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Swansea Ramblers Walk


Dunvant

A 6-mile Saturday walk

14th May 2022

Leader: Peter Jones




Swansea Ramblers set off to explore some lesser known countryside near Dunvant.   We followed the Gower Way for a while then crossed the main road to the shared-user path.   Dodging the cycles, we made our way to the tunnel beneath the path which leads to Waunarlwydd.

Here green fields and old woodland has been torn down to make way for new housing.   We followed the paths which led us into a hidden valley and the Cwmllwyd Nature Reserve.   We then made our way to the site of Dunvant brickworks on the way back to the start.   



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Photographs



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Leader Peter Jones


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Setting off at Dunvant Square


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Leaving the square behind us


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Into the countryside


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Until we reached the Gower Way


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And along 'Donkey Lane'


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Eventually joined the shared-user path


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And dropped below the path to leave the cycles behind


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The community made a bridge across the stream.


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The fencing for the new housing is in the background


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Stopped for a tea break


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Then into an area once a green path


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Now another housing estate


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And back to the thin strip of countryside


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Eventually reached the hidden valley and the Bluebells


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Where we had a lunch stop


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Before setting off for the nature reserve


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People don't realise this countryside is hidden behind the housing estate


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We left the nature reserve and followed a path east


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It was a lovely day to be out


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Nearly at the site of the brickworks which has been reclaimed by nature


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Then Peter led us into another hidden Bluebell wood before we reached the end of the walk


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Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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All photographs Copyright  Andrew Morgan 2022
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