The challenge is to walk Tony Drake's 275 mile Cambrian Way Coast to Coast route from Cardiff to Conwy and be totally self-contained and unsupported with no re-supply. Wild camping, obtaining water from natural sources and carrying all food and equipment for the proposed 21 day trip. In this manner the walk becomes free or "unplugged" and is part of my larger Four Nation's coast to coast endeavour, of which details can be found at Transnationcoast2coast.com




A tough high level coast to coast walk traversing through the highest and wildest parts of Wales from Cardiff to Conwy.
A distance of 275 miles (440km), with an ascent of 61540 feet (18742 metres) (double Pennine way).
Future designation as a national trail is still in limbo, although
the Ramblers' Association strongly advocates recognition of the Cambrian Way.

An account of the trip completed on the 9/08/10 after taking 20 days (19 days 23 hours castle to castle...

In 2009, my passion for the coastline of the British Isles and it's mountains, compelled me to undertake....

Navigation will be centred around the Sony Ericsson Satio smartphone, with it's built GPS....

For this trip I am using a Drink Safe Systems, Aquaguard in-line filter. An added pre-filter of my own making....

Regular running has been interspersed with various outdoor trips, including a successful traverse of...

Catch up with my progress with mobile photo and video updates. These will be....

See for yourself -
Track my progess via an interactive map....

Due to the lack of power and therefore photographic proof of location, I asked kindly fellow walkers if....

Supporting WaterAid during my walks results from hands on experience sourcing natural water in....

Daily distances and camp locations.

The most important component in a successful long distance walk....