When you are on the trail for so many weeks there are inevitably problems with equipment at some stage. In the last week or so of our joint adventure, a period during which we were soaked more than once, JE's mobile phone had given up the ghost, wet through once too often it seems. We both decided to buy new phones while we were in the 'big city' and before I moved on to some of the remoter sections of the Wales Coast Path. Little did we appreciate the problems it would cause me with BT, because as I moved on I found myself with no internet service and unable to access all the details of my camping and accommodation options on the trail. While it did not effect navigation too much (I always carry paper maps), it did mean that on difficult sections of the walk, particularly when walking through extensive hill and forest sections, I could not access my OS account and GPS back-up. It was a problem with the BT package, all their fault and for which they had to recompense me later, but as I had no internet service for the remainder of my walk it caused considerable inconvenience. Moral of the story? Don't change phones or phone provider in the middle of a major expedition.
To this day, Glyndwr has remained a national hero and is remembered and celebrated in many ways across the country, everything from statues to arts awards. As I moved on from the town, I was to walk a short section of the 132-mile Glyndwr's Way National Trail which runs out in a loop in Powys from Knighton to Welshpool, via Machynlleth at the top of the Dovey Valley. The route was adopted as a national trail in 2000 to celebrate the new millenium and the 600th Anniversary of the uprising.