Tag: Llanelli

St Illtud’s Walk, day 2: Furnace to Pontarddulais

June 2, 2023 0 Comments
St Illtud’s Walk, day 2: Furnace to Pontarddulais

A week later, and I’m back at Furnace, this time with a companion, C.  It promises to be sunny all day, with a slight breeze to offset the heat.  We’ve walked up from the bus station, past the small villas of Llanelli’s Victorian middle classes and the spawling Stradey Park Hotel, where, according to the […]

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St Illtud’s Walk, day 1: Pen-bre to Furnace

May 26, 2023 2 Comments
St Illtud’s Walk, day 1: Pen-bre to Furnace

It’s a local enough path, but I’ve never walked it before.  St Illtud’s Walk, invented by Colin Davies of Llanelli Ramblers in 1994, joins two country parks, Pen-bre and Margam, passing through three counties and some very varied terrain.  As practice for tackling Glyndŵr’s Way next month, it’s my ideal preparation, offering good distances and […]

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Wales Coast Path, day 19: Loughor to Burry Port

November 30, 2014 0 Comments
Wales Coast Path, day 19: Loughor to Burry Port

Loughor is a frontier town. Now just an extension of ‘greater Gorseinon’, it was once a place of more importance. The Romans planted an auxiliary fort on its headland, commanding the mouth of the river. The Normans built a small castle on the same spot, with the same intention – securing the invaders and depressing […]

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