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Glorious Bike Rides
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Ridden on 15th October to complete a full set of Lost Wales Lanes rides in 2016. I logged 43km with 840m of height gain. This is another challenging but rewarding ride with plenty of glorious scenery, some interesting industrial heritage and a couple of high-percentage gradients to test the legs.
“Gair i’r gall” – Why not try a longer ride through the glorious Cambrian Hills? My favourite recently-ridden route is the 180km or so from Caersws (train connections with Shrewsbury) to Fishguard/Goodwick (train connections with Swansea & Cardiff). With 3200m of climbing and a short section of cycle route 818 which is in a desperately poor state it’s not for the faint-hearted but the reward is some of the most glorious scenery Wales has to offer. From Caersws, follow cycle route 81 to Llanidloes where you join route 8 towards Machynlleth. Fork away from route 8 to head for the A44 at Llanifyny. Here you head left for Llangurig but turn right onto route 818 shortly before you get there. Follow route 818 to rejoin route 81 in Cwm Ystwyth (you’ll likely need to walk the last section of this). Follow route 81, then the B4574 and B4343 to Tregaron and Cwnann where you join route 82. Follow this through Cenarth and then turn left at the Penrhiw Inn to go through Boncath and Blaenffos. From Crymych follow route 47 to Fishguard and Goodwick.
Great open views over the valleys and a nice contrast between the lovely new mountain road on the way up and the old unpaved one on the way down. Maybe I should’ve started the ride a bit earlier in the (late May) evening as I started in bright sunshine and ended in bright moonshine 3.5 hours later…
Beautiful route but blighted with fly tipping. It was sad to see. Next time I may avoid the lost road surface and go via Ebbw Vale.
Lovely ride, but the way out was a depressing, unbroken line of rubbish thrown out of people’s cars, both sides of the road. Occasionally interrupted by bits where people had driven out to dump a bigger load. It looked like no commercial fly-tipping, just local residents unaware they they live in a stunningly beautiful area.
The old road, on the way back, however, was a delight!