Day 3 03/07/09

Hunt & Darton as 'nipple' on second 'mamelle'

After only one day with Darby and Smith, our designated horses, we were given our rest day and headed for The Mumbles.

The Mumbles strung out along the shore line at the southern end of Swansea bay, has been Swansea's seaside retreat since 1807, when the Oystermouth railway was opened. Built for transporting coal, the horse drain carriages were soon converted for paying customers, and the Mumbles train became the first passenger railway service in the world. The name Mumbles - which becomes a vowel free zone in Welsh, Y Mwmbwls - is a legacy of French seaman who nick named the twin rounded rocks at the top of the head land Les Mamelles - 'The Breasts'.

-Lonely planet Wales