So, one of us is a fan of hiking and well, let's just say that the other one just recently bought her first pair of hiking boots in her 36+ years of life.

Now that I'm equipped with the proper footwear, where are the places that the man and I should check out. Someplace in England or Wales is preferable, because Scotland's a bit more of a journey (timely and expensive). Also, if you have ideas about how difficult the terrain is, that would be cool to know as well. I don't want to end up as the headline on the 10 o'clock news. "Stupid American falls to death in Snowdonia". :brood:

What am I saying? The teaser would of course be "Vegan falls to death...."

Wasdale is a pretty safe bet if you want to go that far. You get your pick of mountains and it's done us well for groups of mixed ability. Plus, you can get that whole "highest peak in England" prestige going on. Nice pubs too :D

Not necessarily mountain hiking but for hiking I would recommend the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
http://www.pcnpa.org.uk/

The walk from Cardigan to Newport is the hardest part of the whole path so start in Cardigan so you get it done at the beginning and not at the end.

But if you still want mountains, then there's the Preseli Hills (where the bluestones at Stonehenge come from :D ). The Cwm Gwaun (Gwaun Valley in English) is an amazing place to walk as well.

I would write more but I need to go and see what houses are for sale in Newport and then see what nursing jobs are going in Pembrokeshire....

If you want to know more about the Coast Path, what to go see, where to stay etc just ask.

Oh and another idea, if you're going to go to Wales for walking why not visit the Shropshire Hills (in England but close to boarder)?
http://www.shropshirehills.info/


<-- grew up in the Shropshire Hills and lived in Pembrokeshire in the school holidays (apart from Xmas.) :D

Wasdale is a pretty safe bet if you want to go that far. You get your pick of mountains and it's done us well for groups of mixed ability. Plus, you can get that whole "highest peak in England" prestige going on. Nice pubs too :D

Yeah but boyscouts do die on it. I think the lake district is a good idea it has loads of mountains good for different levels of experience.
lingmell = easy Yewbarrow = bastard but fun

I haven't done much in Snowdonia, Snowdon and another mountain which was really cool and had a waterfall...we did have to get lost to find it though.

You can't really chose a mountain hiking area that has a common terrain, it varies between hills and on the hill itself lol. Snowdon starts off all nice and easy then you get near the top and it's rocks and sheer drops.

Cheviot Hills could be a good idea if you want to start small although they're not mountains and practically scotland. Oh, and paths often become fields!

edit-wrong place

or maybe I mean the Black Mountain (range)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_%28range%29%2C_Wales

any way, I mean here, in the brecon beacons near where i lived for part of my kidhood.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&ll=51.879034,-3.701019&spn=0.197952,0.462799&z=11&om=1


this is a very nice lake to swim in
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=51.882452,-3.698831&spn=0.012371,0.028925&z=15

it has small beachs on some parts of it.


here are some pictures including the lake. they take me back
http://www.walkinwales.com/Llyn-y-Fan-Fawr.html

Thanks for all of the ideas. Now there's some planning to do. :yes: