South Wales Fully Loaded Cycle Tour 2019: Fishguard to St David’s (inc. video)
The following photos chronicle my second cycle touringtrip expedition ever! this time I went on a fully loaded cycle touring with all four panniers on the bike and the destination was following the National Cycle Route 4 (also known as the Celtic Route) from the very tip of South Wales, Fishguard, along and down the Pembrokeshire Coastline and then aiming to get across to Cardiff – spanning some 250 miles to cover all in ten days!
After some seriously cycling challenges – hills, hills & even more hills!!! (check the hill gradient info charts for each days ride in the photo galleries!) and setting up the tent, packing up the tent everyday day at a different campsite, I finally made it to my goal Cardiff Central to catch the train back. It was a real adventure and one that I will remember for a long time! 🙂
Some of the towns/cities visited along the way: Fishguard, Trefin, Llanrhian, Porthgain, St Davids, Solva, Newgale, Broad Haven, Haverford West, Johnston, Pembroke, Lamphey, St Florence, Tenby, Saundersfoot, Laugharne, St Clears, Carmarthen, Ferryside, Cydweli, Burry Port, Llanelli, Gowerton, Blackpill, Swansea, Port Talbot, Pyle, Bridgend, Aberdulais, Barry, Cardiff.
Fishguard and Goodwick to Hillfort TipiSeal spotted in Fishguard Bay!Fishguard Bay, Southern tip of Wales, population 3,419Morning at Hillfort Tipi campsite - time for coffeeMy own fire pit and the big rocks next to my tent pitchThe "Holy Moment" no people, city noises or modern technology (apart from my camera) - just me and my porridge!That white house in the distance is the owners who's lovely wild grounds I'm camping inLooking out onto the St George's Channel......and what a view!A great cloud hovers above FishguardHiking around these wild rocks adjacent to my tent pitchStrumble Head Lighthouse in the distanceMy tent in the middle of the shot amongst a few eco toiletsFishguard to St DavidsChurch/town hall just outside Hillfort TipiMarmalade, Chutneys & Jam's - just pop your cash inside the honesty boxRoad outside the previous house photoLondon telephone box at the Southern most tip of Wales?This 16% gradient hill just by the entrance to Fishguard & Goodwick station is an absolute no-no ride with all my gear!Taking a break at a beautiful valley stopRiding down into AbercastleViews along the Pembrokeshire Coast are stunning!Porthgain harbourPorthgain harbour and those old red buildings are known as 'brick hoppers' - used to hold bricks ready to be crushed for road stoneWatching a pack of cows watching meThe rock formations of South Wales can be seen poking through everywhere - particularly like the way it's revealed in this shrubberyOne of the many 'up & down' road paths of the Pembrokeshire CoastInformation on St David's CathedralEarly evening arrival at St Davids and I quickly got this shot of the Cathedral before heading to my campsite
