It rained last night so we thought we were going to have a wet day. Luckily we had a no rain day which made for a welcome change.
Twitchy and I set off from the Hunters Moon Inn at about 0910 (about 20 minutes after the Australia vs Wales rugby World Cup game started - probably not wise for an Aussie to stick around in a Welsh pub during the game).
The going was ok and mainly walking in fields. The ground was wet and in places quite slippery. Some tracks were flooded making things a bit challenging.
Libby and Gail meet us at White Castle at about 1030. This was the first of 3 possible bail-out points for Twitchy. The path went around about half of the castle. All was going OK so we contributed on to the next bail-out point (about another 4Km away).
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| White Castle |
The path to Llantilio-Crossenny took us through some turnip fields. These fields were really slippery and we took quite some time getting down the hill. We met a large group of walkers going the other way; we warned them about the flooded path and slippery conditions. Libby and Gail were waiting for us on the road to the church.
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| Path into Llantilio-Crossenny |
Libby joined us for the rest of today's walk (she completed just over 14Km). The next checkpoint was at the church in Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llenern. The walk there was over fields and quite a bit of road walking. Gail met us there with sandwiches and fudge (a great lunch break).
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| Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llenern church |
At about the 18Km mark we entered Kings Wood. This is a beautiful area and although it was slippery underfoot in places it was really good walking here (a really pleasant change from fields).
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| Kings Woods |
The path levels off and enters Monmouth; a larger town than I had assumed. It goes over the River Monnow and then leads up the main road. The guidebook maps for this were not the best and need revision but we sorted it out quickly.
We checked into the Kings Head Hotel just after 1600. Gail had already checked in and met us there. We were muddy and tired. We had dinner in the pub (I am sure Twitchy will comment pin on this).
Tomorrow is the last full day of walking we have before completing this walk; it will be a fairly big day.
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