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trenchn
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14-07-2008 09:11 PM
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Joined: 14 Jul 2008
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| Hi,
I would like to cycle the entire Welsh coast. Is this a practical proposition? How many miles would it be? How much of it would actaully be near the coast?
Any help, tips, suggestions, etc would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Nick
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Tamps85
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18-09-2008 12:04 PM
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Joined: 18 Sep 2008
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| Hey i'm looking into doing the same thing, plotted a preliminary route. The first bit from Cardiff to just past Swansea isn't the nicest, its a choise between some pretty busy A roads or a never ending maze of B's. Plus your going through some spots like Port Talbot which aren't exactly areas of outstanding national beauty!!
After that though it gets alot better and you can stay pretty close to the coast all the way round. The route i planned missed some bits of coastline out as i'd rather get to certain points in a day and have time there to enjoy it, this includes cutting accross from Llanelli to St Davids and going through Snowdonia National Park to Coed Y Brenin forest as the mountain biking there is amazing so i'm told.
The route i planned is for 9 days cycling, plus 3 days resting/siteseeing so 12 days total. That includes the ride back from Chester to Llandrindod Wells and then down through Brecon back to Cardiff. Adds up to about 550/600miles. The longest day is about 80miles i think and most are more like 50/60miles.
If you have any good ideas for route planning would love to hear them.
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Deb re-Cycles
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22-09-2008 04:21 PM
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Joined: 22 Sep 2008
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| With regard to the earlier reply - I can't believe that he plans on cutting out the coast between Llanelli and St David's! He will be missing out on pretty coastal offroad cycling between Llanelli and Kidwelly and the Towy Estuary, and virtually the whole of Pembrokeshire (which is arguably the best piece of coastine in the whole of Wales!) Pembrokeshire should not be excluded - Don't do it!
Deb
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