|
|
|||
| forums: groups: | |||
|
"Cardiff Mudflats"
Love you, too
Hi everyone!
Alas, the summer season is upon us, so us plucky Brits get a 3 month window to explore the outdoor mud without catching a cold (or worse)!
I want to turn my attention to the Bristol Channel mudflats around the Cardiff area. Namely the Rhymney Estuary. The mud there looks pretty endless and access to it seems fairly straight forward. A bit of a clamber across the stiffer mudflats to the main river channel where the mud looks very soft and very deep!
I intend on taking some pictures and/or video of my next adventure, which stats here I think.
Has anybody ever checked this area out before?
Alas, the summer season is upon us, so us plucky Brits get a 3 month window to explore the outdoor mud without catching a cold (or worse)!
I want to turn my attention to the Bristol Channel mudflats around the Cardiff area. Namely the Rhymney Estuary. The mud there looks pretty endless and access to it seems fairly straight forward. A bit of a clamber across the stiffer mudflats to the main river channel where the mud looks very soft and very deep!
I intend on taking some pictures and/or video of my next adventure, which stats here I think.
Has anybody ever checked this area out before?
Hi Andy.
I don't know about the mud, but just a note of caution. Some of the mud can actually be more like quicksand so don't get stuck.
Also, be sure to check the tides in the area, as they come in very quickly around the Bristol Channel. Details can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/tide_tables/11/514#tide-details
The tide times are shown in UTC, add 1 hour for BST.
Have fun!
I don't know about the mud, but just a note of caution. Some of the mud can actually be more like quicksand so don't get stuck.
Also, be sure to check the tides in the area, as they come in very quickly around the Bristol Channel. Details can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/tide_tables/11/514#tide-details
The tide times are shown in UTC, add 1 hour for BST.
Have fun!
Hi guys,
I understand the dangers associated with mudflats, I usually venture out on a falling tide. I've not been to this particular area before, but in most cases, the flat section of mud which sees little movement of water above if is usually stiffer, stiff enough to walk across without sinking further than ankles.
Note - this is the case only across the flats close to the shore, the further out you venture, the softer the mud gets...any mud which is only exposed around 1-2 hrs each side of the tide is always very soft.
On the foreshore flats, it is only where you reach the rivulets (veins in the mud where the water drains) where it becomes much softer. If you stick to the main flat areas, you will make it to the main body of the river relatively easily.
Obviously the river bank areas are soft. In the arial photographs, the areas of smooth looking mud banking the river will be soft. This is where you can get chest or even neck deep if you want, and it is very arousing, for instance, you will have no problem moving with a partner in this sort of mud.
Cleaning off will be done in the river itself, which will be shallow enough to paddle at low tide, though ensure your footing is strong enough that you don't lose balance and become swept downstream, obviously the further downstream you go, the softer the mud you will be trying to wade through to get back to shore and the further from shore you will be, thats usually when you would need rescuing unless you are very strong and fit.
When you are clean, you will have to climb up the soft mud of the bank to get to the stiffer clay on the flat, but usually you can managed to keep the mud below knee height...where it is easy enough to wipe off with foreshore grass.
I've been doing this for quite a long time so I guess I know how to navigate mudflats relatively safely. Obviously I try to keep out of sight as anyone who spots you will likely call for rescue services. Most of my missions take place at dusk.
There are a few places where you can get away with it in daylight hours, off the beaten track, usually in sparse / wooded or farm foreshore areas.
I was just curious as to this particular area as I've never been here before and wondered if anybody had. I've been to an area further up the Welsh coast on the Usk, close to Newport in an area of mud where some of the mostwam videos were filmed.
I've also been to Piercefield on the banks of the Wye opposite Winters Leap where an amazing mud lagoon is located, definitely worth a visit if you like mud and not been before, although it is a little bit of a walk to get there.
An easy to access area is the Huntspill sluice, which also consists of neck deep liquid mud if you've not been there I highly recommend it.
If you have a partner/wife/husband, its definitely worth a sexual encounter in this sort of mud if you can convince them to go, chances are, if you do, they will enjoy it and you will be going all the time!
