Ride: 90km
Was up at 5am and was gone before Dale and Clint were even awake. I rode into Waterloo and it was nice and quiet on the road so arrived early. Had a really nice coffee while I waited for my train. The train left on time and I read my book as the scenery was not that flash. ETA at Swansea was 12:30pm after two changes. I found my way out of town and onto the coast path and straight into a headwind. It was a bit of a grey and dull day. All the buildings seem to made out of the same grey gloomy stone which is all a bit depressing really. At this stage I was having second thoughts about Southern Wales.
About 40km into the ride and after a headwind
all day I decided to head inland as I thought it might be nicer. I hit some
really big hills and found that there is nowhere to get nor buy water. Not like
the Swiss and German water fountains in all the villages. Got to Carmarthen,
which wasn’t that nice either – pubs and rude, noisy teenagers. Found a quiet
place away from the pubs for £33/night
not including breakfast. Heard about the attempted bombings in London on the
morning I left on the train – close – too close! Starting to feel a bit uneasy
about the UK/London.
Seaside Swansea, Wales
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