First of all I'd like to mention my friend and walking buddy Tellytubby and his daughter and friends who had a charity walk last Saturday in memory of Ethan Ross a 17 year old from St Asaph who was tragically killed on the A55 recently. They completed a grueling 26.2 mile walk starting in Loggerheads and walking along the Offa's Dyke path to Prestatyn. Full credit to them all as that is a very hard trek especially on a warm day
Our walk together on Wednesday must have been like a stroll in the park for him after Saturday. Three of us including old Uncle Albert had planned this walk for a while and because of a possible third clampdown with the Corona virus we decided to do it a little earlier than planned. It's a walk we have done before and it was along the Mawddach Trail, a disused railway track. Starting from Penmaenpool and going to Barmouth, a walk of roughly 8 miles.
The weekend weather had changed and was slightly chilly, when we started the walk we were wearing short sleeved base layers and hoped that we might warm up a bit when we started walking but about a mile into the walk the fleeces came on then another mile further on our waterproofs came on when it started to rain. If only Tellytubby could have brought Saturday's weather with him!
But our walks are not just about the weather and nothing could dampen our spirits because the conversation, banter and jokes were still flowing freely
On the track just before Arthog we made a detour to walk past the front of Mawddach Crescent,a terrace of houses next to the River Mawddach and enjoying spectacular far reaching views It's a controversial footpath and the residents have again taken to bar walkers from going past it but we were lucky and got the combination for the lock and went through the gate.
The rain came down heavier so we made our way to the famous wooden bridge and across to Barmouth.
The walk had given us a good appetite so we went straight to the Mermaid, the award winning fish and chip shop but then found that it was now just a take away cafe.
Anyway we ordered the fish and chips but had to seek shelter so we could eat them and settled for the railway station which was nearby anyway.
We had a bit of a wait for the bus but then got our bus passes out and headed for Penmaenpool. If you didn't know it you could have sworn that Lewis Hamilton was driving the bus and he shot past the bus stop for Penmaenpool. That added another 400 yards on to the walk back to our car.
Apart from the weather it was a really nice walk and one I'm sure that we'll do again but hopefully on a warmer dry day.
