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Monday 30th August 2021 Jill tells me that today is Day 121 since I left Berwick-upon-Tweed. So we have walked for a third of a year or thereabouts. The hotel in Cardiff is only about a mile by road from the Coast Path but that mile is along fast dual-carriageways and motorway intersections which no right-mindedContinue reading “Day 121 – Uskmouth to Cardiff 15.9 miles 387′ ascent”

Sunday 29th August We packed up at the Ibis Budget in Portishead and set the Satnav for Chepstow. As we approached the old Severn Bridge, motorways signs announced that the bridge was closed and no reason was apparent. So we had to navigate our way to the new Severn bridge and then shoot up theContinue reading “Day 120 – Chepstow to Uskmouth 21 miles 550′ ascent”

Saturday 28th August 2021 I knew from my route planning and also from when I cycled from Lands’s End to John o’ Groats that today’s walk would be less interesting than most of our recent walks. It proved to be so. We walked down the side of the marina to the coast path. The pathContinue reading “Day 119 – Portishead to Chepstow 20.1 miles 822′ ascent”

Friday 27th August 2021 We packed up the car as we were moving on again. Christopher suggested that we should get the car moved up to Portishead before the day’s walk because we would need to use the M5 which famously is reduced to a standstill on Friday afternoons and likely to be even worseContinue reading “Day 118 – Sand Point to Portishead 19 miles 1500′ ascent”

Thursday 26th August 2021 This morning Christopher joined us with Otto for the the first couple of miles of our walk up the beach at Burnham-on-Sea which was great fun; Otto was picking up sticks which he then attempted to bury in a variety of holes he dug for the purpose. The day was coolContinue reading “Day 117 – Burnham-on-Sea to Sand Point 19.4 miles 1361′ ascent”

Wednesday 25th August 2021 After another very hot, sticky night in the Premier Inn; it was a relief to get out into the fresh morning air. We walked through the car park to the coast path on the R. Parrett and continued down the east bank. It was a broad, grassy path on the seaContinue reading “Day 116 – Bridgwater to Burnham-on-Sea 15.3 miles 482′ ascent”

Tuesday 24th August 2021 We got a taxi from Bridgwater to Shurton where we finished last night. Today we had no expectations of a stunning walk and we were not disappointed. We walked down the other side of the Hinkley Point power station site which is huge. It has a campus  with accommodation and sportsContinue reading “Day 115 – Shurton to Bridgwater 20.8 miles 517′ ascent”

Monday 23rd August 2021 We drove from Wensleydale to Watchet ready to start the next leg of our coast walk with a long half day’s walk of about 10 miles. Unfortunately the M5 was running very slowly from near Gloucester down to Gordano and so it took us about an hour longer than I hadContinue reading “Day 114 – Watchet to Shurton 11 miles 1273′ ascent”

Friday 2nd July 2021 This was the last day of this walking session; tomorrow we return to Yorkshire to catch up with other things in our life, sort out the garden, do some dog-sitting and prepare for our next session. We parked at Porlock Weir and set off in the sunshine across the marshes toContinue reading “Day 113 – Porlock Weir to Watchet 18.5 m 2500’ ascent”

Thursday 1st July 2021 We picked up the route at Woody Bay but it was a very different day from yesterday. It was comfortably cool and the whole area was draped in thick mist. We walked along the road and track seeing very little. Even if it had not been for the mist we wouldContinue reading “Day 112 – Woody Bay to Porlock Weir 18.5 miles about 6000’ ascent”