We made a leisurely start to the morning as the walk wasn’t too long (10.2 miles) and it was going to be horribly hot whenever we did it. Caron and Fiona gave us a delicious breakfast and it was a shame to leave their cool house with its amazing marble floors, but we slathered on the sun cream, put on the increasingly dirty hats, smelly boots and rucksacks, laden with 2 litres of water each, and headed off. We immediately had to take the rucksacks off again in order to get through one of those irritating footpath gates in a cage which is too small (I found one the other day which I couldn’t get through even after I took the rucksack off!).
As yesterday, there were some shady lanes but more that weren’t, usually those going up hill. Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun , and we met one dog that may not have been mad but sure wasn’t happy that we were trying to walk past the entrance to his farm (on a public road). We managed to get by, but it may continue to be a problem as we walk through parts of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire where visitors on foot are almost unheard of.
Very little traffic on the lanes, but also almost no views although we were on a ridge, and I’m afraid today’s photos are a dull set. As we walked through Llangunner above Carmarthen, we were pleased to find a convenience store where we got a drink and ice cream (guess what, one of their fridges had broken down), then down the hill into the town, the usual argument about where to go (which is always Ian’s fault when we go the wrong way) and finally across the river Towy, having done the briefest of sections of the Welsh Coast Path, and up to our cheapish but good hotel.
Home From Home 
You deserve a medal or two for walking in this heat. Just got back to a very hot home in Goring where it is every bit as hot as Croatia without the sea to cool down in. Keep up the superb job you’re doing. Not far to go.
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Very interested in this part of the walk, as my family, and later Shirley, Martin and I had holidays in an uncle’s cottage very close to Dryslwyn, where you must have noticed the remains of an ancient castle on the North bank of the Tywi. The cottage was close to Court Henry, on a very deserted road where two cars an hour was a traffic problem! Shirley and I have also rung the bells at Llandovery, Llandeilo and Carmarthen, the last one for a wedding!
Good walking for the last few days.
Phil & Shirley
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Fantastic achievement so far. Not long to go ( but it probably feels like it) . Keep up the amazing work (walk) x
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Hmmmm… shouty dogs and scorchio weather – sounds very much like a walk in the Greek countryside! If you want to cool down a bit, come up to Aberdeen, where we are ‘enjoying’ our usual grey cloud cover. I just checked the weather forecast and can confirm that Aberdeen (14 deg) is ten degrees cooler than Camarthen (24 deg)! Yes, I would swap! xxx
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Would you swap if you had to walk 13 miles up and down hills in it?
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