pembrokeshire trail

If you need to google around, the correct full name is the Pembrokeshire Coast Path National Trail - - commonly called the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. It's now been incorporated into the Wales Coast Path and the entire system is now continuous. I'm not quite sure what your intent is. Surely you don't envision camping out? I've had to do it a couple of times and, since I hike only with what's in my pockets, it can be a bit miserable. 'Spot on the trail' is a bit ambigous. Where? The Path has about forty thousand feet of ascent and descent, the worst of it is the fifteen miles or so between St Dogmaels to Newport Town. That one's a bear to do in one day. Cardigan Bay is the most scenic. Both of those areas are a bit remote. If you're thinking about the southern portion, you've probably already hived out that neither the Pembroke Docks nor the Tenby rail stations have luggage storage. However, you might have a bit more luck there due to the population density. Most of the bus places I've seen along or close to the trail itself are flag-the-thing-down stops, not actual stations. If you're not sleeping in the outback, everwhere you're actually sleeping will let you leave your junk for the day, either before or after spending the night. Also the rural pubs don't mind if you toss the stuff in the back room or leave it hanging on a hook by the front door - - nobody's going to mess with it. Just be aware of the pub hours or you might not be able to retrieve it until late morning - - sometimes early evening, depending on the hours. The pubs are a tremendouts asset. I don't like to walk back-tracking and usually have a car - - there's always somebody around the pub that will help me preposition.

Thanks for the helpful reply - I didn't know most of this. I hadn't decided whether to do the north or south part of trail yet. No, I'm not planning to camp out, but I was hoping not to have to back-track on the trail. So I guess I can find somewhere to stay for the night in between, then hop a bus to the starting point for the day and hop a bus at end of the second day to come back to the inn to pick up my bag. Back to the drawing board - maybe just a one-day hike.

How far can you hump in a day on the flats? How far with ups and downs? I might have some ideas, having walked all but a few miles of the whole system.

Ruth, You could check to see if there are services that move your luggage for you as you walk. When you arrive at your B&B at the end of the day, your bags will be waiting. We did that when we walked Hadrian's Wall path. Actually, they booked our B&Bs for us too. It was quite helpful. Enjoy!

Thanks, Stacy - that's what I was wondering. Would I do that through a B&B or someone else. You mentioned "they" booked your B&B for you, too. Who was that?