Friday was our Celtic Trail Day 6 and the final day of our Celtic Trail tour. As we were about to leave, Andy Shaw found he had a puncture and I had a broken nail, so a few repairs were required before we could depart! The hill down from the B&B was soooooo steep that I decided to walk down. We picked up the Taff Trail for a while (which I had cycled on for the very first cycle tour…
Following the previous days of rain the Celtic Trail Day 5 weather forecast promised something better as we cycled from Swansea to Treforest. It started however with a trip to the local cycle shop for a few new sets of brake pads. Leaving Swansea we picked up NCN Route 4 again by once again cycling over Sail Bridge as we crossed over the River Tawe. We followed the A483 for awhile. This was a day where the route directions…
Celtic Trail Day 4 and today we woke up this morning to driving rain. None of us were really looking forward to our cycle to Swansea! Andy Shaw ended up having to check brakes for quite a few of us, whilst we sheltered from the rain. We headed out of Carmarthen back to where we had left the route the previous evening. We were heading towards Kidwelly. There was quite a lot of climbing involved in the morning. We were…
After a tough but thankfully sunny day of cycling yesterday, Celtic Trail Day 3 promised to be another challenging day. Sadly it also promised to be rather wet. At least when we left Tenby, after a hearty breakfast, the sun was shining. There were some terrific views looking out over the bay. The calm before the storm. We set off heading for Saundersfoot. Following the old mining railway line which cut through the cliffs we continued on to Wiseman’s Bridge….
Today was Celtic Trail Day 2 of our cycle tour – St David’s to Tenby. We woke up to very different weather from yesterday! We could hear the wind but it was dry. We left St David’s Youth Hostel and headed into St David’s. When we got there we stopped and had a look around at the Bishops Palace and the Cathedral We continued along NCN 4 out of St David’s towards Haverfordwest. The road dropped down into Newgale where…
