Thursday, July 29, 2010

Day 11: A few home comforts


It's not cheating if you're honest....and no, we haven't taken any shortcuts on route if that's the admission you were waiting for! No, the admission is that while had planned to camp more often on the way around, we have in fact stayed in some (more an we anticipated that is) lovely B&Bs and last night we stayed at Dan's house in Porthgain.

The weather was quite muggy this morning and after having done some office work and having being served breakfast courtesy of Dan's mum Shelia, we drove down to Whitesands, kindly driven by Shelia's friend Lorna.

Palika, Lorna's daughter, joined us for the walk and although there were a few trying hills, the views from the top were fantastic. As with Ben yesterday, we were determined that, at the least, we kept up with our younger walking companions.

This we managed again today and while we hope that we are not over-egging things too much (thanks Cheryl Hughes, James's aunty, for pointing out that we have become a little cocky!!), the fact that we have no choice but to walk each day means there is no chance of us not at least maintaining our current levels of fitness. Until the end of the walk that is.

After eating our packed lunches that Dan had prepared this morning overlooking 'seal bay' (which incidentally was completely seal free today), we met Lorna who had parked at Abberaddi, later also meeting with Sheila, Cindie (Shelia's Golden Retriever) and Palika's younger brother Kavi who has walked with us previously.






We passed the blue lagoon and had a brief swim in the icy sea at Traethllyfn and then headed with Shelia to The Sloop for a quick drink, before heading back for a shower and some food.

Tonight some of James' family and friends will join us at The Sloop for drinks to round off what has been a lovely day.

Tomorrow Nicola (James's mum), her friend Catherine and Catherine's son Charlie, will walk with us between Porthgain and Pwllderi.

Tight Calves,

James and Dan


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

No comments:

Post a Comment