I need advice for a route please

DrFarkoff

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I have another funeral to attend in a fortnight at Exeter Crematorium

I am thinking early boat from Dublin and then a ride down avoiding the repetitive drudge of the motorway on a 35 year old motorcycle

AM I thinking that this is a reasonable road and could do it on 8 hours ish?? it says 6 hrs 06 on Google

Holyhead

Betws-y-Coed

LlanDindrod Wells

Raglan

and across estuary on the M4 and on down to Tiverton ??


https://goo.gl/maps/XdwZGz2mZYgMqt4S8

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As soon as you join the A30 from the M5 come off at the the next junction and ride across Dartmoor to Tiverton

Sometimes its not easy to confuse a paddy "but" in this instance

Our group will likely be coming along the M5 and then off into Tiverton

Is Dartmoor not the bit over towards Proff's area ???
 

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I’m guessing that alcohol or old age caused the confusion between Tiverton and Tavistock ...
 
good route down from Holyhead capel curig etc ,llandrindod wells all good areas .....is it no better for you to get the Fishguard ferry from Rosslare ?
 
Cwmystwyth mountain road aka national cycle route 81

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Devil's+Bridge+Falls/Rhayader/@52.3087001,-3.740499,11.39z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x486f998c23f3aee5:0x3392aeb9a3e40291!2m2!1d-3.8497637!2d52.3769323!1m5!1m1!1s0x486f955b89eec84f:0x50d8b23d498d100!2m2!1d-3.510641!2d52.301537!3e0!5i1?authuser=1

This will put you onto the A470, a nice trip under Pen y Fan. I would then suggest Monmouth to Chepstow via the Wye Valley and Tintern Abbey but I think the road is closed, unfortunately.
 
good route down from Holyhead capel curig etc ,llandrindod wells all good areas .....is it no better for you to get the Fishguard ferry from Rosslare ?

Its 220 miles from where we live to Rosslare, then another 200 from Fishguard to Tiverton

Against 284 via the Holyhead route

But thank you for the suggestion
 
Cwmystwyth mountain road aka national cycle route 81

This will put you onto the A470, a nice trip under Pen y Fan. I would then suggest Monmouth to Chepstow via the Wye Valley and Tintern Abbey but I think the road is closed, unfortunately.

Unfortunately its a tight schedule But thanks

Basically I was hoping that it could be done in 8 or 9 hours Rather than resorting to tedious mile munching as I did coming back from Porff's funeral at the same venue
 
I have another funeral to attend in a fortnight at Exeter Crematorium

I am thinking early boat from Dublin and then a ride down avoiding the repetitive drudge of the motorway on a 35 year old motorcycle

AM I thinking that this is a reasonable road and could do it on 8 hours ish?? it says 6 hrs 06 on Google

Holyhead

Betws-y-Coed

LlanDindrod Wells

Raglan

and across estuary on the M4 and on down to Tiverton ??


https://goo.gl/maps/XdwZGz2mZYgMqt4S8

<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m40!1m12!1m3!1d2510458.3770270343!2d-5.877854506274286!3d52.08665598669676!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m25!3e0!4m5!1s0x48643537b6d29115%3A0x8c44937f42920c07!2sPort+of+Holyhead%2C+Holyhead+LL65+1DJ!3m2!1d53.3092687!2d-4.6289053!4m5!1s0x48651463227a6575%3A0x2afbefd48524751d!2sBetws-y-Coed!3m2!1d53.0930858!2d-3.8010354!4m5!1s0x486fc1098b8f0e87%3A0x9c7231e7dfce5ebb!2sLlandrindod+Wells!3m2!1d52.241699999999994!2d-3.377742!4m5!1s0x486d931370a51f8f%3A0x1e30820400ba441e!2sTiverton!3m2!1d50.902049!2d-3.4912069999999997!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1559484511947!5m2!1sen!2suk" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

looks ok, only suggestion is that if you take the A44 at Rhayader thru nantmel and gwystre to crossgates, just 150 yds across the roundabout is a service station with a caff if you need a break, then back to said roundabout and hang aleft down A483 to llan dodd to rejoin your route
 


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