And now for a few moments of shameless self-promotion...

Not doing anything tomorrow night, Thursday January 5th?

Good.

C'mon over to the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center in Falmouth for this month's Traveler's Club program from 7-8:30 PM.

Yours truly will be showing images of my September '05 15 day, 188-mile hike through the scenic border country of Wales and England along Offa's Dyke Path.

Traveler's Club programs are free and open to the public. And it's always a whole lotta fun with a well-traveled crowd of friendly folks.

Please join us!

The Offa's Dyke Path: 188 miles from the River Severn in the south of Wales to the Irish Sea on the north coast.

Descending into the hamlet of Redbrook on banks of the River Wye.

Curious friends along the path.

Day after day of solitary walking with wide open views.

Much of the Welsh countryside was like walking through the Lord of the Rings.

Happening upon a mid-afternoon beer festival was, of course, a pleasant and thirst-quenching surprise.

Heather and sheep high on Hatterall Ridge, a brilliant 17-mile mountain traverse.

The Black Lion in Hay-on-Wye, one of many cozy pubs along the route.

Pleasant walking under perfect blue skies and warm temperatures.

Morning in the bustling village of Kington.

One of more than 700 stiles I had to climb over en route.

Passing majestic Chirk Castle on the way to Oswestry.

A long boat navigating the Llangollen Canal.

A cold can of refreshment tossed to me from a "trail angel" on a passing long boat.

An evening walk along the Llangollen Canal.

My daily breakfast fare: fried egg, fried sausage, rasher of bacon, fried tomato, fried mushrooms, black pudding (blood sausage), toast, coffee, juice. An artery-bursting affair for certain!

High on the Panorama Walk on the way to World's End.

Enjoying the camaraderie of fellow walkers in a pub in tiny Llandegla.

Magnificent walking in the high moorlands of the Clwydian Hills.

More fine, lonely walking...

Descending a misty track toward Prestatyn.

End of the trail: the Irish Sea at Prestatyn, North Wales.

It's official!