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Days 6-10 16-20 Machynlleth to Welshpool May 2022

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All images for this section are on: Glyndwr's Way Days 6-10 | Flickr Day 6 Machynlleth to Llanbrynmair 16 miles We return to complete the Trail: Jackie, Dom, Steve and me. Sadly, Mike is unable to make it as he has a recurrence of the dizziness, loss of balance, and weakness that he suffered on day 1 last September. I am especially disappointed as Mike has been an almost constant companion on the Trails I have walked, starting all the way back to 1 December 2012 when we walked from Minehead to Porlock Weir, day 1 of the South West Coast Path. But we have booked this week, and must take the opportunity to continue and hopefully complete another National Trail.  Having had breakfast at Maenllwyd Guesthouse and photo before we start, we set off eastwards. The Trial follows familiar territory for about a mile: a road with a golf course either side that doubles up as a sheep field. Mike and I walked this when staying at a B&B when walking the Wales Coast Path. Passing the B&B, t

Days 1-5 Knighton to Machynlleth 6-10 September 2021

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All images for this section are on: Glyndwr's Way Days 1-5 | Flickr Introduction It has been over  year since the last Trail I completed: the Wessex Ridgeway in March 2020. The final day Steve, Mike and I walked to Marlborough in Wiltshire was just a week before the National lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.  I did not write a blog for that Trail, partly because it was completed as a series of day walks; partly due to time pressure of running a cafe and work on the house we moved into in 2018. My last blog was the Coast to Coast  , walked in May 2018 and May 2019. Now I commence my 7th National Trail (and 10th altogether). Glyndwr Way is apparently one of the least walked National Trails, perhaps because it is relatively remote.  We are 5: Mike, Steve, Dom, and Jackie and me. Very much looking forward to it. We are well equipped; the weather forecast is excellent. We have booked accommodation and transfers with Celtic Trails, as it seemed too difficult to work out routes,