South Wales Fully Loaded Cycle Tour 2019: Laugharne to Aberdulais via Ferryside and Gowerton
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.
All packed up and ready to go (after waiting for my clothes to dry that is), goodbye Big Barn! thanks for the stars at night!Laugharne to CydweliTruckside breakfast pick me up!One of the great things about cycle touring is taking your time and seeing stuff on the way to your next spot - these Welsh ponies with there foals I saw in a field whilst cycling down a small lanePassing through the tounge-twister named town of Llangynog!Interesting choice of house decorations in Ferryside - JCB's???Sunset in Ferryside - can you believe I took this shot in the rain???My pitch at Tanylan Farm near CydweliCydweli to LlangennithCydweli Castle c. 1422Information about Bury Port HarbourBury Port LighthouseThe awesome Millennium coastal path! a nice but breezy ride for milesAnother shot of the Millennium coastal pathGrabbed a quick shot of yours truly with the Gower in the far distance backgroundArrival in the Gower, sheep roaming freely and riding along a lovely path at the plainsSteep hill in the Gower Peninsula - almost at the campsite!Next morning and leaving the awesome Kennexstone campsite - a whole day of rain ahead of me!Llangennith to AberdulaisOn the Welsh moors of the Gower PeninsulaMap of the leafy Clyne Valley pathThe lush Clyne Valley path - even though it's raining it's still got a charm about it!Arrival at a soggy Mumbles!The famous Verdi's ice cream parlour at the MumblesExpensive, but when in Rome...Modern swimming centre building in SwanseaThe Helwick Lightship moored up in Swansea harbourInformation on the Helwick
