Around Wales by human power

Cymru360 was a 650-mile zero carbon journey around Wales – biking, kayaking, hiking, and pedalling boat Moksha – by Jason Lewis and his wife Tammie Stevens, who had never been to sea before.

Watch the show on BBC Travel: EPISODE 1 | EPISODE 2

The expedition also profiled pioneers of sustainable living solutions and highlighted their efforts in a series of short films. These individuals exemplify our belief that transition to a sustainable future starts with ordinary people taking local action and driving change from the bottom up.

Films include: Gerald Miles, who created Wales’s first Community Supported Agriculture Farm (CSA); Evie Furness, who, along with her colleagues from Swansea University, started Britain’s first seagrass restoration project on the Pembrokeshire Coast; and David Kennard, who formed the UK’s first underwater cleanup group, NARC (Neptunes Army of Rubbish Cleaners).

Deeside to Hay-on-Wye:

Biking by road following (as closely as possible) the border between Wales and England, filming sustainability stories along the way, including Wrexham, Welshpool, Knighton.
Features: Offa’s Dyke, Cambrian Mountains, Shopshire Hills AONB.
Distance: 150 miles

Black Mountains from Hay-on-Wye to Pandy:

Hiking the length of the Black Mountains.
Features: Llanthony Priory, Hatterrall Ridge, Offa’s Dyke.
Distance: 22 miles

Pack-rafting the River Monnow to Monmouth

Features: Wye Valley AONB, Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Castle.
Distance: 40 miles

Biking the south coast of Wales
Features: Gower Peninsula AONB, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Distance: 170 miles

Milford Haven to Deeside

Using the same boat that Jason used to circle the planet using only human power, the final leg was to pedal from Milford Haven up the west coast of Wales, around Anglesey to Holyhead, then up the River Dee to close the loop.
Features: Pembrokeshire coastline, Llyn Peninsula, Nefyn Bay, Snowdon NP
Distance: 250 miles