Monday, 17 July 2023, walking from Manobier beach to Bosherston All trails app: 5 hrs 23 min walking 10.11 miles. 1339 elevation gain. Garmin forerunner 25: 5 hours 21 minutes walking. 10.09 miles, 1260 feet elevation gain. Our Tenby Taxi transfer arrived at ten after 9. We got to the start of the trail where we left on Sunday afternoon for a 0945 start. The bags are out for transfer. Jeff and Lisa at Glenthorne Guest House fixed a great breakfast but not much else in the way of hospitality. No place to visit but outside or in very cramped rooms. Our good luck with weather held for another day. The walk was along the rugged coast line, up and down the valley crevices and along tree less green and harvested fields. We walked 4 miles ... read more

Saturday 15 July 2023, Day one on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. All trails app. 7.6 miles 1200 feet elevation gain. 4.5 hours walking. Garmin forerunner 25 watch: 7.75 miles, 975 elevation gain, 4 hours and 27 minutes walking. With a forecast of wet and windy weather but scattered sunshine at the front door we set out for Amroth and the sign starting our walk. We waited for Tenby Taxi which picked up a lady from Denmark who is staying next door and the five of us. It was about a 20 minute ride so we got started about 10 am. There are clouds but no rain. The view to the south shows the ocean and beaches. After ten minutes of walking Gary is warm so takes off his raincoat saying, "This will certainly start the rain." ... read more

Wednesday, 12 July 2023 Our first full day in Wales. (Note to readers, scroll down to see all the photos) Cardiff, the capital of Wales with nearly 360,000 population, was a clean modern city with a university and wide pedestrian streets. Between the Cardiff Central Rail station and the Queen Premier Inn there were nice indoor malls and shopping streets. We visited the central market much like the central market in Budapest and other European cities. We sampled the Caerphilly cheese. This, " crumbly yet flavorful cheese that miners ate to replenish salt lost through perspiration in the coal pits - provides a savory Welsh response to the ubiquitous English cheddar." There is a two story carousel at the intersection of two of the pedestrian streets; a large stadium and the castle mention in the legends ... read more

Sunday, 24 July 2022, Day 7 Great Glen Way. Drumnadrochit to Inverness starting at Blackfold meadow again. by All Trails app: 11.6 miles, 4:39 hours, 344 feet elevation gain. By Garmin: 11.64 miles, 4:38 hours, 234 feet elevation gain The morning looked very clear after some heavy rains during the night. Our transfer van picked us up at 0930 for the ride back up to the hill to Blackfold. We started at the same spot as yesterday but went in the opposite direction towards Inverness instead of back to Drumnadrochit. Yesterday was supposed to be 12 miles but it was only 8. Today is supposed to be 9 miles but was actually 11.6. So much for the guidance from the tour operators. Loch Ness Travel provided our shuttle and also was providing our luggage transfer. At ... read more

Friday, 22 July 2022, Day 5 on Great Glen Way, Glenmoriston Arms Hotel at Invermoriston to Benleva Hotel in Drumnadrochit. 14.7 miles by Garmin, 6 hours 5 minutes, 1805 elevation gain. With an indoor send off from the Glenmoriston Arms Hotel, Jo and I are off, out the front door and into the first long climb. This one is 200 meters in less than a kilometer. Almost 590 feet in less than half a mile. We are soon where we decide on the low route or the high route. The high route is shorter but with many more steep climbs and descents. We elect the low route. Along this road we do not have many views of the loch through the pines and other thick forest of trees. Invermoriston is to the northwest of Loch Ness ... read more