Most people know that Holyhead is a ferry port. It’s the place where you go when you want to catch a ferry to Ireland. However it came as a nice surprise to find that it nestles at the bottom of Holyhead Mountain and also has a nice little promenade. We came across it by chance when we turned the corner on to the Prince of Wales Road (we never did find out whether he actually lived there) which then became Beach Road….
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…
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….
