Tag: Ammanford

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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Coffee shops: gwallter’s top 10

May 5, 2023 2 Comments
Coffee shops: gwallter’s top 10

As pubs have closed, so coffee shops have multiplied.  This must surely be a progressive social trend, at a time when most social trends are depressing.  Making a coffee at home, if you have the right equipment, has its advantages, and even adventures (our Gaggia Brera has a mind of its own and from time […]

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Poets and rebels at Llyn Llech Owain

August 30, 2019 0 Comments
Poets and rebels at Llyn Llech Owain

At the ‘six ways’ junction in Gorslas, at the head of the Gwendraeth Fawr, I’ve driven past the sign to Llyn Llech Owain hundreds of times without ever taking up its invitation – to follow the minor road up the hill, past the church and chapel, to the lake and the country park that surrounds […]

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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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