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I turned and looked at the hills I had come across.
There they stood, darkly blue, a rain cloud, like ink. hanging over their
summits. Oh, the wild hills of Wales, the land of old renown and of
wonder, the land of Arthur and Merlin! George Borrow - Wild Wales |
The route, which involves about 400 km of walking split
into 24 days, starts at St Davids and joins an ancient track called the
Ffos-y-mynach to meet the Pembrokeshire Coast Path which is
followed for 23 km (see the enlargement of the first header photo
below)
The Pembrokeshire coast near St Davids: The first day of the walk. It then turns east, crosses the Preseli
hills and makes for the Cambrian Way which is reached at Rhandirmwyn,
north of Llandovery, after five days of undulating farming country and
moorland culminating in a splendid and deserted area of high ground,
Mynydd Mallaen.
The path then turns north and follows the general line of Sale's "A
Cambrian Way" route, crossing unpopulated high ground, and reaching
Strata Florida, a ruined Abbey with the grave of the Welsh poet, Dafydd ap
Gwilym.
Plymlimon, Cader Idris and the Rhinogs are all traversed and the route
passes through the central part of Snowdonia. Eventually Ogwen Cottage is
reached, where the route turns towards the sea and makes for Bangor.
The Snowdon Horseshoe: The skyline may be followed as a good-weather alternative to Day 22 Unlike Drake's Cambrian Way, this walk is not a Challenge Walk with a list of check-points; the route details sections which follow split the journey into four gentle parts and, on several days, even offer alternatives, some suitable for bad-weather if the preferred routes are covered in low cloud, others avoiding possible rights of way difficulties. The route pages and accommodation page offer suggestions for coping with the logistics of a complete walk. But you will obviously use these suggestions as a starting point and will make your own plan to suit your own needs.
The link
"an article" gives an account of a walk of the complete route by the
author in 2010. |
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