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O Fôn i Fynwy – a Wales end to end
Walking through Wales
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Map of the route
Blog posts
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 1 (Holyhead to Church Bay)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 2 (Church Bay to Bull Bay)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 3 (Bull Bay to Moelfre)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 4 (Moelfre to Penmon)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 5 (Penmon to Bangor)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 6 (Bangor – the Carneddau)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 7 (the Carneddau to Dolwyddelan)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 8 (Dolwyddelan to Beddgelert)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 9 (Beddgelert to Penrhyndeudraeth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 10 (Penrhyndeudraeth to Barmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 11 (Barmouth to Abergynolwyn )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 12 (Abergynolwyn to Machynlleth )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 13 (Machynlleth to Dylife )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 14 (Dylife to Ponterwyd)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 15 (Ponterwyd to Pontrhydfendigaid)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 16 (Pontrhydfendigaid to Rhandirmwyn)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 17 (Rhandirmwyn to Llandovery)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 18 (Llandovery to Dan yr Ogof)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 19 (Dan yr Ogof to the Storey Arms)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 20 (Storey Arms to Cwmdu)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 21 (Cwmdu to Llanthony)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 22 (Llanthony to Monmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 23 Monmouth to Chepstow)
Never Too Old To Backpack: a 364-mile walk through Wales
The Via Algarviana
Walking the Via Algarviana
Day sections and distances
The Via Algarviana: an English guide to the ‘Algarve Way’
The Via Algarviana: walking 300 km across the Algarve
Travelogues
Never Too Old To Backpack: a 364-mile walk through Wales
The Via Algarviana: walking 300 km across the Algarve
The Via Algarviana – on the publicity trail
More Algarve hiking
Hiking guidebooks
Harri Garrod Roberts
Print books
Day Walks in the Brecon Beacons
Wales Coast Path (Official Guide): Amroth to Swansea
Wales Coast Path Top Ten Walks: Carmarthen Bay & Gower
Digital books (ebooks)
O Fôn i Fynwy – a Wales end to end
The Via Algarviana: an English guide to the ‘Algarve Way’
Circular Walks on the Gower Peninsula
Dylan’s Welsh Walks
Castle walks
Monmouthshire
The Marches of Gwent
Newport and Cardiff
England Coast Path: The Severn Estuary and Bridgwater Bay
Rhymney Valley Walks
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Machen circular: Mynydd Machen, Mynydd y Lan, Abercarn and Cwmcarn
Machen to Castell Coch … and back (a 20-mile circular)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Machen Forge Trail with a spring in my step
Rhymney Valley: Ironbridge Circular Walk
A tale of two rivers: part 2 – the Rhymney
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 1
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 2
Blog
Albufeira – Alcantarilha circular
Andalusia – Villablanca to Ayamonte
Andalusia – Ayamonte to Villablanca
Grande Rota de Guadiana (Monte Francisco to Foz de Odeleite)
Central Algarve – Picota walk
Central Algarve – São Bartolomeu de Messines
Western Algarve – Burgau to Lagos
Western Algarve – Vila do Bispo to Burgau
Western Algarve – Barão de São João to Vila do Bispo
Western Algarve – Lagos to Barão de São João
Albufeira winter – Boliqueime to Albufeira
Albufeira winter – Albufeira to Boliqueime
Albufeira winter – Ferragudo to Carvoeiro
Albufeira winter 2017-18: the first week
Exmoor – Lynton circular
Exmoor – Whitstone Post to Porlock circular
Exmoor – County Gate to Lynmouth circular
Exmoor – Minehead to Porlock circular
England Coast Path: Minehead to Watchet
The Heritage Coast: Bridgend to Llantwit Major
Walking in Afan Argoed Forest Park
Brecon Beacons: two summits from the National Park Visitor Centre
The Via Algarviana – on the publicity trail
Via Algarviana: Vila do Bispo to Sagres
Via Algarviana: Barão de São João to Vila do Bispo
Via Algarviana: Marmelete to Barão de São João
Via Algarviana: Monchique to Marmelete
Via Algarviana: Silves to Monchique
Via Algarviana: São Bartolomeu de Messines to Silves
Via Algarviana: Alte to São Bartolomeu de Messines
The Via Algarviana: Salir to Alte
The Via Algarviana: Barranco do Velho to Salir
The Via Algarviana: Cachopo to Barranco do Velho
The Via Algarviana: Vaqueiros to Cachopo
