Date:
Friday 19th June Distance: 23.83
Miles
Day 19 –St Dogmaels to
Fishguard
Despite
hilly cycle ride via Poppit Sands and
cycleway to Salutation Arms at Crymch
(Felindre Farchog) disappearing into a field and visitor centre for a cup of
tea not being on route as expected from map and Ford being there when not
marked and bike chain breaking 3 times – this ride was much nicer than previous
day. Can’t think why? Must have been the scenery and lack of traffic or the
jolly good luck we had at the end.
We
had a lovely pint( Felinfoel) at the Salutation Arms and tasty locally
sourced cheese. This pub actually
provided diabetic ice cream!
After
cycleway coming to a dead end we took little road leading off main road to
Newport so yet again we had quiet lanes for pedalling. In the middle of the
countryside was a public convenience by a small “breathing space” natural area
(Strange, as everywhere was fields and woods anyway) We were intrigued by the
numbers of tadpoles still swimming in the pond. A lady was picking elderflowers
for cordial and she told us about the sewen- river trout that are favoured by
the locals and occasionally taken from the nearby river.
Just
5 miles from Upper Fishguard the chain broke for the 3rd time and
Bob couldn’t shorten it any more so we walked up hills and free- wheeled down.
Luckily on the edge of the town at 4.45 (They closed at 5) we found a really
helpful bike shop that had been open just a year. We left the tandem for the
night and carried the bags down to the Lower Town where we had booked B and B
for 2 nights. A rest was in order and what a lovely stop it was.
The
Royal Oak at the top of the hill( it was a very steep climb and we were offered
a lift but it seemed a bit wimpy so we declined!)) provided a superb steak and
Guinness pie (so good Pat had it 2 nights running!)
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