Aberystwyth
Bliss
Mon 1 Aug 2016 17:26
One of the great things about our adventure is discovering places that we would never otherwise have seen. Britain is such a diverse and beautiful country. Some places are well known for their breathtaking beauty, the West Coast of Scotland and it's islands, the Lake District. Others are well kept secrets, the south coast of the Moray Firth, and so much of the Welsh coast. We are privileged to be seeing the magnificent, natural beauty of our coastline from the sea, even on cloudy days when we can't even see the top of some cliffs it's still stunning, and the rain causes some fantastic waterfalls.
Aberystwyth is one of the towns we would, probably, never otherwise have visited but are so glad we have. It's an elegant university town, and a popular holiday resort, the castle ruins, harbour, promenade and two rivers, the Ystweth and the Afon (river) Rheidol, are all cradled between huge cliffs, and the valley climbs up to Devil's Bridge and some incredible waterfalls about 12 miles inland. After berthing in Aberystwyth harbour on Tuesday we set off on the steam train with our bikes to see the bridges and waterfalls before cycling back down to the boat, in theory it should have been almost all down hill on our bikes. Anyway it was a lovely route and we had a good work out!
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