Swansea Valley (2) ( Mostly towpath, urban and rural )
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......this multi-purpose bridge. A canal awaits at the top of the bank opposite. Turn right on its towpath. | |
Not the prettiest of towpaths it has to be said, but a good deal safer than Clydach High Street | ||||||
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An off-towpath section has to be negotiated. People on tandems need to take especial care! | |
Mind your head! But the scenery improves from here on. | ||||||
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Typical of the towpath between Clydach and Pontardawe. Click here for a history of the canal | |
But sadly with more people on foot than on two wheels. Follow the canal until it disappears underground as you approach Pontardawe.... | ||||||
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....and the canal gives way to a little used road which leads into Somerfield car park | |
Leave the car park by the tunnel shown and you will find the canal again, as if by magic. Follow it through Pontardawe as you did in Clydach | ||||||
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Until you once again are in open countryside along a very attractive stretch of the canal leading to..... | |
...this derelict lock just short of where our ride ends, at the Ynysmeudwy roundabout on the A4067. | ||||||