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Some random photos of a walk along the old Carmarthenshire Railway route. Includes Swiss Valley Reservoir, and scenes along the route from Furnace to the reservoir. The route follows the earliest operational railway in Great Britain, as authorised by an Act of Parliament. Photo album - https://goo.gl/photos/TVbhtEQzonvxuChB9

Wednesday walk, taking in Llanelli Beach and North Dock and the cycle path running to Furnace, Llanelli. Llanelli Beach Llanelli Beach Llanelli Beach North Dock Railway lines on the cycle path Railway lines on the cycle path North Dock North Dock

Work has started on a section of the multi-million-pound and picturesque Tywi Valley Path. The first phase of works have taken place between Fronun and Bwlch Bach, near the concrete works in Abergwili, and will form part of the planned 16-mile route linking Carmarthen and Llandeilo through the scenic Tywi Valley countryside. The works included drainage and widening of the existing carriageway for approximately 1km, with some road markings and signage still to be carried out, and were paid for thanks to a Local Transport Fund grant from Welsh Government. The remainder of the path will be all off the highway and will follow an almost adjacent route to that of the River Tywi, linking in with major tourist attractions and generating between £860,000 and £2million in the local economy every year. It will also give people a sustainable and healthy travel option, linking with villages between the two main towns. Executive Board Member for the Environment Cllr Hazel Evans said: “I am delight...

A new safer cycle route into Pembrey Country Park is being created thanks to the Big Lottery Coastal Communities Fund. A total of £300,000 has been secured to link up the Pembrey Canal Route with Pinged through to Kidwelly with a significant spur to create a safer cycle route to the country park. The new one-mile of cycleway will link Pembrey to Pinged Road joining the existing network. Executive board member for transport services, Cllr Colin Evans, said the celebrated Sustans Cymru M4 cycle route along Llanelli’s Millennium Coastal Park was one of the most popular in the country. He congratulated Sustrans and council officers for their successful bid adding: “This new funding will allow significant spurs off it to link up communities and create more safer cycling opportunities. “It will tie in the communities of Burry Port, Pembrey and Kidwelly to the immensely popular Sustrans coastal cycleway that enters the county at Bynea. “The existing route, was completed from Burry Port Harb...