Time Arrived: 4.15pm
Distance: 21kms
Cumulative Distance: 237kms
Percentage Completed: 82%
Ascents and Descents: 684m
Cumulative Ascents and Descents: 5128m
Weather: Sunny, haze, warm. Max 16
Accommodation: Fernvilla B&B, Goodwick
Feelings: Neil - Great, Henk - Great, John - Good, Di - Good
We had excellent weather for walking. It was sunny with no breeze and there were quite a number of walkers and birdwatchers along the path. With the haze it was hard to tell where the horizon was.
We did our highest number of ascents and also climbed our highest peak.
Our B&B host drove us back to the beach where we left the path yesterday. This took us about twenty minutes in the car and it took us seven hours to walk back. We had to walk across the very stony sea defence at Aber Mawr before climbing our first cliff on the far side.
After three kilometres my little toe started to become painful again despite having a bandage on it. I soldiered on until morning tea at six kilometres and removed my boots and replaced my wet socks (due to perspiration). It didn't make any difference so the next six kilometres to lunch at 1.15pm was quite painful walking although I managed to mostly keep up with the guys. At lunch I redid my bandage, replaced another set of wet socks and put on my green sandals. The last nine kilometres were then fine and my foot was comfortable again. Thank goodness I carried my green sandals in my backpack.
Yesterday we could see a lighthouse in the distance and today we walked passed it at Strumble Head. We also saw the large Irish ferry moving through calm seas and going in and out of the Fishguard port.
We did discuss the strategy of making a shortcut to reduce the distance in the afternoon but I was reluctant to take it as it was the last headland going back to Goodwick and I was keen to see the harbour from the cliff. We had a good view over the harbour with the town's of Goodwick and Fishguard side by side.
We will return on Friday to Fishguard to catch the ferry to Ireland.
When we arrived back at Goodwick Henk and I were very thirsty as we had run out of our water about five kilometres from the end. It had been a warm day and we drank more water than usual.
It's now only three more days on the path - two walking days and one rest day. Tomorrow we walk to Newport where we will have a rest day and then our last day will be to St Dogmael which will be a distance of 26kms.
We farewelled Ron and Clifford and Mylo tonight. We returned to the Mathry pub for our meal and recounted our day's activities.
They will be returning to their homes up north tomorrow. It was lovely having them around for the past four days. We'll be catching up with them again when we return to the Lakes District in early June to do some further walking and in Manchester where we catch the plane back to Australia.
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