Today I head to Chepstow to start a trek along Offa's Dyke. This is the 177 mile natural border between Wales and England. I'll be starting at Chepstow and hiking (hopefully) 15-20 miles a day heading north. Fingers crossed the weather holds. I'm travelling from Kent as I type and yesterday we had temperatures touching 12 degrees C but also we had snow brought by icy winds from the north.Try packing a backpack to accommodate that! As I look out of the train window across the English countryside I see cumulus clumping in an otherwise blue sky. In the distance you can see pockets of rain from these clouds. If I escape rain over the next week I'll be amazed!
I've passed through London and reminded myself how expensive everything is there (image making an 'O' with your thumb and forefinger. That was the circumference of the bagette I bought, coupled with a coffee. Price = £8).
My hiking buddy is travelling from Berlin today hopefully. I say hopefully as there are strikes taking place across Germany today. So far the updates for her flight state 'on time' so, again, fingers crossed she is not effected.
I should arrive in Chepstow around 2pm. That's enough time for me to get settled in our B and B and maybe do a spot of geocaching!
Hopefully I'll be able to post some sun drenched photos over the next few days.
Hope it goes well. We just finished on Sunday after 10.5 days during which the only precipitation whilst walking was snow on the third morning (that was a bit cold on the hands in getting the tent down!).
ReplyDeleteSounds like you made awesome time! I'm glam - hiking, resorting to expensive (compared to camping) B&B's. What's your next adventure?
DeleteNo big adventure in the immediate future but May will be Marilyn bagging for me and a solo walk across Scotland for Mick, then July will see us return to the Pyrenees for the second half of the GR10.
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