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Return Journey to Swansea

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A few weeks ago an old friend of mine invited to me to a one-day programme of talks at Swansea University's Singleton Park campus, at which she was delivering the keynote address. I provisionally agreed to go along, depending on public transport and other factors. I did some research online first, of course, before committing myself to what was going to be a lengthy and expensive day out. As it was going to be a fairly late finish, the bus wasn't an option. There hasn't been a direct service from Aberdare to Swansea for about ten years; I can't tell you when it ceased to operate, because it just vanished without any warning one day. (Even though it's still advertised on the stops in Trecynon, good luck to anyone expecting to catch it.) It is still possible to get to Swansea by bus, but – as you'll see – it involves a great deal of fucking around en route. Because they rarely, if ever, venture over the county boundaries, buses in what used to be the eastern part