If any Welsh mudders are here that have been in this Rhymney estuary area, let me know what its like, I'm thinking of taking a trip in the next few weeks, just for a change of scenery really.
I understand the dangers associated with mudflats, I usually venture out on a falling tide. I've not been to this particular area before, but in most cases, the flat section of mud which sees little movement of water above if is usually stiffer, stiff enough to walk across without sinking further than ankles.
Note - this is the case only across the flats close to the shore, the further out you venture, the softer the mud gets...any mud which is only exposed around 1-2 hrs each side of the tide is always very soft.
On the foreshore flats, it is only where you reach the rivulets (veins in the mud where the water drains) where it becomes much softer. If you stick to the main flat areas, you will make it to the main body of the river relatively easily.
Obviously the river bank areas are soft. In the arial photographs, the areas of smooth looking mud banking the river will be soft. This is where you can get chest or even neck deep if you want, and it is very arousing, for instance, you will have no problem moving with a partner in this sort of mud.
Cleaning off will be done in the river itself, which will be shallow enough to paddle at low tide, though ensure your footing is strong enough that you don't lose balance and become swept downstream, obviously the further downstream you go, the softer the mud you will be trying to wade through to get back to shore and the further from shore you will be, thats usually when you would need rescuing unless you are very strong and fit.
When you are clean, you will have to climb up the soft mud of the bank to get to the stiffer clay on the flat, but usually you can managed to keep the mud below knee height...where it is easy enough to wipe off with foreshore grass.
I've been doing this for quite a long time so I guess I know how to navigate mudflats relatively safely. Obviously I try to keep out of sight as anyone who spots you will likely call for rescue services. Most of my missions take place at dusk.
There are a few places where you can get away with it in daylight hours, off the beaten track, usually in sparse / wooded or farm foreshore areas.
I was just curious as to this particular area as I've never been here before and wondered if anybody had. I've been to an area further up the Welsh coast on the Usk, close to Newport in an area of mud where some of the mostwam videos were filmed.
I've also been to Piercefield on the banks of the Wye opposite Winters Leap where an amazing mud lagoon is located, definitely worth a visit if you like mud and not been before, although it is a little bit of a walk to get there.
An easy to access area is the Huntspill sluice, which also consists of neck deep liquid mud if you've not been there I highly recommend it.
If you have a partner/wife/husband, its definitely worth a sexual encounter in this sort of mud if you can convince them to go, chances are, if you do, they will enjoy it and you will be going all the time!
If any Welsh mudders are here that have been in this Rhymney estuary area, let me know what its like, I'm thinking of taking a trip in the next few weeks, just for a change of scenery really.
Do so agree about the Huntspill sluice Deep,soft mud & a river to wash in Go up the side creek & you have sticky clay which I enjoy too Always happy to meet a fellow mudder
Having lived in the 'Diff' for a few years let me tell you about this area.
Its Bad!
one side of the river you have a recycling place that may leak in to the river or cause a very bad smell at least.
on the other side up the road is a traveler camp which has been known to be aggressive to people.
its not actually that easy to get to this as the main road that i can see in the picture is busy and doesn't have that many places to stop.
Its also very wide so getting to the bottom of it to clean up isn't easy at all!
I go to Huntspill like Joe and its the same sort of Mud just a little easier to park clean and not be seen !
PM if you want more details
Its Bad!
one side of the river you have a recycling place that may leak in to the river or cause a very bad smell at least.
on the other side up the road is a traveler camp which has been known to be aggressive to people.
its not actually that easy to get to this as the main road that i can see in the picture is busy and doesn't have that many places to stop.
Its also very wide so getting to the bottom of it to clean up isn't easy at all!
I go to Huntspill like Joe and its the same sort of Mud just a little easier to park clean and not be seen !
PM if you want more details
Gunge anytime
I'd definitely be up for a mud session on the Severn sometime 
Sponsors
Design & Code ©1998-2025 Loverbuns, LLC 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement
Epoch Billing Support Log In