Gowerton

(Sunday the 18th January 2015)

6 miles. Easy.

 

 

So the Tawe Trekkers are truly off and running in 2015 after two excellent walks perfect for beginners to start us off. After last weeks excellent walk in Ponsticill I led a group of 15 walkers and 1 dog around the woods and hills of Gowerton. This walk was billed as perfect for beginners and it seems to have been exactly what was needed to give some new people the opportunity to dip their toes in.

 

The walk itself appears to have surprised quite a few actually, with more than one expressing surprise with what was actually right on the edge of quite a built up area of Swansea. There were some stand out moments, including the top quality mud (I did warn you!) and the randomness of walking through some back gardens. Why people would buy a house with a public footpath going straight through their back garden is anyone's business but there you go. The best part for me though is as we reached the walk's highest point we were met by some genuinely superb views. To the west was the Llanelli estuary in all its glory. To the north-west though we were afforded clear views all the way to the Brecon Beacons, where we could see the snow covered peaks of Fan Gyhirech and others from the Carmarthan fans. I smell a future walk coming on!

 

 

Fan Gyhirech and the Carmarthan Fans from Gowerton!



 

After this we stuck our heads down and after wading our way through yet more muddy woodland paths and hills we soon found ourselves back in Gowerton. A quick change of clothes and we soon found ourselves in the Gower Inn for a bit of Sunday dinner. By the way the staff met us with looks of overwhelmed stress you would have thought they were completely rushed...yet you could have heard a pin drop there to be honest. Despite this strange greeting the food turned out to be excellent and another great little day ended with talks of the year to come.

 

Next week Dave will be leading us on a strenuous walk in the Brecon Beacons. I'm not sure exactly where yet but as he wasn't on today's walk I'm guessing he was out recceing it. Keep an eye on the programme and Facebook for updates guys.

 

Dylan