writing and hiking in the sun
Wales is one of the four countries that comprises the United Kingdom (UK) and shares a land border with England.
Wales offers a varied range of hiking for visitors from the high peaks of Snowdonia and rounded mountains of the Brecon Beacons to canal towpaths and coastal walking.
There is a comprehensive network of rights of way, which mean it is relatively easy for hikers to access the countryside and hills.
The Wales Coast Path opened in 2012 and provides 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) of waymarked footpaths.
Sometime towards the middle of last year (around the time I started mentioning the dreaded C word), Harri joked that we could avoid the whole festive season if we booked into a Travelodge for the duration. He’d been reading a … Continued
My middle daughter once brought a book home from school about the fight to save Capel Celyn in North Wales. I couldn’t read the words as it was written in Welsh but I recall being riveted by the haunting … Continued
I was planning to call this blog ‘The Moon In Lleyn’ (the title of an R S Thomas poem) but a fellow Welsh blogger beat me to it so, having a particular penchant for sunsets, I’ve come up with my own … Continued
Most hikers know the feeling. You’ve ventured far from your usual haunts and are about to explore somewhere new, a place that until now has just been a name on a road map. You’re excited but slightly apprehensive. Will this … Continued
