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Wales Coast Path: day 41: Solva from Whitesands

May 6, 2013 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path: day 41: Solva from Whitesands

Out of sequence, C. and I decide to tackle Whitesands to Solva, about 12 miles of winding coastline with St David’s as its focus. H. joins us, with today’s guest-walkers, M. and L. from Leicester, old friends of Pembrokeshire. The view west is dominated by Ramsey Island, a dark and mainly empty land, where sheep […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 45: Goodwick from Parrog

May 5, 2013 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 45: Goodwick from Parrog

C. and I leave Parrog and climb, thankfully to a lower cliff height than yesterday. To our left, the dark outline of Carn Ingli, to our left a succession of jagged sea rocks, one in the curious shape of a question mark. Coves appear, some inaccessible, others crossed on small wooden bridges: Aberrhigian and Aberfforest. […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 46: Parrog from St Dogmaels

May 5, 2013 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 46: Parrog from St Dogmaels

We start at Poppit Sands, beyond St Dogmaels at the mouth of the Teifi estuary: two men just on the wrong side of middle age, with sensible boots and full rucksacks. A blustery wind blows, clouds rush in from the west, and it’s far from warm. C. and I have a single ambition: to walk […]

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