I’m walking 21 miles in one of my favourite stretches of coastline in my homeland of Wales, to remember the last time I was in Rhossili with my deeply devoted dad, Ian Davies, who died of cancer 2 years ago. This place was very dear to him and my mum, who took some extraordinary photos of seascapes and sunsets from their hotel bedroom window (I’m keeping the room number to myself or it’ll be booked out for years!).

I’ll also be thinking of other relatives and friends who have died too young. What a beautiful place to contemplate how precious they were to those who knew them and will forever remain so.

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