A CHARITY walker who is tackling a 1,027 mile walk of Wales reached Llangrannog on Sunday.

Owen Doel of Cardiff is raising funds for the Global Vision International Charitable Trust in Fuji.

Having started from his home town of Rhoose near Cardiff, the most southerly point of mainland Wales, he has followed the coastal path visiting Porthcawl, Swansea, Milford Haven, White Sands and more recently Cwm yr Eglwys – all within 17 days of daily walking.

Walking 21 miles a day, Owen has already clocked up 330 miles and hopes to accomplish his walk within the next 50 days.

"I walked the first 17 days with no break, and over the weekend I visited St Dogmaels and stayed with friends in Newcastle Emlyn. It made a change to staying in a tent or a hostel," said Owen, who worked as a base manager with Global Vision International in Fuji for over two and a half years.

"The walk ebbs and flows. I passed dozens of people on the Pembrokeshire Coastal path, met a lot of people, had conversations with them about what I was doing and have been blown away by the generosity of some of them.

"It can be quite lonely though. The walk from Porthcawl to Port Talbot where no one really walks, saw me walking miles of sand dunes and I didn’t see people for days."

Owen travels with a 14kg kit, his tent and a change of clothes.

"After the first and second day of walking you are exhausted, but after day seven or eight you get better. Your hips, back and legs get used to it and your pack doesn’t seem to weigh as much. I feel fine and I will keep going," explained a determined Owen.

The money raised will go towards providing volunteers to work as teaching assistants and on construction and income generation projects, also to build toilets and to have a specific vocational centre in the area.