Quick update - the bike has been found! Publicity works, somebody out walking spotted it dumped in some woodland, recognised it from the media reports and called the police.
It's now been taken to the local impound yard and I can get it back on Monday. Unfortunately because its the weekend I can't even see it until then, but the initial message is "its damaged, un-rideable but repairable" so it sounds positive (short of a torching virtually anything is repairable so I should be able to sort it out).
A big thank you to everyone on this site for their support, it, plus the support I have had from the local community here in Swansea, has been fantastic and more than countered any negative feelings generated by the theft of the bike. I'll write a fuller message in a day or so's time.
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