Swansea Valley (1)

(Riverside, lakeside and back to river)
{short description of image} Start at the new Sail Bridge and use the A483 bridge to swap banks. In the main, you will be following Sustrans Route 43 signs {short description of image} More utilitarian than scenic perhaps, this first section is pleasant enough until.......  
{short description of image} Calamity! A section of very attractive river bank has temporarily been lost to redevelopment. But there are sign posts up to get around it {short description of image} The circuit of the lake is an optional extra. Bring a rod ?  
{short description of image} Over just a few yards, the transformation from Ferry Boat Close to river bank is amazing. Now just follow the river {short description of image} You reach open country side and it just gets better and better.  
{short description of image} Be careful not to miss this fork as you pass under the M4 {short description of image} Somebody somewhere is to be congratulated on this splendid adaptation of flood defences  
{short description of image} A country lane beckons closed off to traffic apart from the occasional Council vehicle, of which be mindful {short description of image} Follow the lane, a bit rough in parts, skirt some playing fields, until you approach Clydach and........(goto Swansea Valley 2 )  
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