Featured Touring 3 Day In Wales

andyc1 · May 3, 2022

I enjoyed reading that! Cracker pictures too

brown mouse · May 4, 2022

Dartplayer said: ↑

Thank you @brown mouse, enjoyed your trip and pix, especially as many were taken on the middle of the road .
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Thanks . And it's no problem taking pics in middle of road, on those single-track roads it really was about 10 or 15 minutes between vehicles, and I obviously parked at spots where I was visible from afar.

PatW · May 9, 2022

brown mouse said: ↑

Day 2 - Part 2 (Route)

The ride to the Black Mountain pass was good but it was starting to cool down under the clouds, so I stopped to put on another layer and look back to the blue skies I'd left behind.

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The road up and across the top has 40mph speed restrictions, not that I'd personally want to go much faster in most places as it's very twisty, but I always find seeing the regular signs and irritating reminder of the nanny state, and they spoil the free and relaxed feeling I get when on the open road.

Once down the south side of the hills I entered a built-up area, and for the next half hour was riding through multiple villages which all merged into each other, with their attendant 20 and 30mph speed restrictions and speed bumps. At this point I was thinking that with all the roads across the Beacons going north/south and the south of Wales being all urban and industrial it pretty much made it not worth while 'doing' the Beacons.

Eventually I was on an open road going North again, and once back the other side of the Beacons it became sunny again and it was with a sense of relief that I headed east on the A40 to Brecon in search of food to make up for the missed lunch. This turned out to be more difficult than I though as Brecon is rather big and sprawling, with a one-way system, so I ended up back at a farm shop and deli I'd passed on the way in. I got a nice filled roll there, and more importantly, beer supplies for the evening.

The route back to B&B was mostly B roads by fields and open land with grazing sheep. Along the B4519 there's signs at the side of the road saying it's a military firing range and I passed a group in camouflage uniforms.

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I needed food for the evening so though I'd see what the local village had to offer but it was very small and didn't have much. I was looking for some kind of takeaway as I didn't fancy eating in due to covid, so I ended up back-tracking down a stretch of road to a services with a Greggs that was just closing. Armed with a roll and pastie thing from there I headed back to the bench in 'my' valley to eat them.

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Once at the B&B it was time to drink the beer I'd bought. Just wished they'd make the necks of these bottles a bit bigger...

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My back yard, fantastic isn't it.

brown mouse · May 9, 2022

PatW said: ↑

My back yard, fantastic isn't it.
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It is! I'm envious.

PatW · May 9, 2022

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