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17/03/2026

Sunrise miles at Roath Park Lake 🌅🏃‍♀️

Forgotten just how beautiful this place is for a sunrise run. Calm water, birds waking up, hardly anyone around… just that peaceful morning energy that sets you up for the day ✨

One lap of the lake (with the water always in sight) is about 1.2 miles… and trust me, it always takes longer than you think because you end up just taking it all in 👀

This morning:
✅ 4 miles done
✅ Clear head
✅ Grateful heart
✅ New favourite early morning spot

What I love about Roath Park is it isn’t just for runners.
You’ve got:
☕ The café for a post-walk coffee
🌳 Beautiful parkland to relax
🦢 Wildlife everywhere
🧘 Benches just to sit and breathe
🌺 The white Hyacinths smell wonderful!

A little history too…
The lake was created in the 1890s when the park was built on former marshland by damming the Nant Fawr stream. It’s very much a Victorian park and still has that classic peaceful atmosphere today.

And honestly… one of the best feelings right now is being able to run in the daylight again. Feels safer, feels positive, feels like winter is finally behind us ☀️

Pop in to see the terrapins also in the roath park conversatory 🐢

13/03/2026

Cardiff Bay will always have a piece of my heart ❤️ A place I called home for many years single, full of memories, history, and some of the best sea views you can find in South Wales.

Parked on the barrage this morning and followed the Welsh Coastal Path around the Bay… about 6 miles of fresh air, open water, and that feeling you only get running by the sea 🌊🏃‍♀️ The pace was building nicely, legs feeling strong, mind clear… and then… mile 3… the UK weather decided to remind me who's boss 🌧️➡️❄️ HAILSTONES! Actual hailstones in March!

Honestly… can someone have a word with this wild UK weather because this fair-weather, cherry-picker runner 🍒 had just about had enough today 🤣

But this is your reminder… even if you live in Cardiff, even if life gets busy, even if you forget what's on your doorstep… head down to the Bay. Those sea views, the space, the energy… it's pretty special ✨ and loads to see on the way with history.

Finished it off with one of my favourite recovery rituals… the floating sauna 🔥 Nothing resets the body and mind quite like heat, cold, and movement. Proper recovery. Proper perspective.

Run. Move. Breathe. Recover. Repeat. 💪
Cardiff Bay… you beauty… even with the hailstones 😉

12/03/2026

If you've recently found this page… you're very welcome here 🤍

This is a space for anyone who loves: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
⛰️ Trails & outdoor adventures
💪 Women's strength & real fitness (Strength trainer but I post my workouts inside my members area now)
🌊 Cold water dips & recovery
🔥 Staying strong through every stage of life
☀️ Getting outside instead of sitting on the sofa

You'll see early mornings, muddy trainers, dumbbells, sea dips, real life nutrition.

No perfection here. Just consistency, strength and good energy ✨
If you love:
🌄 South Wales views
🥾 Trail walks & runs
❄️ Cold water adventures

If you're also on Instagram my handle is below so we can connect there too 👇

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTYgsL0iAWI/?igsh=MzZsazA1cnRrOWFo

And if you're just watching quietly…that's fine too…just being here 🤍

Strong. Healthy. Happy. Outside 🌊💪⛰️ fans

11/03/2026

People travel across the world to see views like this… and we have it right here in the Rhondda and across South Wales 🌄

Today reminded me how lucky we are. Rolling valleys, wild trails, hidden waterfalls and views that honestly could be mistaken for somewhere much further from home.

Sometimes the best therapy isn’t complicated: Get in the car 🚗
Take a road trip 🗺️
Find a trail 🏃‍♀️
Breathe it all in 🌿

Nature has a way of resetting everything. The stress gets quieter, your head feels lighter and your body remembers what it was built to do… move.

South Wales really is underrated for its beauty. If you know, you know ❤️

If you’ve never explored the Rhondda valleys properly, put it on your list. These places are always worth the trip.

