We set off from Swansea in high spirits, the sun was out, and it wasn't raining (two rarities worthy of note)
Taking the South Gower road toward Rhossili, the bike was running perfectly and all was well with the world.
In fact it's a great biking road, winding its way across the Gower peninsula with its stunning scenery and herds of wild ponies grazing by the road side with relatively few cars to get in the way.
San Francisco is without doubt our favourite place to be, but days like today, out on a great bike in the middle of nowhere serve as a great reminder of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful area.
We arrived at Rhossili without incident, but then disaster struck, the plan was to ride the bridge from the tip of Rhossili to Rhode Island and then travel cross country to San Francisco, hopefully arriving in time to watch the Forty Niners beat the Sea Hawks.
We failed to realise that no such bridge has yet been constructed, we had run out of road six thousand miles short of our target.
We walked as far as the Wyrms Head, taking in the beautiful scenery whilst surreptitiously looking for evidence of bridge construction.
As there was clearly no way to ride across the inconveniently large span of water between Wales and the USA, we chose instead to have lunch at The Worms Head hotel.
The food here was excellent, as was the local beer.
Once done, we again ventured forth, but noting that there had been no progress with regards to bridging the three thousand mile gap between Wales and America, we headed for home.
We may not have made it to San Francisco, but we had a fine day out, and who knows, maybe next time there will be a bridge!
 |
| Rhossili Bay |
 |
| The Wyrm's Head |
 |
| The beach where the bridge to America should be |
What a beautiful area! We just needed a rainbow to get to the other side!
ReplyDeletehmmm, an interesting notion, I will do a study into the relevant tensile strength of a rainbow at my earliest opportunity as I am unconvinced that it is capable of carrying the weight of a large bike and two passengers (still, the pot of gold at the end would most certainly be useful)
ReplyDelete