The Via Algarviana: Balurcos to Furnazinhas
The Via Algarviana: Furnazinhas to Vaqueiros
The Via Algarviana: Balurcos to Furnazinhas
The Via Algarviana: Alcoutim to Balurcos
The Via Algarviana: Alcoutim
The Via Algarviana: heading to Portugal
Trail runs from Rhiwderyn
Wales’s Great Trails
A tale of two rivers: part 2 – the Rhymney
It’s a dog’s life for a sign writer
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 23 Monmouth to Chepstow)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 22 (Llanthony to Monmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 21 (Cwmdu to Llanthony)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 20 (Storey Arms to Cwmdu)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 19 (Dan yr Ogof to the Storey Arms)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 18 (Llandovery to Dan yr Ogof)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 17 (Rhandirmwyn to Llandovery)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 13 (Machynlleth to Dylife )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 12 (Abergynolwyn to Machynlleth )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 11 (Barmouth to Abergynolwyn )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 10 (Penrhyndeudraeth to Barmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 1 (Holyhead to Church Bay)
Newport council drops post-NATO bombshell
Sharing Newport with NATO
5 Cwmdonkin Drive
A hike up Twmbarlwm
A lofty view of Cardiff
Backpacking in hot weather
Caerwent: our last Monmouthshire castle
camau publishes first ebooks
Carmarthen Bay and Gower
Castell Coch – Cardiff’s fairytale castle
Ceredigion – Wales’s flagship coast path
Devil’s Bridge and my little niggle
Dylan’s Walks with Derek: New Quay and Laugharne
Dylan’s Walks with Derek: Swansea and Llansteffan
England Coast Path – Bridgwater to Hinkley Point
England Coast Path – Burnham-on-Sea to Bridgwater
England Coast Path – Chepstow to Portishead
England Coast Path – Clevedon to Weston
England Coast Path – Hinkley Point to Watchet
England Coast Path – Portishead to Clevedon
England Coast Path – Severn Estuary to Bridgwater Bay
England Coast Path – Weston to Burnham-on-Sea
Exploring Laugharne
Ferry Cross the Towy
Fifty things to do (and earn a sticker)
Finding Overbrook
Flower power
A tale of two rivers: part 1 – the Ebbw
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 1
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 2
Grosmont: a ruined castle, a cruck barn and an ambulance
Hiking on Wales’s Llŷn Peninsula
How Lloyd George saved the Ceiriog Valley
I’m glad I caught the running bug
Isca Woodcrafts Show at Tredegar House, Newport
It’s a dog’s life for a sign writer
Zanzibar – keeping healthy
Location, location… and an access road
Machen Forge Trail with a spring in my step
My Rack Raid Recce
My Rack Raid Reflections
National Trust campaign is a winner
Newport, Newport
Not all benches are equal
Noticing the signposts
Black Mountains: the Grwyne Fawr valley
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Newport: Walk the Port (the unofficial shorter route)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Silver Coast: Peniche to Porto Novo
Silver Coast: Obidos to Peniche
Silver Coast: Exploring Óbidos
Silver Coast: Foz de Arelho to Obidos
Silver Coast: Nazaré to Foz de Arelho
Silver Coast: Praia da Vieira to Nazaré
Silver Coast: Figueira da Foz to Praia da Vieira
Central Portugal: Exploring Coimbra
Central Portugal: Lousã to just outside Coimbra
Central Portugal: Castanheira de Pera to Lousã
Central Portugal: Exploring Coimbra
Central Portugal: Ferreira do Zêzere to Foz de Alge
Central Portugal: Foz de Alge to Pedrógão Pequeno
Central Portugal: Lousã to just outside Coimbra
Central Portugal: Pedrógão Pequeno to Castanheira de Pera
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Central Portugal: Tomar to Ferreira do Zêzere
Black Mountains: the Grwyne Fawr valley
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Newport: Walk the Port (the unofficial shorter route)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Black Mountains: the Grwyne Fawr valley
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Newport: Walk the Port (the unofficial shorter route)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Silver Coast: Peniche to Porto Novo
Silver Coast: Obidos to Peniche
Silver Coast: Exploring Óbidos
Silver Coast: Foz de Arelho to Obidos
Silver Coast: Nazaré to Foz de Arelho
Silver Coast: Praia da Vieira to Nazaré
Silver Coast: Figueira da Foz to Praia da Vieira
Central Portugal: Exploring Coimbra
Central Portugal: Lousã to just outside Coimbra
Central Portugal: Castanheira de Pera to Lousã
Central Portugal: Pedrógão Pequeno to Castanheira de Pera
Central Portugal: Foz de Alge to Pedrógão Pequeno
Central Portugal: Ferreira do Zêzere to Foz de Alge
Central Portugal: Tomar to Ferreira do Zêzere
Hiking in Central Portugal: the wish list
About
Guided walks
Free walks (PDFs)
