Getting home did not go quite as planned. To cut a 6.5 hour story short, this involved a taxi from Kington to Knighton, a train to Llandrindod, a very large coach occupied only by us for much of the way to Llandeilo, an hour in a cafe, a 281 bus to Carmarthen bus station, a hot walk to Carmarthen train station to catch the train that we were meant to be on to Haverfordwest and finally the car home. Might just take the car all the way next time!
We both enjoyed the walk, despite the heat, but it didn’t have that sense of journey which, for me, is very important. Although the route was overall south-west, there was a lot of zigzagging in order to climb up yet another conifer-topped hill (hence no views from the top), and we could rarely look back and see where we’d been, nor where we were going next. Also not helped by having to be taxied to accommodation at the end of the day. Something to bear in mind when planning the next walk (if there is one! and I may not blog in future, it’s starting to feel like hard work). But it was lovely to get away and good to know we are not completely past it. Thanks for reading.
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Well done for completing it. I share your exasperation for the poor state of trails as I have been walking off the major route round Bridport in Dorset and paths are overgrown or nearly non existant.
Shame about the logistics.
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Thank you Anne for sharing your walk with us. As always it was interesting and lovely to read. Sorry though that it didn’t turn out so well with the logistics side of things, but hope that, overall, you enjoyed it. You both did really well, especially in this heat! Xx
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