St David’s peninsula 12.13 miles
St David’s to Abercastle 11.74
Abercastle to Fishguard 11.04 miles
Fishguard to Dinas Island 6.81 miles
Dinas Island to Moylgrove 10.96 miles

Total miles this week 62.62

Total miles to date 1513.12

The water was so clear! Newgale to St David’s

So many wild flowers like these on the coast path

Coetan Arthur (Arthur’s Quoit) burial chamber, St David’s Head

Plants growing in walls are a common sight along the coast

The Blue Lagoon, Abereiddi. Formed when the channel connecting the quarry to the sea was blasted, flooding it.

The ruins of Aberfelin Corn Mill, Trefin, overlooking the bay at Aber Draw. St David’s to Abercastle.

Mosaic commemorating “The Battle of Fishguard”, a military invasion by Revolutionary France, 1797, AKA the “last invasion of mainland Britain”

“Fishguard herrings”, a sculpture reflecting the historic herring industry of Lower Town.

Week 33 roundup – Angle to Newgale

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 15th to Tuesday 21st May 2019

Martin’s Haven to Little Haven 11.01 miles
Marloes to Dale 8.75 miles
Angle to Pembroke 12.06 miles
Milford Haven to Dale Fort 7.47 miles
Little Haven to Newgale 7.64