Tag: Mynydd y Betws

St Illtud’s Walk, day 4: Penlle’r Castell to Pontardawe

September 22, 2023 0 Comments
St Illtud’s Walk, day 4: Penlle’r Castell to Pontardawe

No buses go anywhere near Penlle’r Castell, so C and I are lucky this morning to catch a lift by car.  It’s a bright autumn day, with good visibility and little threat of rain.  We’re back on the high moor in the middle of windmill land, and the path takes us through another turbine colony, […]

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St Illtud’s Walk, day 3: Pontarddulais to Penlle’r Castell

August 25, 2023 2 Comments
St Illtud’s Walk, day 3: Pontarddulais to Penlle’r Castell

The excellent X13 bus runs all the way from Swansea to Llandeilo, but today C. and I take it just as far as Pontarddulais.  We aim to climb Graig Fawr and explore the hills beyond, as far as Penlle’r Castell, and maybe beyond.  The Met Office promises a cloudy but rainless day; it’s warm enough, […]

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Walking with windmills

April 7, 2019 2 Comments
Walking with windmills

The Heart of Wales line train leaves me at the station in Ammanford.  It’s still, sunny, and warm, the second day of summer time, with an extra hour of daylight walking.  My plan is to cross Mynydd y Betws and Mynydd y Gwair and drop down the Lliw valley to Gowerton, completing the Gower Way.  […]

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