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A
Cycle
Ride around Strumble Head.
By Dave and Barbara Palmer
Start - Park at the Car Park beside Garn Fawr Grid Ref 899 388
Map - Outdoor Leisure 35 North Pembrokeshire 1.25000
Nearest Town - Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Time: 3 hours.
Distance: 20 miles
Terrain: Medium.
Lanes and Bridleways with two hard Climbs
This Ride takes you around some of Pembrokeshires most
beautiful undiscovered lanes and bridleways with the sea always close by. We
nearly included this pleasant ride in our Book, ‘MOUNTAIN BIKING IN WEST
WALES’ but space and print time ran out.
1.
Turn RIGHT out of the car park and descend down the hill.
2.
At the T-junction turn RIGHT.
3.
Ignore the road on the right, and then at Trefasser Crossroads by the
phone box go STRAIGHT ON.
4.
You can now relax and pedal along, passing Velindre Farm on your left and
Treissllt Farm on your right. Just after Treissllt Farm the lane drops steeply
into the wooded valley. Ignore the lane to your left, and then cross over the
Pont Fawr River Bridge.
5.
Just past the bridge turn RIGHT into a narrow lane before the hill. This
is marked as a white lane, and is hard to see on the Map. 
6.
Follow the lane until it comes to an end at the sea above Aber Mawr bay.
Now dismount and wheel your bikes LEFT down the short section of footpath onto
Maber Mawr beach. This is a lovely place to have a short break.
7.
Wheel your bikes or ride across the shingle to the far side of the bay.
At the far end of the bay head LEFT inland and go through a small gate onto a
boggy Bridleway. Grid Ref 882 345. Now
ride through Pen-y-allt Wood, cross over a wide field and emerge at the road by
a small cottage on your right.
8.
Turn LEFT here, and follow
the road until you reach a T-junction.
9.
At the T-junction turn LEFT and cycle on passing Woodlands farm on your
right.
10.
Go STRAIGHT on at the crossroads and climb the steep hill until you reach
the next crossroads at St Nicholas’s Cross.
11.
Go STRAIGHT on at the crossroads and ride on north easterly, passing
Trefelgarn Farm on your right. Ignore the turning on your right by Ffynnon
Druidon Farm. Now slowly climb ignoring the lane to your left, and the lane to
your right, until you reach a staggered crossroads at Henner’s Cross.
12.
Turn RIGHT and then fork immediately LEFT keeping the Phone box on your
right and head towards the little hamlet of Llanwnda. 
13.
At the Cemetery turn LEFT and ride into the village. Pass through the
village, (which won’t take long), and follow an old green lane that heads past
Pont Eglwys with wonderful views of the sea and Strumble Lighthouse to your
right.
14.
At the T-junction turn LEFT and climb the hill passing Pontiago Farm
until you reach the next T-junction.
15.
Turn RIGHT and cycle on. Ignore the road on your left, and when you reach
Penysgwarne Farm turn RIGHT though a gate onto a Bridleway. Grid Ref 917 387.
Ride on through another gate passing Garn Folch on your left. Keep straight on
to Ladies Gate, take a dogleg left, and head over the moorland passing North
Pole on your left. Ignore the Bridleway on your left and descend down to the
Road.
16.
At the road turn LEFT and climb the steep hill up to Garn Fawr.
17.
Soon you will reach the Car Park on your RIGHT where you will FINISH the
ride.