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Celtic Trail (250 miles) - Day 1
Wednesday 9th June

We met at the Shirenewton Rec at 7:00am. The final two bikes were loaded onto the van whilst the weigh-in (independently adjudicated by John Nicholas) was under way! This was required as part of the Yummies fete stall was to be a 'guess the collective weight gain/loss of the cyclists' competition. We then set out arriving at St Davids at around 10:30am.

 

Setting off from St Davids Cathedral, the first stop was about 1/2 mile away for an offical 'Celtic Trail' Stamp at the St Davids Tourist Information centre.  Then off onto the Celtic Trail. Alas 4.5 miles out of St Davids Robert's chain broke!

 

Luckily this had been part of contigency planning, a suitable tool was produced and Robert proved equally adept at chain repair as he had at puncture repair on the Taff Trail. Lunch at Broad Haven. Bicycle shop at Neyland near Pembroke Dock to get a new chain. Via Pembroke Castle to Saundersfoot and The Woodlands Hotel.

 

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The Weigh-in

The Weigh-in

Loving familes!

At 7:00am!!

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Loading the bikes

Contemplating the task ahead

The team

The team with bikes

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At St Davids Cathedral I

At St Davids Cathedral II

At St Davids Cathedral III

The 1st Celtic Trail stamp

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On the road

On the road

On the road

Broken Chain!

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Broken chain!

How far to lunch?

Interesting

Jon attacks a hill!

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The rest of us build up to it!

Lunch at Broad Haven

Lunch at Broad Haven

Back on the road

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Peddling hard

Neyland

Neyland

Pembroke Castle

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Pembroke Castle

Pembroke Castle

The Coast

The Coast

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Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot

Saundersfoot

 

 

 

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