Wow! Wales! What a performance…faith restored!!
Wales 40 Australia 6
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THE CAMBRIAN WAY - THANKS TO ALL!
Just a note to thank everyone for all the help you provided during our 400km walk in Wales. Your encouragement, your interest in our cause helped us complete the task. I tried phoning everyone (check photo) but couldn’t get through..
DIOLCH YN FAWR IAWN I CHI GYD!!
THANKYOU VERY MUCH TO YOU ALL!
Our cancer research donations are over $7000.. because of people like you!
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The Cambrian Way: Now that we have had a few days to recover we would like to say thank you to everyone for your support throughout our journey. As we completed our final stage into Conwy we had managed to raise $5276 for the Canadian Cancer Society. We would like to put forth a CHALLENGE to you all. David has said that from that point on he will match all donations up to a total of $2500. We are now at just over $6000 and the goal is to get that up and over $10000. So every little bit counts and I’m willing to contribute more to the cause.
Here are some stats and a few final photos from our adventure.
Stats:
1. Walked 433+ km
2. About 20 000m of elevation gain.
3. Approximately 705 000 steps
4. Several million sheep, 40+ wild ponies, 12 feral goats.
5. Fern Forests: numerous
6. Ticks: 1 (and hopefully no Lyme disease)
7. Llyn (lakes), Tarns (waterbodies in glacial areas), Afon (river), nant (streams), waterfalls: everywhere
8. Mist covered mountain tops: 99%
9. Rain: 19/21 days
10. Sunny breaks: rare but oh so beautiful
11. Winds: Gentle (20mph) to Gale Force (70mph)
12. Helicopter rescues: 1
13. Fighter jets flying the Mach Loop: about 8
14. Blisters: 5
15. Bogs/Moors and wet feet: 20/21 days
16. Pints of Guinness and others: Plenty
17. Phone booths in the middle of nowhere: 2
18. Amazing people(from Wales, Canada and other countries): innumerable
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CAMBRIAN WAY WALK FOR CANCER RESEARCH
Our last few days in Wales and we have reached $6000 in donations! THANKS TO YOU WHO HAVE DONATED!! Let’s get up to $7000!
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THE CAMBRIAN WAY
More ‘thank yous’ and ‘stats’
THANK YOU WYNFORD EDWARDS for picking us up at the CLAERDDU BOTHY, taking us to the RED LION in PONTRHYDFENDIGAID, and returning us the next day!
THANK YOU HUW and DAPHNE JONES for allowing us to stay with you on our journey towards CARDIFF!
THANK YOU DILWYN and LLINOS for bringing our belongings to BORTH from CARDIFF and for the great dinner together in Aberystwyth!
THANK YOU ALED DAVIES for joining us on 2 of the legs, one in the BUNNAU BRECHEINIOG (Brecon Beacons) and the other to BEDDGELERT and meeting your lovely wife, Julie. Best of luck on your 3 PEAKS challenge!!
STATS
-Over the 400kms we hiked we only met 3 CAMBRIAN WAY hikers
-SHEEP we saw…millions
-TICKS found attached…1
-RAIN DAYS ENCOUNTERED…18/21
-HIGH WINDS, RAIN & FOG DAYS…12/21
- 1 HELICOPTER SEARCH
-WORST HIKING CONDITIONS…wet rock and boulder surfaces, saturated boglands! & fern forests!
-BEST HIKING CONDITIONS… when the SUN shone
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