Walking from the North Coast of Wales

Walking the North Coast of Wales

Having done very little training (a total of just 115 miles) since the six-day race back in April I was getting itchy feet and was keen for another adventure, so why not walk that same distance from Bangor across the North Cost of Wales and up to Liverpool?

I booked a train ticket from Euston to Bangor for Friday 9th June leaving at 5pm and arriving in Bangor at 8:30pm, and a train from Liverpool back to London for Sunday morning at 8:30am.  Allowing for 30 minute each side that would give me a maximum of 35 hours for a walk that was likely to be around 112 to 115 miles – including a Nova Prestatyn parkrun at about 50 miles on Saturday morning.

I didn’t intend writing a report about my walk but I took a few photos along the way which I wanted to post here.

The start at 8:50pm on Friday night
The start at 8:50pm on Friday night
Sunset on night one. Looking over the Menai Bridge
Sunset on night one. Looking over the Menai Bridge
The Smallest House in Great Britain
Apparently this is the smallest house in Great Britain – Conwy, Wales
Sunrise on Saturday morning
Sunrise on Saturday morning
Nova Prestatyn parkrun
Nova Prestatyn parkrun – I arrived with two minutes to spare and then walked 38 ½ minutes for the 5km before heading off towards Liverpool
McDonalds in Flint – mandatory pitstop
McDonalds in Flint – mandatory pitstop
After walking in hot, sunny, 28 degrees all day it started to rain around 7pm and within minutes it was a torrential downpour with flash flooding – only ankle deep – but I was glad I had my plastic poncho
After walking in hot, sunny, 28 degrees all day it started to rain around 7pm and within minutes it was a torrential downpour with flash flooding – only ankle deep – but I was glad I had my plastic poncho
The Beetles statues Liverpool
I finally arrived at the Beetles statue in Liverpool just before 4am, 31 hours after leaving Bangor
Finish at Liverpool Railway Station
And then I walked up to my finishing point at Liverpool Station
Sleeping outside the Liverpool Railway Station
Where I slept with the homeless and drunks for an hour and a half before going to McDonalds doe breakfast, having a sponge wash in the railway station toilets and catching the train home

 

Richard Walks London map as at June 2023
The black line across the top of Wales is the result of my weekend’s work.  I have now walked a non-stop line from the South of England up to London, over to Cardiff and then up to North-West Wales, and across the North Coast of Wales and up to Liverpool

 

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