Day 11. Monmouth to Bigsweir 16K

This walk today seemed like a piece of cake.  We spent an hour or so mooching around monmouth. Stocked up at waitrose on lunch supplies that have been oatcakes, cheese and tomato and a piece of fruit everyday. I have so enjoyed the English cheeses like Wensleydale and mature welsh cheddar. They travel well too.

Visiting the tourist info center trying to figure out how Janet could get back to Pandy from Bigsweir where she had left her car.  Well it would take 3 bus and numerous hours because one bus leaves 5 mins before the other one arrives..... not easy to make connections. So it would be a combo of taxis and buses. 

As we set of on the ODT a cricket match was starting.

Pristine lawn. I realized that I had left my trusty odt guide book somewhere. I left my backpack with Janet by the cricket match and ran through the town until I found the book at the tourist info, despite the fact that we phoned and the chap said it wasn’t there! It amazing how fast I can move sans backpack in the morning.

Once we really got going the walk took us about 4 1/2 hours. The sloop inn where we were staying was off the offa’s, the directions said just half a mile up the road, but it felt more like 1.1 miles, the last stretch always seems to take longer. 

We had the fish and chips and a drink for 7 pounds deal. The fish and chips and peas ) not mushy) were yummy, my first on this trip. It made a really nice change not to be wondering around looking for a place to eat like last bought in Monmouth in a Monday evening after 8 pm we tried 4 places until l finally the Italian restaurant was still arriving food after 8pm.