A week touring North Wales on the bike - Where to ride, What to see? Advice?

[Fizzy Pies]

Hey.

Will be spending the week in north wales on the bike as of tomorrow, so dont rob me house u foccers, especially  exupnut!

So, where do you advice I go, see, ride to or on?

points on a map are good, names not so 

Taa

[sadlonelygit]

bala to trawsfynydd
dolgellau to barmouth
maentwrog to b ffestiniog
b ffestiniog to betws
betws to llanberis (watch for the camera van in nant perris)

llangollen to ruthin to denbeigh to llanfairtailairn

[slimwilly]

If you have a week. then you will be ABLE TO TELL US WHERE THE GOOD ROADS ARE<


Noggy wrote about some fantastic 85mph zip wire up there somewhere,, but he is just a kid of course


It sounds dangerous,,i'm sticking to my 15iiooooomphhhhhhh bike,it's safer


 


Of course you will ride out to Anglesea, over the Menai straights bridge,, there is a road race track on Anglesea to find too.


Snowdon of course is worth a visit,up the train ride sounds ok.


Some town with a grand (closed ) pier, looks like a busy town.


Some castles to see.


lots more to do probably,,Cheshire oaks shopping centre is a favourite of ours, an outletshopping place, some good deals to be had. check it out

[slimwilly]

I have been on the golf course tonight,, just cooked a curry for the wife when she finishes work,,,then i might be able to shove her up the chufty.

[caretaker]

one interesting little ride for you to pencil in is the great orme peninsula just by llandudno. you have to go anti clockwise as it is one way.

[Skippernick]

Llangollen for steam trains and then up the horse shoe pass add it onto the previously mentioned.........
ah forget it sadlonlygit mentioned it all already, apart form the steam trains.


Look at map and if its a road and is wiggly it will be good.

[Hedgetrimmer]

Anywhere - you can't go far wrong in Wales!
Most of the A470 is good. Agree with sadlonelygit, between points Llanberis, Beddgelert, Betws-y-Coed, Bethesda (A5), Ffestiniog.
Cafes at Pen-y-Pass, Capel Curig, Beddgelert. A little further south Dolgellau to Machynlleth (past Cadair Idris, and worth taking little detour down to Tal-y-Llyn halfway between the 2). Elan Valley and mountain road from there through Cwmyswyth to Devils Bridge for a slower, tight twisty challenge of a road - beware surface and sheep tho!
I always like to take a run along any little roads that head into the mountain areas just for views and a different kind of riding, as well as blasting the fantastic A-roads. Just explore!
Have a great week, and don't forget - photies!
Harlech, Caernarfon, Conwy castles all worth a visit.
 

[Hedgetrimmer]

Sorry Fizzy, I'm a computer numpty and can't figure out how to do it! 

[pitternator]

tbh if u are sticking to snowdonia there actually arent all that many roads, as its mountainous, so in a week you should easily be able to ride them all !
One area I would also try is the area to the east of the A5 in denbishire as its often overlooked by tourists flocking to snowdonia.
 
 

[lew600fazer]

Through Denbiegh and over the moors road drops down to the A5 and head into Bewtsy Coed, sorry about the spelling.
lew

[noggythenog]

Nice one Fizzy!
Does this mean you'll be attending next sundays Wales ride\meet,
we need more representation from the 600 clan, should be a nice day.Slim will be slow because he'll eat too much in the greasy spoon cafe.
 
tempted yet?

[slimwilly]

Nice one Fizzy!
Does this mean you'll be attending next sundays Wales ride\meet,
we need more representation from the 600 clan, should be a nice day.Slim will be slow because he'll eat too much in the greasy spoon cafe.
 
tempted yet?

Haha, just want to be like you brother!!




ANyway it's Sunday, got to be done, then there is the problem !!! hmm,, small or large breakfast ,my mate had the lllargeee one

[Hedgetrimmer]

Don't forget the mushrooms!

[Arfa]

If you're doing the North peninsula, and it's one of them rare days in Wales where the Sun makes an appearance, head down to Aberdaron and check out the Whisling Sands beach: http://www.visitsnowdonia.info/porth_oer_whistling_sands-147.aspx
Really, really nice, dead quiet, proper chilled out.


Regarding the Snowdonia hill train. As it's high season, I recommend you either book it in advance or get there dead earlier in morning, as it often gets booked up. There's another train that goes around the mines and lake, which is alright, but not that exciting. Stuff the busy crappy tea shop on the main road of Llanberis, there's a really nice quiet tea shop set back a couple of streets. Full of doilies, but wicked cakes and tea.

Definitely do the Horseshoe Pass: llangollen to ruthin - A542

If you're passing Machynlleth, the Centre of Alternative Tech there is worth a visit.

The slate mine in Blaenau Ffestiniog is worth a visit too, along with the Trawsfynydd next door too.