Day 3. Trefonen to Llanymynech 9K

It was a relatively short walk today, 3 kissing gates and 19 stiles. We had an amazing breakfast at The Pentre  B&B, the best so far, fresh grapefruit, fruit salad and yoghurt followed by bacon and eggs and toast adt with marmite. Not sure if I will loose any weight eating like this. The kind hostess drove us back to the start of the ODT that saved us 1K walk along dragon roads. The early part of the walk was shared by far too many large trucks hauling silage.

After that it was gentle walking with spectacular Welsh gardens to enjoy.

Bright red lupins in many gardens.

I love this vegetable garden!



The photo of thissyeep terraced garden doesn’t do it justice, it was tended by an octogenarian smoking a pipe. Apparently he built the terrace from stones he salvaged from the nearby quarry.

Towards the end we walked through a nature reserve and Deb was in her element photographing wild flowers and butterflies.

Deb photographing butterflies.

Small pearl-bordered fritillary.

Rock rose

Common blue

Meadow with daisies.

Yes the path goes through here.

And Charles Darwin was here a few years ago.

Such an understated plaque.

I spent the late afternoon chilling watching life go by while Deb went back to the nature reserve to take more glorious pics. I’m a bit jealous of her camera phone, far superior to mine.

It was good old Indian food for dinner.

Tomorrow we are slackpacking because we have about 30k ahead of us, although there will be a long flat stretch along the tow path. Looking forward to it.