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LEG 27 - BUTTINGTON to LLANDEGLA on the Offa's Dyke Path - 6-7 June 2018

 

It is now 4 years since I broke my leg and I'm confident enough to crack on with my pre-break plan of travelling light on the walk and making the most of good weather when available. I'd invested in a light rucksack, sleeping bag and bivvi bag and it would be a shame to to use them so when good weather was forecast for the first week in June I put a plan in motion to get away midweek. 

TO THE START

I wasn't 100% sure how long I'd be away for so rather than leave a car in the middle of nowhere unattended for a few days I got out the trusty thumb and hitchhiked it to the start in the village of Buttington near Welshpool. I had 5 lifts which got me to Welshpool and I walked to Buttington from there. A big thank you to all those who gave me a lift including Matt and Will in their XR3i convertible who took me most of the way.

THE WALK

Reaching Buttington at around 5.00pm I settled into the following pattern for the next 36 hours:

 walk 1 hour 45, rest 15 mins, one hour break at lunchtime, find a pub at dusk, idetify a camping spot close to the pub, drink a couple of pints, settle down for a sleep, up at 5 and off again. 

I managed two nights, the second night the temperature dropped to close to freezing (the forecast said a low of 9 degrees) and I was c c c c c cc cccccccold so I headed back home having covered approximately 40 miles in the 36 hours.    

The system of 1.45 on 15 off when walking worked nicely but I was a little tired at the end of the second day with my toes a little sore as well, and I definitely needed my rest that night although the cold did keep me awake for long spells.

The majority of the walk was flat following the River Severn and the Montgomery and Llangollen canals with a few hills thrown in between Llangollen and Llandegla. I completed one ambition, to walk across the picturesque Froncysyllte aqueduct.  

 

    

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Buttington bridge Day 1 sunset on the Montgomery canal I couldn't resist stopping for food and a photo overnight camp, day 1 Llangollen canal Froncysyllte Aqueduct in the distance

 

RETURN HOME

I was on the road from 5.00am and managed to get home by around 3.00pm in the afternoon. For some strange reason it always seems a lot easier to get lifts in south Wales.

 

 

LINKS

OFFA'S DYKE ASSOCIATION CENTRE, KNIGHTON - CLICK HERE

 

 

 

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