Rain, Mist & Blisters
I'm
sorry to Dave's sister-in-law Muriel for calling her Audrey in last nights blog
especially after her and John's kindness yesterday. I had the opportunity to
apologise personally as they delighted us by waiting for us to arrive at
Waterloo Dock at Caernarfon to commence our walk onto The Llyn Peninsula. John
& Muriel walked with us for a couple of miles guiding us through to the
Welsh Mountain Railway onto the cycle path.
Most of the track is originally from South Africa as is nearly all of the rolling stock. The new track laid is one of the longest rail projects in the UK.
Rain had already been falling for sometime and we set
off knowing it was likely to accompany us all day. Using the cycle route we
made good time towards Pen-y-Groes where we headed back towards the coast along
a country trail.
Dave decided to change into more robust water proof clothing
and just at the moment he was struggling to get the saturated trousers off
Bobby rang. I thought he was going to perform a summersault as he scrambled to
find which pocket the phone was located and in reply to Bobby’s enquiry as to
how he was he retorted; “one leg in and one leg out I’ll have to call you back”.
Once suitably attired he called Bobby back to explain.
Dave
has done very well today as he acquired a blister yesterday and has persevered
through the pain as we clocked up nearly 20 miles and on more than one occasion
his map reading and sense of direction kept us on the right track.
On
our way through to Clynnog Fawr my brother Keith phoned to say he and my Mother
were near by so we met up at Pontllyfni and it was their turn to watch us eat a
late lunch, it was great to see them especially after making such a journey for
a few minutes with us and helped us with setting off down the coast to St Bueno’s
Church in Clynnog Fawr.
The church is an amazing building with wonderful
windows and a unique footprint.
Sorry
for the lack of photographs today but the constant rain did not help with
conditions or photogenic opportunities. None the less it was great to arrive in
Trefor especially as John & Muriel had phoned to arrange to take us back to
the car in Caernarfon, we are extremely grateful to them for their kindness and
support over the past couple of days.
Bobby
and Helen joined us at our hotel and we had a good dinner in readiness for the
last full day of walking tomorrow. The ferry master phoned back this evening to
confirm all is well for the crossing on Saturday morning.
Facebook
has gone wild since Keith posted a picture of us earlier which is fantastic,
unfortunately there now seems to be a block on links to this blog from Facebook
so if you are having problems please use this link; http://www.zen68936.zen.co.uk/pilgrim/blog.htm Thanks to Neil for putting this
temporary fix in place and for taking up our cause with Facebook. Please keep
liking and retweeting… as every little is very helpful!
Well
thanks once again for taking time to read this and for your support. www.Justgiving.com/chrysalis-pilgrims-way
continues to grow and we are delighted to hear that sponsorship from Mold Golf
Club, The Crown Pantymwyn totals an additional £650 pushing the total close to
£3,000. Another 20 miles tomorrow will put us within a 3-4 hour walk Saturday morning
of the ferry.
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