I had a lovely drive through the autumn morning, stopping for a very nice piece of orange drizzle cake at Llanddymyfri.  I saw Jane come up behind me, but apparently she followed me for 30 miles without realising it, even though I waved frantically out of the car window at her – I hope she’s a bit more attentive to other activity on the road! After a not very brief and totally unnecessary detour through Aberteifi/Cardigan, we stopped for a quick lunch in the nice little café at Poppet Sands, then took Jane’s car to Trewyddel/Moylegrove. It was a rather steep and twisty route. We then walked up through the woods where Rachel and I had stumbled in the dark last year – they looked very different in daylight, and approached from the opposite direction – definitely less spooky. The weather was changeable, but stayed pretty dry. The views were excellent, but sadly there were no seals or dolphins.

We had a straightforward walk, with some excellent views and superb autumn colours.

We got back about 5pm and walked along the lovely beach at Poppit Sands.  We sat down against a rock, and were just thinking we should turn back when it poured, so we got very wet in the last five minutes, nevertheless, an excellent day.

I have now finished the Pembrokeshire Coast Path – utterly magical from start to finish.

We are staying in the Castle in the town – it is absolutely excellent – can’t recommend highly enough. The room is spacious and airy, and the staff are lovely.  We are on tenterhooks as Jane and her partner are hoping to hear that the offer they have made on a house has been accepted.

Just had a good curry not far from the hotel – although it was BYO, which we did not realise. Jane stepped swiftly into the breach and nipped to the Spar for some red.

A mere 6.2 miles to get my legs in and another gold day.