Some may remember that a couple of years ago I did a similar thing, I just finished one of my shifts and had 3 days before next one. The weather reports looked stunning, I knew the following bank holiday would be crap (looking at the window I was right) with beautiful weather was set in for at least the next week. With Wales saying Sun Sun Sun, I thought I'd load up the bike for another quick camping trip.
So I did. Glad I did as well, best 48 hours on bike I'd ever encountered, weather 18-21c is all day, warm, sunny, no clouds, nice breeze and no traffic. Perfect!
I planned to go on Sunday, however the bike needed a new battery & wash, tyres checked and so on. Plus a few other jobs crept in so I spent the day getting bike ready. I loaded it that night, ready for the off Monday morning.
So here it is washed & ready to go, with no real aim other than just to explore bits of Wales I'd not done before:
I usually stop for a greasy breakfast on the way, place I used last time had closed down, so I tried a new one
I called by Church Stretton again as the weather suggested I should:
I got a bit lost in the single track lanes, finally found a small village that was actually on my map. Still there are worse places to be lost...
Reached the first place I was aiming for, Lake Vyrnwy.
People always come up to me and chat to me while on the bike, shortly after taking this a couple who used to ride BMW air-heads were chatting to me for about half an hour!
Not a cloud in the Sky all day
Apparently this is a pumping station of some sorts, not your usual 60's disaster!
Yet more miles of empty roads, heading towards Bala.
Now the campsite I wanted to use, which allows camp fires was shut
However, I was glad this was the case come morning (read on)
I setup camp for the night
and put dinner on the go
Now I checked weather before I left, they said it would be around 5-7c at around midnight to 05:00, well they got that wrong....
Now I was glad I did not use the other site, as its just basically a field with no real facilities. This place had decent shower block so I was glad of the long hot shower !
By 9am though it was 9c again 8)
Weather continued from Monday
Spotted at end of another Lake another Dam/Bridge, went to take a look, a gate was across the road, but luckily the bike would fit through the pedestrian gate ;D
Lake at Bala looked like a Mirror:
Just as I stopped a Hercules flew over
Next, I found by accident Bwlch y Groes, famous for its Hill Climbing days, cracking bit of road:
Back at Lake Vyrnwy, it looked stunning
Stopped off for some lunch
Had a visitor while I ate....
I planned my route home after quite possibly some of the best biking weather I'm going to see this year
Next trip? Scotland!
So I did. Glad I did as well, best 48 hours on bike I'd ever encountered, weather 18-21c is all day, warm, sunny, no clouds, nice breeze and no traffic. Perfect!
I planned to go on Sunday, however the bike needed a new battery & wash, tyres checked and so on. Plus a few other jobs crept in so I spent the day getting bike ready. I loaded it that night, ready for the off Monday morning.
So here it is washed & ready to go, with no real aim other than just to explore bits of Wales I'd not done before:
I usually stop for a greasy breakfast on the way, place I used last time had closed down, so I tried a new one
I called by Church Stretton again as the weather suggested I should:
I got a bit lost in the single track lanes, finally found a small village that was actually on my map. Still there are worse places to be lost...
Reached the first place I was aiming for, Lake Vyrnwy.
People always come up to me and chat to me while on the bike, shortly after taking this a couple who used to ride BMW air-heads were chatting to me for about half an hour!
Not a cloud in the Sky all day
Apparently this is a pumping station of some sorts, not your usual 60's disaster!
Yet more miles of empty roads, heading towards Bala.
Now the campsite I wanted to use, which allows camp fires was shut
However, I was glad this was the case come morning (read on)
I setup camp for the night
and put dinner on the go
Now I checked weather before I left, they said it would be around 5-7c at around midnight to 05:00, well they got that wrong....
Now I was glad I did not use the other site, as its just basically a field with no real facilities. This place had decent shower block so I was glad of the long hot shower !
By 9am though it was 9c again 8)
Weather continued from Monday
Spotted at end of another Lake another Dam/Bridge, went to take a look, a gate was across the road, but luckily the bike would fit through the pedestrian gate ;D
Lake at Bala looked like a Mirror:
Just as I stopped a Hercules flew over
Next, I found by accident Bwlch y Groes, famous for its Hill Climbing days, cracking bit of road:
Back at Lake Vyrnwy, it looked stunning
Stopped off for some lunch
Had a visitor while I ate....
I planned my route home after quite possibly some of the best biking weather I'm going to see this year
Next trip? Scotland!
