Explore Britain with me: Day 28 Skomer

Explore Britain with me...

Thank you for joining me. My journey has only just begun (September 2014). I will be travelling around the coast of Britain over the coming years. I hope to see all the coastline and much of the interior. I am going anticlockwise and randomly started at the Dyfi Estuary, one of the most beautiful parts of Wales that I already knew, overlooked by the most beautiful mountain Cadar Idris. I am looking forward to seeing and recording all sorts of things. My own passion extends to wildlife, geology, scenery, history, architecture and I am interested to meet people and see the communities and towns that I pass. I have read different accounts on the length of the coast and it varies enormously, but at its extreme could be as much as 37000km, taking into accurate measurements and including all the islands. I don't think that's feasible, but much probably is! I suspect Ill use a combination of foot power, bikes and busses if I am to do it all. Perhaps I can use boats too and maybe even swim a bit.

Saturday, 3 September 2016

Day 28 Skomer

Sunday 1^st May

Walk distance 4km

Cycle 0 km

Height 70 est

4 hours

Total coastal distance walked km

Total coastal distance cycled 0km

Running coastal total distance 371.35km

Running height climbed 11714m

There were many people were on the island so we decided to walk the opposite way around to that recommended. It wasn’t long before we saw puffins, with 100s nesting down burrows under the turf. As the walk progressed we saw more, and gradually we came across more right next to the path. The last ones proved to be wonderfully photogenic. We sat and had lunch on a flower rich bank. There were lots of sea campion in flower as well as spring squill. We also saw porpoise out to see occasionally breaking the surface. Towards the end we noticed a ranger telling people about a short eared owl, which we then spotted. Whilst waiting for the boat we observed one seal swimming in the small harbour and just before we left realised that there were dozens on the beach, cunningly disguised as rocks.

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