St. David's Coastal Walk
1 people attending
4 places left
All ODL members welcome, this event limited to 5 people, because in addition, to those of us on this event page, there will be up to 27 people on the St David's hostel weekend participating in this event.
IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE HOSTEL WEEKEND, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP TO THIS EVENT, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDED.
Those wanting a challenge will leave the hostel at 9:00am starting with a fast, difficult scramble up the 181 metre high Carn Llidi hill behind the hostel, for an excellent view of the area; then scramble out over the rocks onto St.David's Head and round to Whitesands Bay.
The sensible people will leave the hostel at 9:30am to stroll to stroll down to Whitesands bay. We'll all leave Whitesands bay at 10:15, following rough, muddy, rocky clifftop paths and crossing beaches along the coast, seeing Ramsey Island (in the distance), passing St. Justinians lifeboat station, going round Porthclais harbour to Caerfai Bay, then walk through the City of St. David's and back along minor roads to the hostel. It's 12 miles (plus another 2miles for the people starting at 9am). Please bring a picnic lunch, snacks, drinks and a torch. If necessary, we'll shorten the route, to get to St. David's before it gets dark.
What to bring
The route is very likely to be rough, muddy and rocky along the cliff top paths also crossing rocky beaches. I strongly recommend that you wear hiking boots, which protect your ankles. Your footwear must have a deep tread pattern. You also need extra warm clothing, hat and gloves, waterproofs, sun protection, a small rucksack and food and drink. We are likely to visit the city of St David’s towards the end of the walk, so you may wish to bring money for a cafe or pub visit. PLEASE ALSO BRING A SMALL TORCH in case it is dark before we finish our walk.
Food & drink
Bring enough food and drink for the event. We will stop in remote place for lunch and also a couple of times for a couple of snacks.