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Thursday 27 July 2023. Day 11 on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. We have now walked just over 100 miles of the 180. Alltrails app: 4 hours 50 minutes walking. 10.06 miles, 1050 feet elevation gain. Garmin forerunner 25. 4 hours 47 minutes walking. 9.89 miles. 1042 elevation gain. We had a great breakfast in the Castle. It is a HIGHend BnB. Jones Coastal Taxi picked us up at 0900 and drove the 25 minutes to St Bride's to begin the walk today. Possible rain but we are hoping the fog and mist will clear. We walked through Little Haven then Broad Haven and end in Nolten Haven today. We were at high tide so no beach walks. We had to do all the steep climbs. It started with a rather long climb then undulated through the ... read more

Tuesday 25 July 2023, at rest day at Marloes. When Jo was planning for this coastal walk she thought we would spend today seeing the Puffins. So we booked today as a non walking day for the boat ride to Skomer Island. As we got more info she thought the puffins might be gone by this time in July so we went shortly after arriving in Tenby. The day was sunny and we explored the area and had lunch at Runwayskiln kiosk. Photos of the Clock House our BnB, and the lunch spot. Our evening meal was again at the Lobster Pot. Logistics of contacting taxi transfers, Roch Castle estimated arrival and transfers from the castle to dinner were afternoon agenda items. It is very convenient having Google Fi cell phone service since I am connected ... read more

Sunday 23 July 2023, day 8 of the walk. From Milford Haven to Dale. Alltrails app: 5 hours 6 minutes walking. 10.8 miles. 922 feet elevation gain Garmin forerunner 25. 5 hours 6 minutes walking. 10.76 miles. 750 feet elevation gain. We started walking at 1120 and arrived in Dale at 1655. Today we have two tidal inlets; one at Sandy Haven with low tide at 1628 and the other at Musselwick Sands with the same low tide. These were about five miles apart. Making the low tide crossings saved 6 miles of walking. Michael will pick us up at around 5 at Dale. The weather promise is no rain until 4 pm. So will try without rain pants. We were on pavement until we left the town of Milford Haven. The town is larger, about ... read more

We had a pretty busy agenda for today. Yesterday afternoon and at dinner we all searched for a place for Chuck to buy new shoes for the walk. The soles and heels of both shoes started coming off at the end of yesterday's walk. I contacted our taxi transfer service about taking us to Tenby to a sporting goods store called Millets. Michael called to confirm that he could take Chuck and I on this round trip to Tenby. When we got back to Pembroke he would take the five of us to see St Govans Hermit Hut on the coast at the eastern edge of Castlemartin firing range. The trip to Tenby was successful. Chuck has a new pair of boots. St Govans was an interesting stone hut. He lived about 630 to 640. The ... read more

Wednesday 19 July 2023, Pembrokeshire Coastal Path (PCP) from Freshwater West beach to Angle Bay. Day 5 Alltrails app: 5 hours 31 minutes walking, 8.87 miles, 810 feet elevation gain Started walking about 0945. Picked up be Michael about 1530 Garmin forerunner 25: 5 hours 32 minutes, 9.09 miles, 686 feet elevation gain. After another great breakfast at Porclew House, we bid farewell and paid for our lunches. Michael, our taxi shuttle service driver, was right on schedule for 0900 transfer to Freshwater West and the start of the days hike to Angle Bay. What looks like an artesian spring was bubbling around some rocks at the high point on the beach. Leaving the beach we started the first of about seven relatively steep up and down features of today's trail. The views of the sea ... read more