Offa we go, the first part of our hike takes us from Chepstow to Tintern. Weather is dry and not to warm. There’s not really much to say about this part of our walk. The walk itself was sometimes quite challenging and took us through all kinds of beautiful landscapes. Shortly after we started our walk we met Sarah and her Grandfather from Canada, who is 83 and remarkably fit. We all had a hard time keeping up with…
One thing I love about Britain is that you can stumble upon the most beautiful, majical, haunted, atmostpheric castle, cathedral and abbey ruins, basically everywhere. I’ve seen quite a few, especially abbeys. They are my favorites, I love the gothic architectural style, and they are mostly in quite good shape, considering their age, a bit like Henry. We had already visited Tintern Abbey roundabout two years ago, during Winter. I remember it was marvellous, quite lonely and therefore magical,…
After a few days of sweet relaxing and idling in Swansea it’s getting serious again. We’re in Chepstow and about to start our next hike – and this time we’re not only doing it for fun, but to be included into the National Trail’s hall of fame. So we got ourselves two Completion Cards from the Tourist Information, which we will have to fill with stamps from different locations along the way. So no shortcuts and cheating with public…
