Offa's Dyke Day 3 - Llanferres to Llangollen

Saturday 4th July 2015

Another tough one, longer today than yesterday but not quite as much ascent.

We left the lovely Druids pub and the landlady kindly offered to lift us back to the path (at the cost of a fiver of course). We were still in the Clwydian hills so more climbing was necessary. I can honestly say that the first 15 minutes climb up Foel Fenilli was one of the hardest of my life - it's the nearest I've been to being ill on a walk, I felt so sick after last night I was really struggling and to start with a sharp ascent didn't help at all. It wasn't anything harsh - it's just my body didn't want to go uphill. Anyway, I had no choice - I drank loads of water and gradually pulled round. Maybe I'll go easy tonight ? - but with Paul in tow, who was just here for the sprint (i.e. 3 days only) and not the marathon (i.e. the full walk), I don't think there would be much chance of a quiet night (too right I was too).

Todays walk had a bit of everything, field paths with some road walking, meadows, moorlands and forests - with many Clwydian climbs to enjoy along the way then culminating with a long scree path traverse below the Eglwyseg Crags.

Llangollen is the place to stay - a bit more of that later !

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Distance: 18.6 miles

Duration: 8:30 hours

Ascent: 2951 ft

Difficulty: Hard

Accompanied By: Davy & Paul

Weather: Warm & Sunny

3D outline of route

Parking

Getting lost as we cross the A5104 near Pant

Starting to traverse the screes below Eglwyseg Crags

The traverse takes about 40 minutes before we left the trail and diverted towards Llangollen

Ssshhh I can hear something !

Arriving in Llangollen

Crossing the River Dee

Now - Llangollen was a very strange place ! A lovely smart pub for an evening meal, plenty of tourists and a classy feel about the place. But after dark it all changed - A pub where most the youngsters had staffies on leashes, coach loads of Wrexham revellers advising us of the best Pot Noodle places in town and quotes during the night such as "Can you hold my rabbit for me whilst I go to the toilet" - a real rabbit ! Let's just say it was a great - if a bit of a surreal night !