Ceredigion Coastal Path 2 - Borth to Ynyslas

A lovely evening, and keen to maintain momentum following our walk along the Ceredigion Coastal Path to Llanrhystud, decided to strike out and complete the Borth to Ynyslas stretch. 

Due to the locations of bus and train stops, this was always planned to be an added loop to the Aberystwyth to Borth walk, and as we had both recently purchased Nordic Walking Poles this seemed like an ideal opportunity to trial them in the field.

As you can see from the elevation graph below, this was a completely flat walk.  The challenge came from the having to wade through foot high grass alongside the river, and the stone pebbles along the beach; both of which rendered the walking poles too cumbersome to use effectively so they were soon being carried for the majority of the way.

We hadn't ventured into Borth Bog before and weren't sure what to expect.  As it transpired, it was endless grass.  On this walk I think that nature must have gone on holiday as we didn't see much in the way of bird-life or wild flowers - perhaps this was our fault as we were having to watch very carefully where we placed our feet due to the uneven ground camouflaged by the long grass!

I don't see us rushing back to re-walk this stage of the coastal path anytime soon, however, time always dulls the memory, so who knows?

The final stats from my GPS recorder:

Distance 8.3km

Duration: 1:50

Moving Time: 1:40

Calories: 940

Ascent: 0 meters