It had been a wet finish when entering Porthmadog at the end of our Day 3 cycle ride. Thankfully, when we left for today’s ride from Porthmadog to Bala, the skies were looking more promising. Just as well, for this was going to be the toughest day on our Mid Wales tour, with plenty of climbing. Picking up NCN Route 8 again, we headed back across the cob passing the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway again. This time, we were…
We had arrived in Dolgellau, at the end of Day 2 of our Mid Wales cycle tour, in the rain. For Day 3, on what looked like another hilly route, this time from Dolgellau to Porthmadog, the day at least started dry. Not that we were taking this as a reliable guide, for rain was predicted at some point. We started by taking a brief look around Dolgellau Park. Leaving Dolgellau, we immediately rejoined NCN Route 82, and doing picked…
Following on from a lumpy Day 1, the route for the second day of our Mid Wales tour, from Machynlleth to Dolgellau, promised to be a challenging day of Mid Wales hills. It also promised to be wet at some point. Picking up NCN Route 82 (we would follow this all day) we took the road out of Machynlleth. Crossing Afon Dyfi. This followed the A493 for a little while. Before turning off the main road for a few miles….
After an enjoyable day looking around Aberystwyth yesterday, today would the real thing, our first day of cycling on our Mid Wales tour. We would be making the journey from Aberystwyth to Machynlleth. We met Andy and Neil at Aberystwyth Rail Station when they arrived around lunchtime. Then got our priorities right by heading straight for a cafe and some food. Following lunch we headed down to the seafront and the start of our Mid Wales cycle route. Photos taken,…
For this latest Stockport Community Cycling Club cycle ride we met in the layby in front of the Deanwater Hotel. Our destination was Nether Alderley. It was an overcast morning but hopefully, it would stay dry. Straight out of the layby we tackled our first climb. This took us up the hill at the end of Woodford Road. After which we turned into Lees Lane. This took us into Mottram St Andrew. Lees Lane isn’t a pleasant lane to cycle…
