Dunns On Tour

  Statue of the otter, quayside to the river Teifi, marks the start of the Ceredigion Coast Path - in Welsh, Llwybr Arfordir Ceredigion. That's a whole lot of rolled Rs. After an excellent breakfast at Crwst, a hipster cafe that wouldn't look out of place in Hoxton, we eased ourselves gently into the first stage to Aberporth. Initially, nice level paths over fields and farmland, overlooking the ever-widening estuary and the Pembrokeshire coastline. We noticed several gaggles of geese flying overhead, honking loudly, heading South on their migratory journey. Then stumbled on a gathering of hundreds of geese, scrabbling around for the last bits of grain in a stubbly field of maize. They took off simultaneously, momentarily darkening the sky. The collective flap of their wings was like a clap of thunder. A quite magical moment. After a brief stint inland by the side of a busy B road that cuts off the headland, we struck  back towards the sea, reaching the cliffs by Cardigan Islan...

 It's weird how the things that you assume will be straightforward somehow end up being the wrinkle in an otherwise smooth fabric. The journey from Taunton to Aberystwyth was our first longish distance in the electric car, so we had a few 'this is new, how will it go' nerves about maybe having to charge up on the way, having only done it at home so far. That all went swimmingly, in fact, and we arrived with plenty of juice to spare. We took the mountain road towards the end, which was unintentional but very beautiful. Parking, however, didn't go to plan. Turns out there was some kind of rally driving event in the area, which meant that every single long stay car park was taken over by support vehicles or stalls for petrol heads. So we had a frustrating meander from one to the next until we had to give up.  Silver linings, however. After crawling around various back streets we found a spot on a residential road which (we think) has no parking restrictions or charges and ...