Heart of Wales Line Trail | Section Seven | Llandovery to Llandeilo
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- Another section completed this time we jumped ahead on the train to Llandovery so that we could make another two-day section from the trail. The weather was stunning, views were outstanding as ever. Mid -Wales gave my legs another good workout with its forever 'rolling hills'!
We camped on Y Carn Goch, an Iron Age Hillfort and watched the sun set over the miles of countryside that we've already walked. What a great way to end the day!
Followed by a 4:30am start to beat the hot day and get a cooked brekki in Llandeilo before catching the 10:20am train back to the cars.
A big shout-out to the infamous 'Dave Outdoors' for the exceptional drone footage. That with the Male voice choir was a great contribution to the video.
Dave Outdoors
/ @daveoutdoors
If you want to check out the UGQ Bandit quilt that I showed off then please click the link here:
hugqoutdoor.com?ref=7501
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Great video as always 👍I’ve been using an Ice Flame quilt for a while and will definitely upgrade when it gives up the ghost. Im a full quilt convert now 😁
I'm with you there, I like my duvet at home and its the closest to it, these 'youngsters' seem to like camping in winter so I had to get myself 'tooled up' ready! UGQ is the dogs bananas..
Absolutely love Llandeilo, my partner's from there so we've spent a lot of time there! Great video promoting the trail, this section looks stunning!
woke up with a little jew on the ground lucky you .another great vid with you and Dave always better out than laying on the bloody sofa with a remote in your hand , take care .
Love your vids and loved the choir in this one. Thanks mucho :-) x
What a glorious section of the trail Gord. So pleased you’ve finally got your sleep system sorted even if that means 3 pillows 😂. Nicely done pal. ATB Andy
Cheers Mon! Taken me years to master this sleeping thing and I think its my third favourite activity!
I’m enjoying following your journey. Shame that you lost footage from the previous section. Looking for to the next section 😊 xx
Ha Ha!1 my little rouse nearly worked!!! We'll go back and 'fill in' some gaps but to be honest we've been plugging away at this thing for two years now and we want to say we've finished! Just a bit of careful editing will put that right!!! Thanks for watching. all the best, GJ XX
First😁Beautiful locations you have over there!! 💯💯Greetings from Germany😎
Thanks for watching. Hi back from the UK! All the best
Lovely stuff Gordy! Wondered how long it would be until you indulged your love for the old male-voice choir! Great work sir, enjoyed that!
Cheers Rich, that song sends tingles down my spine and when I see those rolling hills it pops in my head
Brilliant video mate really enjoyed watching that. Loving the sleep set up mate. Atb Sam
Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching, I do like my sleep!
Awesome venture boys I wish I knew you and Dave were local I would have loved to have joined you both (I Live in Llandeilo well Trapp actually you could have come and camped on the farm)
Damn, that would have been handy, there are some bits left to do so might take you up on that yet! Much appreciated, all the best. GJ
Fantastic views in that part of the woods… great video 👍
Cheers Russ, I can heartily recommend the HOWLT, maybe see you out on there one day?
@@ashropshirelad Maybe, never know what could happen
Very enjoyable watch. My mate did the trail back last year. How much import duties do you pay? regards Alan
I paid UPS £79 import duty on top but strangely they’ve refunded me £11?? I think it’s not a bad exchange rate at the moment to buy US goods so still happy with what I paid 👍🏻👍🏻
Fantastic video Gordon and that quoir brought a tear to my eye cant wait for the next take care and how do you put up with that youngster and his sign language 🤣🤣🤣
Can't beat that tone of the welsh male voice choir. make my spine tingle!! Cheers for watching , all the best, GJ.
Cracking video matey. Loving the sleep system. Your both smashing this walk. Great conditions for you. Cracking sunset and sunrise.
Keep up the great work
ATB Adam 🤜💙🤛
Cheers Adam, I really enjoyed that section, better than I was expecting, the views were stunning all day long .
Great video-
And it’s pronounced as Llan dye lo. 😀
I know, I only found out how to say it properly when we reached the end and realised I'd been massacring its name for two days!!!! Whoops!
Hi pal. Loved the video. I woukd be very interested in some more info about your sleep system. I have been struggling lately and been looking at quilts... What is the old and the new one you used and yiur sleep mat looks epic aswell. Cheers.
Morning, could be a long answer, maybe have a FaceTime chat or even get Dave Outdoors to do a 'live-chat' and we can get you on or something. basically, I tried a RAB sleeping bag and it drove me mad and then someone mentioned the Iceflame quilt, for £90 it was worth a punt and it worked. You do need a good thermal efficient sleeping mat for them to work as with a quilt there is no insulation on the bottom. The best one out there is the Thermarest Xtherm (r-value of 6.9). so I took the plunge and bought that. The Iceflame is only rated down to 5 degrees (although Ive woken up with a frost and been perfectly warm) so I wanted something for the upcoming winter. I decided to get one made for me by UGQ, I ticked all the boxes and had it 'over stuffed', the XL version, chose a wider cut, longer cut etc etc. there are off the shelf models but for not much more you can specify exactly what you want so I thought 'sod it' lets just do it properly once and for all. The exchange rate id decent just now so a $500 quilt cost me about £330. then you get shipping and import duties so all in all, it cost me £400. Here's a link to the site so play around with designing one and then just get google to translate the amount into GBP to see what you've spent! ugqoutdoor.com/top-quilts/xl-bandit/?ref=7501. As for the pillows, I like to sleep on my side so I jack up the end of the mat with a pillow, I then have two more (all sightly deflated) on the top, The Trekology pillows have straps to stop them from slipping off. Hope that helps, if you could do with more, as above, I'll ask Dave to do a live where we can talk about it and perhaps get you on as a guest so you can ask questions? Cheers, GJ
@@ashropshirelad that's great, thanks for the response and yes it does make sense I will certainly be looking at your suggestions and I have already found the trekology pillows and wondered how they where... Cheers for the advice and I will continue to watch your videos for more tips etc. Thanks again
Great little vid. I use satalite dishes to help navigate they face south in the northern hemisphere
Interesting!
Beautiful place to hike, Thumbs up
Many Thanks for the kind words, loved it!
Great video Gordon well done on promoting the trail.
You're welcome, Its a great scenic trail (in the main). a few bits not the best but worth checking out of you get chance.
Enjoyed that Gordon 👏👍
Cheers Wayne, much appreciated. atb GJ
Superb as always
Thank you so much 😀
Lovely 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice vid Gordon and great weather you had there. That view at 13:25 was stunning. The quilt will serve you very well Im sure❤️
Thankyou Joss, Gods own country down in Mid Wales and some very 'out of the way' places on that trail. atb, GJ