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corriepaw

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The Kintyre Way
« on: 03:23:28, 14/11/08 »
Hello,

          For those of you who are curious as to what The new(ish) Kintyre Way walk is like, please feel free to follow the link below to my brother's website for my journal of the walk from september 2007. There is also an account of the WHW by my brother from 2006.
 I must tell you though - there is a limited use of bad language recorded, taken in context with actual conversations. It is not gratuitous, though, and seems to revolve largely around (my) physical suffering :)

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ramblingpete

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Re: The Kintyre Way
« Reply #1 on: 23:35:22, 16/11/08 »
Have just spent a Sunday evening reading through your walk along the WHW & Kyntyre Way. Brilliant reading & it comes across loud and clear that you really enjoyed yourselves.

Also I think I'll wait to walk the Kyntyre Way until they bypass the boggy bits with good paths!

Keep up the good work.

corriepaw

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Re: The Kintyre Way
« Reply #2 on: 12:20:57, 18/11/08 »
Hi, RamblingPete

                            Thanks for the kind words and, of course, you're right - we enjoyed both walks immensely and are planning our third for next year; the first half of the Offa's Dyke path. Think I'll prepare my feet with surgical spirit first this time, though.
 Good luck on your journeys  ;)
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ramblingpete

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Re: The Kintyre Way
« Reply #3 on: 22:27:19, 18/11/08 »
Offa's Dyke - the Southern part will be a bit more up and down for you than the other 2 LDP's you have done. Something to think about for you is how far to go on the first day as it is quite tough walking all the way to Monmouth. I stopped at Tinterne Abbey to split the first leg. Have a look here:-

http://www.ramblingpete.walkingplaces.co.uk/odp1.htm

I really enjoyed the countryside and people I met along the way. I can recommend the Lancaster Arms B&B in Pandy if that is one of your stops. They have a bar in the lounge and have bottled beer  O0- Rhymney Ale - a sweet tasting bitter - aaaaaaagggggghhhhh. The only problem being that there is a steep hill to climb first thing in the morning. :-[

I'm sure you'll really enjoy it, but prepare your legs for some work!

corriepaw

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Re: The Kintyre Way
« Reply #4 on: 09:55:02, 19/11/08 »
Yeah - my bruv and I have walked a couple of sections of Offa's this year (in between bouts of liver-punishing drinking sessions); I'm fortunate in that I live in a little village called Bridstow, which sits atop a crest just outside of Ross-on-Wye. It only took us half an hours drive to get to Tintern Abbey and do a walk and next day we did a stretch in the Black Mountains.
 Reading your journal of the walk (which I like, by the way - there must be loads of us thinking we are the poor man's Bill Bryson everytime we complete a walk, scribbling away industriously) brings to mind several of the places we stopped at to explore as well. My brother took a tumble at the Devil's Pulpit. I laughed hideously.
 We'll probably call it a day at Tintern, too, as when we do the first half of O.D. we have the cunning plan of using my place as a base each night. It'll only be the last few days of the walk the year after when we'll have to dig reluctant hands into our purses for B&B's and the like. Mind you - part of the fun is the places you stay at.
 I'll bear in mind and taste buds the Rhymey Ale you reccommend - thanks!
 I've just finished a night shift, so I'm going to bed. I'll read the rest of your journal when I'm fresh  :buck2:
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