I Left My Bus Fare at the Pub, and......
@caitlyn-johnston
07/17/09 10:20:43PM
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@ceri-shaw
07/16/09 09:31:29PM
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@caitlyn-johnston
07/16/09 08:58:06PM
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@ceri-shaw
07/16/09 12:41:48AM
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@ceri-shaw
07/16/09 12:23:18AM
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@ceri-shaw
07/15/09 09:20:31PM
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I couldn't tell you exactly but I seem to remember it taking a helluva long time. Calculating by the Naismith rule ( 1 hour for every 3 miles and a half hour extra for every 1000ft of ascent ) and given that I walked very fast in those days, I would estimate about 12 or 13 hours. The last section from Cardiff to Newport was sheer torture. I tried hitching but passing motorists could tell from shoddy and shambolic gait that I was a shiftless and feckless young ne'erdowell on his way back from the boozer.
updated by @ceri-shaw: 08/29/16 02:58:17AM
@caitlyn-johnston
07/15/09 09:02:20PM
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@caitlyn-johnston
07/15/09 08:54:53PM
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@caitlyn-johnston
07/15/09 08:49:44PM
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@ceri-shaw
02/21/09 06:30:16PM
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@dafydd-crwynwr
02/21/09 05:52:05PM
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@shannon-westover
02/04/09 02:03:24AM
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@ceri-shaw
12/30/08 06:01:46AM
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@ceri-shaw
12/14/08 09:49:35PM
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@ian-price2
12/14/08 09:43:38PM
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@ceri-shaw
12/03/08 09:26:35PM
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Inspired by Ians recent posts on the related topics of misspent youth and woefully inadequate travel arrangements I thought it might be fun to invite members to embarrass themselves with similar tales in this forum. I enjoyed a number of bracing walks in my teens and twenties having neglected to provide myself with the means to get home after a good night out. I heve walked from Pontypridd to Cardiff on a number of occasions. I avoided walking from Barry to Grangetown one fine day after me and my mate were picked up by a passing garbage truck ( we got off the Waverley at the wrong port ). But I still consider my finest achievement in this area to be my 40 mile or so odyssey from Llwynypia to Chepstow Rd , Newport. If anyone can help me out with the exact distance I would be eternally grateful. All in all my drinking habits in those years kept me as fit as a fiddle.If drinking beer was an Olympic event I know that this group could field a strong team So hows about it? Regale us with your tales of drunken misadventure. It doesnt have to involve a long walk home although I have always thought that a good 20 mile hike is the perfect way to end a perfect evening. If its all too embarrassing create a sockpuppet and post anonymously. And if its good ( and more than a 1000 words in length ) enter it for the short story competition! I'm sure you can make it relevant to one or other of the photos there.
updated by @ceri-shaw: 01/15/18 02:32:35AM