Cardiff to Rumney great wharf

Where I gained the coast at Splott Beach there was a lot of industrial detritus - oil, scrap metal, tyres, bricks and concrete blocks. This is the first of the 4 left turns I will make on my odyssey, this time eastwards. At this point the path is 30-40 feet above the sea. Met a cyclist who suggested taking care where the Wales Coast path passes through a Gypsy camp a mile north east. A little further on was a slope down to the rocky beach. I took this hoping to avoid the Gypsy camp. Going became slow over boulders, bricks and lumps of concrete but I did suceed in passing below the Gypsy camp.

Route then turned west, alongside the river Rhymney, along a path a short distance from the busy Rover Way road. Passed Rhymney River boat club, then joined the road to continue on pavement before a bridge over the river Rhumney.Read more