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I rode this on 22nd June (pm). It was my 14th Lost Lanes Wales. I started from the free Auction Yard car park in Bishop’s Castle and rode 41km (having set off in the wrong direction to begin with!) with 670m of elevation gain.
Yet another very pleasant ride through quiet country lanes. The views from the Kerry Ridgeway are superb. Note that on the day I rode the first 50m or so of the Ridgeway track wasn’t rideable having been ploughed up by forestry vehicles and covered with forestry debris.
I suppose they’re relative terms but I wouldn’t have described either of the off-road sections as “short” nor would I have classed a 40km ride with over 1.5% average gradient as “Easy”!
“Gair i’r gall” – Watch out for the left fork from the forestry track in the woods just before Guilden Down. It looks just like a footpath branching off the main track and is very easily missed as I can testify!
Decided to ride this after work thinking it was “easy”, best described as brutal and watch out for weather changes when you get on the high sections.
I did this ride last Saturday with my wife, an experienced cyclist and some friends who are a lot less experienced. One turned for home at Clun after the first steep climb and, whilst he made it all the way round there was quite a lot of pushing on the second climb. I recon its more like a moderate with hard climbs.
That said the ride was truly lovely, with monstrous views and some lovely villages to pass through. The last section, 13 km or so, from the Kerry ridgeway is to BC predominantly down hill and a great end to the ride.
Also Bishops castle is a centre for great beer with more than one brewery within the environs and some great pubs.
Rode this in April 2017; good quiet (i.e. minimal vehicle traffic) ride but a couple of tough climbs. The climb out of Brockton has 2 sections; both pretty hard. You climb pretty much most of the way out of Newcastle to 2 Crosses; harder towards the end, but really enjoyed it. We were on road bikes (25mm tyres) and the 2 off-road sections were completely dry, so OK if you took it easy. Wouldn’t be much fun if it was muddy but the section after 2 Crosses, being higher up, may dry quicker. Great views from that section. Lots of refuel options in Bishops Castle.