The route, which involves 400k of walking split into 23 easy days, starts at St Davids and joins an ancient track called the Ffôs-y-mynach to meet the Pembrokeshire Coast Path which is followed for 23k (see the enlargement of the first header photo below) The Pembrokeshire coast near St Davids: the first section of the walk It then turns East, crosses the Preseli hills and makes for the Cambrian Way which is reached at Rhandirmwyn, North of Llandovery, after five days of undulating farming country and moorland culminating in a splendid and deserted area of high ground, Mynydd Mallaen. The path then turns North and follows the general line of Sale's "A Cambrian Way" route, crossing unpopulated high ground, and reaching Strata Florida, a ruined Abbey with the grave of the Welsh poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym. Plymlimon, Cader Idris and the Rhinogs are all traversed and the route passes through the central and highest part of Snowdonia. Eventually Ogwen Cottage is reached, where the route turns towards the sea and makes for Bangor. The Snowdon Horseshoe: The skyline may be followed as a good-weather alternative to Day 21 Unlike Drake's Cambrian Way, this walk is not a Challenge Walk with a list of check-points; indeed the route suggested in the detailed notes which follow, offers fairly gentle alternatives, suitable for bad-weather days when the well-known, popular routes are completely covered in low cloud. The accommodation page offers suggestions for coping with the logistics of a complete walk, which you may plan to complete in a variety of ways, depending on level of fitness and time available. The route uniquely combines the Snowdonia and Pembrokeshire National Parks, giving an unrivalled variety of scenery without any very demanding walking.