Really nice video. The route is a nice combination of town, trail & beach. Very much enjoyed the atmospheric intro & overall editing. Well done on the 20% hills.
Thanks! Much appreciated. Yes, some really nice places, especially the narrow bridges over the lake and the running river onto the beach. A hard ride though 🚴🏻♀️
Wow! You managed to pack many of my favourite things to do outside into this one: Cycling off-road by water, cooking on a beach, looking at the sea and even fruit & nut chocolate...... Great film, thanks for sharing. 👍
@@MadisonTen OOh, so hard! how about a top 3 in no particular order: The Ijsselmeer in Holland. Very flat but super interesting, seeing how the Dutch manage water and great infrastructure for cycling. West coast of Scotland. Fantastic views,quiet and camp by the sea (for free). West Kernow way, Cornwall. Very hilly,good off-road, fantastic coast line and good company from all over the world in the YHA's at night. To be fair, most new places........ And you??
Oh that sounds amazing. I imagine Scotland being quiet moody and dramatic on the right day by the sea. I really liked Marloes Sands I did a couple of years ago (not far from my last ride). The sea was blue and green and the waves crashing in on a wild beach. It was hard carrying the bike down but would have loved to have been able to camp as well.
@@MadisonTen Yes , all round there is very beautiful . I have fond memories of such a day at Angle point, just sitting in the sun, looking at the sea , idly watching the ships coming and going. Roll on spring/summer. 👍
looked like a very cold and early start - and a long train ride. Great seeing Pembrokeshire again, I worked down there for several years. Nice footage of the heron 👍and the 5-car Hitachi IETs at Bridgend! Riding on sand... never easy is it, but well done! 😊
Thanks, I only found out the heron was there when a metal detectorist approached me and told me about it. I probably wouldn’t have noticed! What sort of work did you do down there? I briefly spent some time working not far from there some years ago myself. Yes, for all there faults it was nice to jump off the commuter train from Pembroke and onto the GWR with the nice seats and seat trays that the slow train didn’t have. 🤭
@@MadisonTen I think herons are just magnificent. You often see them on canals. So, in an earlier life, I was a civil servant. In the 80's, a very long time ago, I was working in the Employment Department, in Haverfordwest and then later in Cardigan. I often cycled to Broad Haven North beach in the evenings from Haverfordwest 😊. Yes, I love the GWR Hitachi trains - some people complain about their seats being hard but I'm happy with them. 👍
I’ve been lucky to see Herons on the canals but lucky in a way to catch that one taking off only because the little black dog went over to see it and disturbed it. No fish for him. Yes those seats are firm but like you I don’t mind them. The bike cabinets are a bit small for my bike which is a bit of a pain. I’ve taken the wheel off in the past.
@@MadisonTen so far, my recent train/bike rides have been on either Transport for Wales or West Midlands Railways' trains - which have the standard type of bike-bay. In any event, I fold the Brompton up, but I'd hate to have to use the upright bike stands on GWR's Hitachis - though in other respects, they are great trains. I really must make the effort to get out with the Brompton now - your marathon efforts put me to shame 😒 Herons either stay put when you go past on a narrowboat, or else fly down the canal 100 yards or so just as you approach, and wait for you to catch up - and then fly off again. Love them. An amazing sight when they stretch those wings out. 😊
Yes, lucky to have that trail to take up much of the distance. I used Google Maps on this occasion with ‘Cycling’ switched on in the Map Detail section. This shows green lines on recommended cycle trails or roads which are dashed green lines. Not much use on the actual day due to lack of mobile signal in the latter part but I usually study the route before I go anyway.
It’s pretty good, Tony. Bit tough in places. I study the map before I go to work out how I want to get to these places, I will then periodically stop during my ride and check an online map to make sure I’m going in the right direction, especially at some junctions. This is more difficult at the Broad Haven South ride as there was no mobile signal in a lot of places, so it’s down to making a judgment. You can see me checking maps in some of the older rides on brief occasions, happens on the Dartmoor ride. Some trails and roads are marked up with streets signs quite well so that can help. Downloading an offline-map is probably a wise idea.
Very nice 😊
Just love watching your videos, well done and thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. 🚴🏻♀️☺️
Excellent video, thanks for sharing
Thanks, David. ☺️🚴🏻♀️
Feels like I’m with you xx
Really nice video. The route is a nice combination of town, trail & beach. Very much enjoyed the atmospheric intro & overall editing. Well done on the 20% hills.
Thanks! Much appreciated. Yes, some really nice places, especially the narrow bridges over the lake and the running river onto the beach. A hard ride though 🚴🏻♀️
Yep beautiful
Looks a fab ride. Thank you Madison 10 😊 that bike is holding up well too
It’s doing ok thanks. Just a case of maintenance and cleaning, especially after sand! 🤭🚴🏻♀️
Hey, that's where I live! :-) I've never been over the single arch bridge though. I've found lots of inspiration in your videos so keep going!