Strong body. Clear mind. Wild places.

5k Trail Run / Cold water 💦 dip

07/03/2026

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 First ever floating sauna is open with, two chilled baths… and swans gliding past. 🦢✨

What an edition to Penarth thanks .flo 🙏

Pure bliss this evening at Penarth Marina ✨

Heat, cold, calm… and watching the swans gently swim by. One of those moments where everything just slows down and you realise how special the simple things are.

Exactly the reset I was after after a week of Plyometrics Training . 🔥❄️

This place is an absolute gem 💎 and I’m so glad I found it.

I absolutely love contrast therapy moving from heat to cold. The way it makes you feel is incredible… refreshed, energised, calmer in the mind, and amazing for recovery. It boosts circulation, helps the body recover, and leaves you feeling completely reset.

Beautiful setting, lovely changing rooms, and such a warm welcome. I will definitely be back very soon.

The perfect way to spend a Saturday evening reset, recharge, and soak up a little bit of magic in best company . ✨🔥❄️🦢

04/03/2026

Best kind of morning up the Rhondda 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿☀️ South Wales Valleys..Run/ Hike and Dip 💦

Trail run up to the lakes and waterfalls above Clydach this morning proper Rhondda trails with big climbs and wild views 🏞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

Finished with my first waterfall dip of the year 💦 freezing but worth every second.

Running up there you realise how much history sits under your feet. These hills were once worked by miners from collieries all across the Rhondda, including the Cambrian Colliery near the lakes, where major disasters in 1905 and 1965 killed dozens of local miners. The nearby memorial field remembers the men who never came home 🙏 😢

My grandfather Foster Lewis was a miner not far from here and later wrote his memories in The Miner’s Tale, a family memoir first written in 1985 about life in the pits and the Rhondda mining communities.

The colliery sites around the Rhondda were often only a few miles apart, so the pits my grandfather worked in would have been just a few miles from these trails, meaning he would have known this valley and the mining life connected to it.

Strange to think that where we now run/walk through woods and waterfalls, generations before us walked to the pit in the dark.

Today's adventures
Over an hour on the trails 🎽 💨
Nearly 1000ft climb 🏔️
Waterfall dip done 💦

Remembering the Rhondda miners lost who never came home 🏡 ❤️.

Let me know in comments where I should go next in the Rhondda.. I have a few locations to visit to pay respects to a WW1 memorial for my great uncle.

25/02/2026

Vale of Glamorgan coastal run 🌊 following the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌊

📍 Rhoose Point 👉 Llantwit Major Mud, cliffs & total freedom 🏞️ Over 12 Miles..

This was the toughest run of the year, and the stretch along Limpert Bay made it unforgettable.

You must explore this wild Glamorgan Heritage Coast 🌿💨 History underfoot 🧱 .

WW2 anti-tank concrete blocks line the shoreline brutal reminders of Britain’s coastal defences 🪖

Aberthaw Power Station ⚡ looms in the distance a childhood landmark that powered South Wales for decades, supporting around 170 local jobs. Seeing it gone is bittersweet, a reminder of how much the Vale has changed and south Wales industries.

On the inland horizon, the derelict Aberthaw Lime Works 🏭 ghostly Victorian kilns from the 19th century, a reminder this coast has always worked as hard as it looks

Run stats 🏃‍♀️:
📏 Distance: 12.25 miles
⏱ Time on feet: 3h 14m
⛰ Elevation gain: 636 ft
👣 Avg cadence: 158 spm

Why I love this coastal path for runs/walks.
✔ Softer landings for joints
✔ The history reminder WW2.
✔ Mind reset nothing clears your head like empty coastal miles 🌊🧘‍♀️

Followed the Wales Coast Path markers , but this part of the coast is made to be explored, not rushed. Mud, rocks, relics and sea spray all part of the adventure.

❤️ This coastal path never disappoints ..

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