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….
This Mid Wales Itinerary outlines a 200-mile cycle tour from Aberystwyth across Mid Wales and back to home to Stockport which Andy S, Neil, Sarah and I will be cycling in summer 2021. Mid Wales is described as the green heart of Wales. This is the least-known part of Wales, and it’s here that you’ll find Welsh culture at its most natural, folded into the contours of the land as it has been for centuries. We’ll start from the seaside…
