Lunchtime Cardiff Bay Breeze

We’ll begin this gentle 10 mile ride from Cardiff Pedal Power site just north of Sophia Gardens where if you haven’t got a bike to hand at lunch time you can hire one.
We will cycle along the Taff Trial beside the river to Cardiff Bay and cycle round the bay before returning the way we came.
This ride takes in many points of interest including the Principality Stadium, the famous Norwegian Church, Senedd (home of the Welsh Assembly), Pierhead building, Roald Dahl Plas, Wales Millennium Centre and Techniquest. We’ll pass through the bustling part of Cardiff Bay characterised by the many bars and cafes situated there before reaching Hamadryad Park a 14 hectare site which includes features such as the sandstone sculpture 'Cader Idris' by William Pye and a seat called 'Ship in a Bottle' by Melissa Gibbs. On exiting the park, we follow the cycle path passing the Cardiff International Swimming Pool and White Water Centre as we approach Pont-Y-Werin (The People’s Bridge). This bridge was completed at a cost of approx. £4.5 million, opened in 2010 and allows us to access the other side of Cardiff Bay. We’ll pass Penarth Marina before cycling across the Cardiff Bay Barrage. This tremendous engineering feat was finally completed in 1999 and allows us to circle the Bay passed the Dr Who Experience! And return to the Taff Trail for our route home.
At the end of the ride we can take to a coffee stop in one of the Pontcanna cafes or for those of you who need to return to work we can say cheerio until the next lunchtime ride!