An 83-mile long hiking trail through Wales’s Teifi Valley is open to visitors and locals thanks to local walkers who have spent decades pushing for its creation to give new life to a an area whose fortunes had fallen.
Running from the river’s source in the Cambrian Mountains down to the sea, it has 12th-century abbeys at each end, with Wales’s oldest university between them. Also along the way is a former wool-weaving factor that now operates as the National Wool Museum.
The project, first raised in the 1990s, has been a cooperative effort among Ramblers groups, Walkers are Welcome communities and footpath associations, working to reopen paths, get access permissions, and post waymarks, as well as creating a guide with information on route quality, places to stay and public transport access.
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