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Swansea Ramblers Walk


Pontardawe to Clydach

Along the Swansea Canal

24th December 2022

Leader: Mike Clarke




Swansea Ramblers offered an alternative to last minute Christmas shopping.   We travelled to Pontardawe for a walk along Swansea Canal to Clydach to forget for a couple of hours about the hustle and bustle of Christmas Shopping.

Lunch was near the falls at Lower Forge then we crossed by the Fardre to return via woods to Trebanos and back along the canal.   After the walk, we went back to the Pontardawe Inn for Christmas refreshments.   



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Photographs



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Leader Mike Clarke


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The first part of the walk left Pontardawe along the side of the River Tawe


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We soon joined the Swansea Canal


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Then arrived at the recently carved tree


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Further south, we spotted something else


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A coracle beside the canal


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In Clydach, we stopped to see the commemoration for the canal and the coal mining industry


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A short walk through Clydach to the weir


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Which we found to have a good flow of water over it


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We stopped for lunch at the Lower Forge


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Then continued north to cross Clydach near the Fardre


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We made our way to the woods above Clydach


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Then passed through Trebanos to return to the canal


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And once more followed the Tawe path


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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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