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Swansea Ramblers Walk


Cilybebyll

A 5-mile Saturday Walk from Pontardawe

18th February 2023

Leader: Gerti Axtmann




Swansea Ramblers travelled to Pontardawe to walk up onto the hill where we could visit Cilybebyll Church.   The rain stopped just after we started, so we had an unexpectedly dry walk.   There was some mud underfoot and we were glad we wore our boots!

We had a lunch stop by the church then returned to Pontardawe via a different path.   After the walk, we sat in the warmth of the Pontardawe Inn, enjoying the beer and the company.   



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Photographs



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Leader Gerti Axtmann


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We met at Tesco in Pontardawe


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The drizzle was nearly over


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And from here it stayed dry


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We followed the Active Travel path


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Then we began our ascent


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Stopping for everyone to catch up


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We followed part of the Cilybebyll Walk


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Another hill, another catch up!


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The mist obscured much of the view


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Finally reached the village of Cilybebyll


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Gerti checks her watch; we're on time!


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We had our lunch stop here


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Then descended a narrow tree-lined path


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Before more open and marshy ground


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Crossing another stream


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Stopped to view the waterwheel


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Then a slippery descent


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And back into Pontardawe


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Journey's end will be the pub on the left





Ordnance Survey map of the route walked
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All photographs Copyright  Andrew Morgan 2023
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