Planned weekend route for late Feb 2006

Wanderer · Jan 31, 2006

Hello Friends of Anne Robinson!

I posted a thread in the pub section about best use of weekend passes a friend and I both have for late Feb 2006. As a result, we've decided on Wales. We've done a bit of research on best biking routes (starting from Bolton early on Saturday morning and finishing in Bolton late Sunday afternoon).

I've attacched a map source file of our first draft of our route. If anyone can read this file, I'd be grateful for any suggested amendments based upon your local knowledge. We're planning to stop over in Brecon on the Saturday night.

Many thanks, Will

nick · Jan 31, 2006

Last year we went to Portmeirion (home of the "Prisoner"), Snowdonia etc...

I managed to locate some Fords (not completely successfull in finding all of them) and found some good forest trails (I was 2 up so had to be careful but it was not too slippery).

Set your GPS for 'shortest' routes - it will be a lot more interesting than 'quickest'.

PW Cymru · Jan 31, 2006

Will said:
Hello Friends of Anne Robinson!

I hope her botox turns to lard.

I'll put some routes on a mapsource file for you by the weekend for Mid Wales.

Abergwesyn, Elan Valley, Nant-y-moch.

PW

Wanderer · Feb 1, 2006

Thanks Guys. The only potential problem is that my friend rides an R1100RS, so water crossings are, unfortunately, not an option.

John Armstrong · Feb 1, 2006

Will said:
Thanks Guys. The only potential problem is that my friend rides an R1100RS, so water crossings are, unfortunately, not an option.

I thought the Welsh were out of the dark ages, and had bridges? Or is it the language that's still there :confused:

Wanderer · Feb 1, 2006

John Armstrong said:
I thought the Welsh were out of the dark ages, and had bridges? Or is it the language that's still there

John

Simply that some of the waypoints already mentioned in the responses to my original post looked like they involved very minor roads. As such I was just pointing out that we couldn't undertake any fording.

PW Cymru · Feb 1, 2006

Will

I've attached a mapsource file with some routes that I regularly do, they are tight and twisty in parts with no fords (Unless you've got really bad weather)

P.S Watch out for the farmers

Wanderer · Feb 2, 2006

PW Cymru said:
I've attached a mapsource file with some routes that I regularly do, they are tight and twisty in parts with no fords (Unless you've got really bad weather)

P.S Watch out for the farmers

Can't thank you enough. Cheers.

Tim Cullis · Feb 2, 2006

PW Cymru said:
I've attached a mapsource file with some routes that I regularly do, they are tight and twisty in parts with no fords (Unless you've got really bad weather)

PW Cymru's suggestion covers the routes I was going to propose. The waypoints 'road2' and 'road3' are the Elan Valley--spectacular. The route from Tregaron to Llandovery via 'road1' takes in the Devil's Staircase.

See here: http://www.pointandsquirt.co.uk/roads.html

Tim

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