A Big Challenge For a Little Bear

Well, there has been a little break in my blogging, but when you find out why I hope you understand!

I have just had a really amazing weekend in and around a small Welsh town called Llangollen.  The town has a beautiful river, a canal and a steam railway, but none of those were the real reason I came to visit.  Instead, I took part in the The Llangollen Round challenge walk, which was taking place over the weekend.


My servant and I drove across to Llangollen on Friday and we spent the rest of the day looking at the map and checking out the route.  It is a very long walk - 34 miles - which is a lot even if you aren't a bear with very short legs.  This is me looking at the map - but the walk was so long it actually went onto two map sheets!




We were going to have to start walking at 6am on the Saturday morning, so I got an early night in the bunk bed at Tyn Dwr, which is the activity centre where the walk was starting and finishing.  Here is me going up to my bunk for a good nights sleep in preparation!

The walk was very very tiring, but it was also really enjoyable.  We climbed so many mountains that I lost track of how many we there were! The views from the tops were stunning. There was about 125 people trying to do the full distance in one day, and about the same again who chose to split it and do half on the Saturday and half on the Sunday.  I tried doing it in one day, because although I am a very small bear I am also a bear who likes a challenge!  For those of you that are interested the Long Distance Walks Association web page gives you more information about the trail - including the profile of the whole walk!

It took me a very long time to walk it all, but what kept us all going was the amazing support from the volunteers that helped to run it.  They were so encouraging when you got to a check point, and the best bit was that at some check points they even had cake!  I think I have mentioned before that I am very partial to a spot of cake...so this was very welcome.

At the end of the walk we were all given a medal and a certificate.  Here is me with some of the lovely organisers and volunteers wearing my medal.  My legs might be tired now, but I am looking forward to being able to do it again next year.