Tuesday 13 August 2013

Day 33 - Long (very long) road ahead

Firstly today mate, an old school friend of ours Paul Carey has published your story on the Daily Telegraph website !!

This is huge awareness for us. Many thanks Paul, a great article and very much appreciated.

Right, after yesterday's debacle over directions :) surely today was going to be straightforward ???? - ummmmm NO !

My partner in crime today, Mrs HD !
 
(You won't see many photos on the blog tonight mate, she threatened me!)

All started swimmingly. Off we set Kidwelly-bound, with a lot to catch up on etc. 

Now what Kirsten doesn't understand is that after 33 days of walking the last thing you want to be doing whilst struggling up an incline is to chat ;) Didn't stop her though of course, she simply nattered her way through whilst all I could manage were hand signals (imitating a zip across the mouth !!!!!!) :)

In fact, as payback ill post another picture of her :-

(This was shortly after seeing a sheeps carcass being devoured by a fox !!)

After a couple of hours of walking through fields and lanes (déjà vu from yesterday !!), we finally came to a crossroads. The worst thing that could've happened !!! 
I said go one way, the wife said go the other.
Obviously we choose the wrong option. That wrong option was obviously MY option ;)

2 hours later we were walking up the A484 trying to avoid being mowed down by lorries and fuel tankers !!

(This is another reason why the photos are scarce in this blog !!!)

After a couple of hours of walking single-file, and in silence, up the road we somehow miraculously ended up in Kidwelly ! I could sense the anger in her ;)


We had completely bypassed a few villages and ended up off the map altogether at one point (this is becoming a habit now.......).

Luckily though this meant we had the opportunity to meet up with Jan & Dave Jones, with whom I had previously caught up with in Cwm-yr-Eglys.

(Lovely to see you again guys !!)

After a little tour around the castle, we were then met by our hosts for the evening Chris & Kaye Shepherd (Sarah's wonderful parents). 


We were treated to a fabulous BBQ and had a great time wining and dining with their fantastic neighbours (Clive & Pat, Rob & Alison) - some hilarious stories ! (Dont worry Sarah, none about your childhood ;)

So other than the actual walking part of today, we've had a great time !

Kirsten was expecting idyllic coastal offerings and a nice stroll through the Welsh countryside, all i could muster up today were exhaust fumes and dead sheep !! Hopefully tomorrow will go incident-free (but somehow I very much doubt it).

Surely, the last 4 days will be straightforward ??

Hope Tracy has stopped whinging about her black toes too mate ??

Catch up with you tomorrow.

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