I plan to enjoy that bit more this time and have the flexibility to adjust the day lengths to ensure that happens. This does mean that day 2 of my walk will largely be a repeat of my last day on the first chunk, but I felt I didn’t enjoy that walk as much as I could and should due to the tiredness that eventually caused me to stop.
So I’ve solved that problem now as I’ll have done both. It also gives me a few days to assess how the walk is going before I fully commit to the remote bit in the middle of Wales.Īnother benefit of this is that I really struggled to choose between the two alternatives for the Cambrian Way – the route over Torpantau (which I’m doing this time) and the Talybont variant (which I did last year). Tiredness aside, this part of the walk last year was my favourite, and I wanted to start this year’s walk with something I know I’ll like. This also allows me to pick off a straggler Nuttall (Cefn yr Ystrad) and have a couple of camps in places I’ve had my eye on. However, I won’t be heading directly for Storey Arms and plan to ease myself into the walk by starting at Merthyr Tydfil and walking across the Beacons over the first couple of days.
Then I’ll return in mid-August to do the last bit. So on Friday I’ll be heading for Storey Arms to resume the walk, aiming to get to Barmouth in 11 or 12 days. The decisive factor was finding that the two time slots I’ve got actually fit the walk really well, and as soon as I reached that conclusion, the Lakes trip I’d half planned got shoved to one side. As already mentioned, the decision has come as a bit last minute and I’ve been madly scrabbling away for the last few days putting a plan together. So with a decent break now, I’ve decided to pick it up again, despite strong urges to push on and try to complete the Wainwrights. Last year I called a halt at Storey Arms after 10 days due to fatigue and the planned second trip to finish off never happened due to getting a new work contract. The Lakes has had most of my attention for the last year, but happily now the balance is being readdressed. In a little over 10 days I’ve gone from not even considering doing it to impatience to get out there on the trail. It’s been over a year, but finally I’m getting back to the Cambrian Way.
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