Newport Ultra (47 miles)
Useful websites
O Fôn i Fynwy – a Wales end to end
Walking through Wales
An outline of the route
Distances
Map of the route
Blog posts
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 1 (Holyhead to Church Bay)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 2 (Church Bay to Bull Bay)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 3 (Bull Bay to Moelfre)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 4 (Moelfre to Penmon)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 5 (Penmon to Bangor)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 6 (Bangor – the Carneddau)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 7 (the Carneddau to Dolwyddelan)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 8 (Dolwyddelan to Beddgelert)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 9 (Beddgelert to Penrhyndeudraeth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 10 (Penrhyndeudraeth to Barmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 11 (Barmouth to Abergynolwyn )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 12 (Abergynolwyn to Machynlleth )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 13 (Machynlleth to Dylife )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 14 (Dylife to Ponterwyd)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 15 (Ponterwyd to Pontrhydfendigaid)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 16 (Pontrhydfendigaid to Rhandirmwyn)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 17 (Rhandirmwyn to Llandovery)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 18 (Llandovery to Dan yr Ogof)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 19 (Dan yr Ogof to the Storey Arms)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 20 (Storey Arms to Cwmdu)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 21 (Cwmdu to Llanthony)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 22 (Llanthony to Monmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 23 Monmouth to Chepstow)
Never Too Old To Backpack: a 364-mile walk through Wales
The Via Algarviana
Walking the Via Algarviana
Day sections and distances
The Via Algarviana: an English guide to the ‘Algarve Way’
The Via Algarviana: walking 300 km across the Algarve
Travelogues
Never Too Old To Backpack: a 364-mile walk through Wales
The Via Algarviana: walking 300 km across the Algarve
The Via Algarviana – on the publicity trail
More Algarve hiking
Hiking guidebooks
Harri Garrod Roberts
Print books
Day Walks in the Brecon Beacons
Wales Coast Path (Official Guide): Amroth to Swansea
Wales Coast Path Top Ten Walks: Carmarthen Bay & Gower
Digital books (ebooks)
O Fôn i Fynwy – a Wales end to end
The Via Algarviana: an English guide to the ‘Algarve Way’
Circular Walks on the Gower Peninsula
Dylan’s Welsh Walks
Castle walks
Monmouthshire
The Marches of Gwent
Newport and Cardiff
England Coast Path: The Severn Estuary and Bridgwater Bay
Rhymney Valley Walks
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Machen circular: Mynydd Machen, Mynydd y Lan, Abercarn and Cwmcarn
Machen to Castell Coch … and back (a 20-mile circular)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Machen Forge Trail with a spring in my step
Rhymney Valley: Ironbridge Circular Walk
A tale of two rivers: part 2 – the Rhymney
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 1
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 2
Blog
Albufeira – Alcantarilha circular
Andalusia – Villablanca to Ayamonte
Andalusia – Ayamonte to Villablanca
Grande Rota de Guadiana (Monte Francisco to Foz de Odeleite)
Central Algarve – Picota walk
Central Algarve – São Bartolomeu de Messines
Western Algarve – Burgau to Lagos
Western Algarve – Vila do Bispo to Burgau
Western Algarve – Barão de São João to Vila do Bispo
Western Algarve – Lagos to Barão de São João
Albufeira winter – Boliqueime to Albufeira
Albufeira winter – Albufeira to Boliqueime
Albufeira winter – Ferragudo to Carvoeiro
Albufeira winter 2017-18: the first week
Exmoor – Lynton circular
Exmoor – Whitstone Post to Porlock circular
Exmoor – County Gate to Lynmouth circular
Exmoor – Minehead to Porlock circular
England Coast Path: Minehead to Watchet
The Heritage Coast: Bridgend to Llantwit Major
Walking in Afan Argoed Forest Park
Brecon Beacons: two summits from the National Park Visitor Centre
The Via Algarviana – on the publicity trail
Via Algarviana: Vila do Bispo to Sagres
Via Algarviana: Barão de São João to Vila do Bispo
Via Algarviana: Marmelete to Barão de São João
Via Algarviana: Monchique to Marmelete
Via Algarviana: Silves to Monchique
Via Algarviana: São Bartolomeu de Messines to Silves
Via Algarviana: Alte to São Bartolomeu de Messines
The Via Algarviana: Salir to Alte
The Via Algarviana: Barranco do Velho to Salir
The Via Algarviana: Cachopo to Barranco do Velho
The Via Algarviana: Vaqueiros to Cachopo
The Via Algarviana: Balurcos to Furnazinhas
