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Colwyn Bay – A Second Day at the Seaside

Colwyn Bay – A Second Day at the Seaside

Following on from our ride along the coast of North Wales yesterday, we tackled a different section today. We again were following the National Cycle route but the weather was not as nice today. We drove to Conwy and parked near the castle them headed out past the smallest house and then along the coast towards the Marina. The route then basically follows the A55 with their being a cycle path which runs parallel or even in some sections on…

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Colwyn Bay – A Day at the Seaside

Colwyn Bay – A Day at the Seaside

One of the best cycle routes in the UK has to be the coastal cycle path along the North Wales coast (i.e. sections of National Cycle Network routes 5 & 8). In our last post I mentioned cycling a section of the NCN from Rhyl to Bangor. Unfortunately Sarah couldn’t join us on that ride and hasn’t cycled most of it before. Since it is such a great ride Sarah and I decided to correct that, and cycle between Prestatyn and Caernarfon over…

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SCCC Club Weekend in Bangor

SCCC Club Weekend in Bangor

I write this whilst sat in the passenger seat of a car on the A55 on the way home from an excellent SCCC Club Weekend in Bangor. We stayed at Bangor University. Saturday We set off early on a lovely Saturday morning to meet up with everyone at Chester Services. A quick cup of coffee (accompanied by a gluten-free chocolate brownie!) and then it was on to Rhyl for the start of the first of the two club rides over the weekend….

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