It must be so nice to have access to such nice coastline and more importantly just nice colour sea! Thanks. Much appreciate your encouragement ☺️
I'm always so happy when people don't drop their food while camping 😊
🍳🧑🍳🚴🏻♀️
Thank you for sharing your ride, I really enjoyed watching .
Thanks, Nigel. Much appreciated! 🚴🏻♀️☺️
Wow! You managed to pack many of my favourite things to do outside into this one: Cycling off-road by water, cooking on a beach, looking at the sea and even fruit & nut chocolate......
Great film, thanks for sharing. 👍
Do you like anywhere particular for cycling by water, Julian?
Thanks!
@@MadisonTen OOh, so hard! how about a top 3 in no particular order:
The Ijsselmeer in Holland.
Very flat but super interesting, seeing how the Dutch manage water and great infrastructure for cycling.
West coast of Scotland.
Fantastic views,quiet and camp by the sea (for free).
West Kernow way, Cornwall.
Very hilly,good off-road, fantastic coast line and good company from all over the world in the YHA's at night.
To be fair, most new places........
And you??
Oh that sounds amazing. I imagine Scotland being quiet moody and dramatic on the right day by the sea. I really liked Marloes Sands I did a couple of years ago (not far from my last ride). The sea was blue and green and the waves crashing in on a wild beach. It was hard carrying the bike down but would have loved to have been able to camp as well.
@@MadisonTen Yes , all round there is very beautiful .
I have fond memories of such a day at Angle point, just sitting in the sun, looking at the sea , idly watching the ships coming and going.
Roll on spring/summer. 👍
looked like a very cold and early start - and a long train ride. Great seeing Pembrokeshire again, I worked down there for several years. Nice footage of the heron 👍and the 5-car Hitachi IETs at Bridgend! Riding on sand... never easy is it, but well done! 😊
Thanks, I only found out the heron was there when a metal detectorist approached me and told me about it. I probably wouldn’t have noticed! What sort of work did you do down there? I briefly spent some time working not far from there some years ago myself.
Yes, for all there faults it was nice to jump off the commuter train from Pembroke and onto the GWR with the nice seats and seat trays that the slow train didn’t have. 🤭
@@MadisonTen I think herons are just magnificent. You often see them on canals.
So, in an earlier life, I was a civil servant. In the 80's, a very long time ago, I was working in the Employment Department, in Haverfordwest and then later in Cardigan. I often cycled to Broad Haven North beach in the evenings from Haverfordwest 😊.
Yes, I love the GWR Hitachi trains - some people complain about their seats being hard but I'm happy with them. 👍
I’ve been lucky to see Herons on the canals but lucky in a way to catch that one taking off only because the little black dog went over to see it and disturbed it. No fish for him.
Yes those seats are firm but like you I don’t mind them. The bike cabinets are a bit small for my bike which is a bit of a pain. I’ve taken the wheel off in the past.
@@MadisonTen so far, my recent train/bike rides have been on either Transport for Wales or West Midlands Railways' trains - which have the standard type of bike-bay. In any event, I fold the Brompton up, but I'd hate to have to use the upright bike stands on GWR's Hitachis - though in other respects, they are great trains. I really must make the effort to get out with the Brompton now - your marathon efforts put me to shame 😒
Herons either stay put when you go past on a narrowboat, or else fly down the canal 100 yards or so just as you approach, and wait for you to catch up - and then fly off again. Love them. An amazing sight when they stretch those wings out. 😊
Nice little traffic free route you've found there 👍 did you plan this with Komoot, or some other planner ?
Yes, lucky to have that trail to take up much of the distance. I used Google Maps on this occasion with ‘Cycling’ switched on in the Map Detail section. This shows green lines on recommended cycle trails or roads which are dashed green lines. Not much use on the actual day due to lack of mobile signal in the latter part but I usually study the route before I go anyway.
Looks like a great ride especially on the beach. Honest question, how do you know where to go ? I don’t see any maps or sat nav.
It’s pretty good, Tony. Bit tough in places. I study the map before I go to work out how I want to get to these places, I will then periodically stop during my ride and check an online map to make sure I’m going in the right direction, especially at some junctions. This is more difficult at the Broad Haven South ride as there was no mobile signal in a lot of places, so it’s down to making a judgment. You can see me checking maps in some of the older rides on brief occasions, happens on the Dartmoor ride. Some trails and roads are marked up with streets signs quite well so that can help. Downloading an offline-map is probably a wise idea.