The Via Algarviana: Furnazinhas to Vaqueiros
The Via Algarviana: Balurcos to Furnazinhas
The Via Algarviana: Alcoutim to Balurcos
The Via Algarviana: Alcoutim
The Via Algarviana: heading to Portugal
Trail runs from Rhiwderyn
Wales’s Great Trails
A tale of two rivers: part 2 – the Rhymney
It’s a dog’s life for a sign writer
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 23 Monmouth to Chepstow)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 22 (Llanthony to Monmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 21 (Cwmdu to Llanthony)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 20 (Storey Arms to Cwmdu)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 19 (Dan yr Ogof to the Storey Arms)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 18 (Llandovery to Dan yr Ogof)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 17 (Rhandirmwyn to Llandovery)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 13 (Machynlleth to Dylife )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 12 (Abergynolwyn to Machynlleth )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 11 (Barmouth to Abergynolwyn )
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 10 (Penrhyndeudraeth to Barmouth)
O Fôn i Fynwy – Day 1 (Holyhead to Church Bay)
Newport council drops post-NATO bombshell
Sharing Newport with NATO
5 Cwmdonkin Drive
A hike up Twmbarlwm
A lofty view of Cardiff
Backpacking in hot weather
Caerwent: our last Monmouthshire castle
camau publishes first ebooks
Carmarthen Bay and Gower
Castell Coch – Cardiff’s fairytale castle
Ceredigion – Wales’s flagship coast path
Devil’s Bridge and my little niggle
Dylan’s Walks with Derek: New Quay and Laugharne
Dylan’s Walks with Derek: Swansea and Llansteffan
England Coast Path – Bridgwater to Hinkley Point
England Coast Path – Burnham-on-Sea to Bridgwater
England Coast Path – Chepstow to Portishead
England Coast Path – Clevedon to Weston
England Coast Path – Hinkley Point to Watchet
England Coast Path – Portishead to Clevedon
England Coast Path – Severn Estuary to Bridgwater Bay
England Coast Path – Weston to Burnham-on-Sea
Exploring Laugharne
Ferry Cross the Towy
Fifty things to do (and earn a sticker)
Finding Overbrook
Flower power
A tale of two rivers: part 1 – the Ebbw
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 1
Graig Diamond Jubilee Path – Part 2
Grosmont: a ruined castle, a cruck barn and an ambulance
Hiking on Wales’s Llŷn Peninsula
How Lloyd George saved the Ceiriog Valley
I’m glad I caught the running bug
Isca Woodcrafts Show at Tredegar House, Newport
It’s a dog’s life for a sign writer
Zanzibar – keeping healthy
Location, location… and an access road
Machen Forge Trail with a spring in my step
My Rack Raid Recce
My Rack Raid Reflections
National Trust campaign is a winner
Newport, Newport
Not all benches are equal
Noticing the signposts
Black Mountains: the Grwyne Fawr valley
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Newport: Walk the Port (the unofficial shorter route)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Silver Coast: Peniche to Porto Novo
Silver Coast: Obidos to Peniche
Silver Coast: Exploring Óbidos
Silver Coast: Foz de Arelho to Obidos
Silver Coast: Nazaré to Foz de Arelho
Silver Coast: Praia da Vieira to Nazaré
Silver Coast: Figueira da Foz to Praia da Vieira
Central Portugal: Exploring Coimbra
Central Portugal: Lousã to just outside Coimbra
Central Portugal: Castanheira de Pera to Lousã
Central Portugal: Exploring Coimbra
Central Portugal: Ferreira do Zêzere to Foz de Alge
Central Portugal: Foz de Alge to Pedrógão Pequeno
Central Portugal: Lousã to just outside Coimbra
Central Portugal: Pedrógão Pequeno to Castanheira de Pera
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Central Portugal: Tomar to Ferreira do Zêzere
Black Mountains: the Grwyne Fawr valley
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Newport: Walk the Port (the unofficial shorter route)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Black Mountains: the Grwyne Fawr valley
Rhymney Valley: Mynydd Machen and Cefn Onn
Newport: Walk the Port (the unofficial shorter route)
Rhymney Valley: Maesycymmer to Senghenydd
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Central Portugal: Porto Novo to Lisbon
Silver Coast: Peniche to Porto Novo
Silver Coast: Obidos to Peniche
Silver Coast: Exploring Óbidos
Silver Coast: Foz de Arelho to Obidos
Silver Coast: Nazaré to Foz de Arelho
Silver Coast: Praia da Vieira to Nazaré
Silver Coast: Figueira da Foz to Praia da Vieira
Central Portugal: Exploring Coimbra
Central Portugal: Lousã to just outside Coimbra
Central Portugal: Castanheira de Pera to Lousã
Central Portugal: Pedrógão Pequeno to Castanheira de Pera
Central Portugal: Foz de Alge to Pedrógão Pequeno
Central Portugal: Ferreira do Zêzere to Foz de Alge
Central Portugal: Tomar to Ferreira do Zêzere
Hiking in Central Portugal: the wish list
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