OK, confession time! Rode to Llandovery campsite on Monday afternoon, pitched tent and then went for an evening ride up to Llyn Brianne. Turned out to be a very challenging ride. Narrow road with poor surface, loose gravel here and there. Did the full loop round to Llanwrtyd Wells. The road twists and turns tightly around steep hillsides, not much room for error! Sheep dodging was part of the challenge. Toughest part was on far side of the hills coming down a 25% gradient, still poor surface, still gravel strewn, very tight and twisty, hanging off the rear brake at little more than walking pace. Very tiring but satisfying ride, the bike took it all in it's stride despite having a bit of a "head cold" (stutter @ 3k rpm) still!
Campsite that night was very hot, tent was like an oven, and got eaten alive by midgies! Very uncomfortable night, little sleep. Up at 5am in the morning to get a shower while relatively cool, shower block like an oven. Out to West End Café for breakfast and then spent a very hot day criss-crossing the Brecons. Ended up spending over an hour sat at Super Bites food wagon on A470, catching what little breeze there was, then back to café where I spent a good couple more hours waiting for it to cool in the evening. Short local ride to cool off, then back to Midgie City and the tent-oven!
Again, didn't sleep much, up early and decided to call it quits as had completely run out of steam by then. Will have to give it another shot when it's not quite so hot!