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  • St Illtud’s Walk, day 8: Afan Argoed to Margam

    St Illtud’s Walk, day 8: Afan Argoed to Margam

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    Andrew Green
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    It’s taken four bus rides, via Swansea, Port Talbot and Pontrhydyfen, but by ten o’clock I’ve reached the visitor centre at Afan Argoed, where C. and I ended Day 7 in July 2024.  I can’t really explain why it’s taken over a year and a half to reconnect with St Illtud.  The weather’s often been…

  • St Illtud’s Walk, day 7: Resolfen to Afan Argoed

    St Illtud’s Walk, day 7: Resolfen to Afan Argoed

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    Andrew Green
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    Another nine-mile walk over hills between valleys, this time Cwm Nedd and Cwm Afan. It’s too complex and time-consuming today to take buses, our favoured means of transport, so C and I are reduced to the two-car trick, leaving one at our destination, the Afan Argoed Visitor Centre, and taking the other, via Pontrhydyfen and…