April 2019 - Beth Foot Forward

Week 29 roundup – Clevedon to Barry

Posted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 17th to Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Clevedon to Portishead 7.60
Severn Beach to Chepstow 6.92
Chepstow to Newport 15.85
Newport to Cardiff 9.05
Cardiff to Penarth 8.86
Penarth to Barry 10.15

Total miles this week 58.43

Total miles to date 1242.77

“The Magic Roundabout”, Cardiff to Penarth

This urban art in Cardiff was originally brass / bronze all the way to the ground, but has been targeted by thieves!

Memorial stones on the Wales Coast Path, Pengam Moors to Penarth

War memorial in memory of merchant seamen from Wales. Cardiff Bay.

Statue in memory of Scott of the Antarctic expedition, which set sail from Cardiff.

Week 28 roundup – R&R near Brecon, then Bridgwater to Clevedon

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 10th to Tuesday 16th April 2019

Bridgwater to Burnham-on-Sea 11.33
Burnham-on-Sea to Weston-super-Mare 13.98
Weston-super-Mare to Clevedon 0

Total miles this week 25.31

Total miles to date 1136.06

A pill box on the River Parret Trail/England Coast Path

A rhyne (drainage ditch), so typical of North Somerset. Burnham-on-Sea to Weston-super-Mare

Uphill Manor, Weston-Super-Mare. Shame this wasn’t my B&B!

Week 27 (part 2) roundup – R&R near Brecon, Wales

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Beth

As mentioned, the mental load of this journey is far larger than the physical, and every few weeks I feel so tired that I don’t feel refreshed even after a couple of days off. So I spent 10 days relaxing near Brecon and only had 2 short strolls.

Wednesday 3rd to Tuesday 9th April 2019
Watchet to Nether Stowey 11.28

Total miles this week – only 11.28, and my feet thanked me 😊

Total miles to date 1110.75

Henry Vaughan walk, Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon Beacons

One of the many examples of Henry Vaughan’s poetry, Talybont-on-Usk, Brecon Beacons

Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, part of the Taff Trail

Week 27 (part 1) roundup – Watchet to Nether Stowey

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Beth

The mental load of this journey is far larger than the physical, and every few weeks I feel so tired that I don’t feel refreshed even after a couple of days off. I was nearing this stage but brought my break forward due to a coccyx injury I sustained falling in rocks during the Lynmouth to Porlock leg at the end of March. Consequently, week 27 was a short week.

Wednesday 3rd to Tuesday 9th April 2019
Watchet to Nether Stowey 11.28

Total miles this week 11.28

Total miles to date 1110.75

Statue of John Short AKA Yankee Jack, a Watchet shantyman, on the harbour

Week 26 roundup – Ilfracombe to Watchet

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 27th March to Tuesday 2nd April 2019

Ilfracombe to Martinhoe 12.13
Martinhoe to Lynmouth 6.15
Lynmouth/Countisbury to Porlock Weir 6.58
Porlock to Minehead 9.00
Minehead to Dunster 4.28
Dunster to Watchet 7.55