Day 5 of our Mid Wales tour had provided us with a gentle recovery ride after the previous day’s hills. Today, our route from Llangollen to Chester would be slightly longer, but thankfully, also without too many hills. We left Llangollen on another sunny morning. We began by taking a little detour. This took us up the hill to Plas Newydd house and gardens. The house is a stone built cottage converted into a gothic fantasy by two Irish ladies,…
Our Day 4 route had been a toughie! So we were looking forward to an easier day on the cycle route from Bala to Llangollen as we continued our Mid Wales tour. As a bonus, it was also fine weather when we left the hotel. Indeed, the temperatures were now beginning to creep up. First of all, we began our day of cycling by heading back past Llyn Tegid. Then joining local cycle route 16. Soon we were heading up…
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…
