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As we prepared for walking the Offa’s Dyke Path (see here for packing, planning and so forth) we decided that our first priority was to have a good time and that finishing Offa’s Dyke Path would be preferable but not required. So when planning the stages, I made sure that we would have time to rest and do some sight seeing and also have some points along the route where we could return to our starting point. In fact, we even packed a larger tent in case the weather would be awful or we were not up to walking the Path.

The books used during the walk are Offa’s Dyke Path North (2008 edition) and Offa’s Dyke Path South (2010 edition) by Ernie and Kathy Kay and Mark Richards. These were fine and weigh 500 grams.

At the start of the ODP with the book. Backpack is rather flat here, since there is hardly anything in it.

So, below is a table with what I planned and below that what we actually did. All locations include a campsite. I will write another blog post about the facilities in the campsites and towns along the Path.

* We chose Upper Sedbury House as campsite because the website (no longer available) advertised it was possible to leave our car  during the walk. However, when we arrived the owners were moving and it was not possible to leave our car there but we pitch the tent for a night. The neighbors across the road, Chepstow Cottages, were so nice to help us. Perhaps you can give them a call if you are also looking for a place to leave your car.

** Because of a rather tight schedule and we were on holiday after all, we explored possibilities to skip some parts of the walk. In Monmouth you can take the bus to Pandy via Abergavenny. Bus tickets are very reasonably priced.

Erwin leads the way towards Carrreg-y-big Farm

The table shows what we actually did. We were relatively untrained, but this was doable. However, a post with things I wish I had thought of earlier will come online soon. We camped out unless mentioned otherwise.

Erwin does two important things at once