Wales pics.

[nick crisp]

Are you ready Noggy? 

[downey]

jesus lads what a spot ,,serious pics too,,, gotta get there sometime thats for sure,,,, :faz

[evesdad]

view from top of a4601  Brecon beacons in the distance towards the right. If you follow the road down to the a4059 that takes you over the mountain across to the a470 about a mile south of the storey arms and beacons themselves.  All within 15 mins of where I live.

[evesdad]

Looking south from the a4059 over the a470 below. Watch out for the sheep they are truly suicidal. Think I managed my first ever stoppie avoiding one of them last wednesday.

[nick crisp]

Wales Trip Report, 6 & 7 Sept (Loadsa Pics!)

"Anywhere You Can Go..."  :lol

Headed off from Oxfordshire at about 1:30pm on Saturday. Weather forecast looked good, so I didn't overdo the waterproofing on self or kit. By the time I got to Ross-On-Wye though, it was looking ominous. Just as I took the Skenfrith road, it started to bucket down. A quick stop for jacket liner and overtrousers, by which time the road had turned into a river - a steep river!. And the mechanic who looks after my bike had said "try to stay off the rear brake, your rear pads are nearly down to the metal"  :eek
Made it safely to Abergavenny, by which time I'd pretty much dried out, and so on to Llandovery, Erwlon campsite. Pitched up, ate at the West End Café, and then an evening run up the Black Mountains:







Carreg Cennan from the Black Mts:



Evening sunlight:



Hills, roads and valleys:



"Go on son, give it some!"

[nick crisp]

Part 2

Managed to get tent and kit packed by 8am this morning, and then over to the West End Café again for breakfast, where I did see not one, but two (yum!)(I thought everyone in Wales was supposed to be skint!):



Riders reported no part throttle snatchiness, and said although awesome, were very easy to ride (well, they would, wouldn't they, having shelled out the better part of £14k  :rolleyes ). So as a parting shot, I said I'd wait til they sold them and pick one up second hand, after they'd paid for the depreciation  :lol

That morning's line-up:



And then on to Llyn Brianne:









From there, it was over to Tregaron, and on to Devil's Bridge - (rant) and while we're on that subject, how is it they get to charge you to go and look at a natural feature of the landscape?!  :grumble
Then the Cwmystwyth road to Elan Valley. See Noggy, what the Arch needs to really look good is a yellow bike  :lol

[nick crisp]

Part 3

Always  :



And so on to the Elan Valley:



You may just spot a black dot of a car on the road here; don't know what it was, but it looked sleek and expensive, and sounded the nuts!:



Nope, no idea what was going on:



And general Elan shots:







Next up, Llyn Clywedog:

[nick crisp]

Part 4

Beautiful scenery, fantastic roads, great weather; what more could you want?:





Hey, I can see Snowdon from here!:







Funny, I could swear I can smell the sea. Where the hell am I now?!:





So I'd gone further north than intended, and ended up at Aberdovey on the Dovey Estuary. Well, easiest way back is via Tal-y-Llyn:





...past Cadair Idris, and back down to Machynlleth:





Then it was head south once again by that brilliant Newtown/Crossgates road, and A44 home. 460 miles for the weekend. Now, where shall I go next weekend...I know!  :lol

[Skippernick]

Reckon on a Top Gear shoot?

[Skippernick]

Plus i'm coming with you next time Nick, lovely juberly.

[adeejaysdelight]

That looks like a great trip lads. Some beautiful shots and roads too. Well done. I could be in for some of that action sometime too 

[nick crisp]

Reckon on a Top Gear shoot?

You could be right Nick. I also passed, going in the opposite direction, 4 cars. Sorry, don't know my cages, but one was white with race numbers, sporty looking, can't remember the middle two, followed up by a blue Scooby. The helicopter flew back and forth all the while I was in the Elan. The cars didn't look to be going very fast  :lol

[noggythenog]

Ace pics Nick 8)

Another Top Gear shoot spotted by the foccers (there was a video by a member in London a while back that spotted them)

& nice line up of bikes at Llandovery.......I've seen that white triumph there before, old guy..tennis ball over the top yoke nut with a sponge or something stuffed in it and a racing slick rear tyre.

I still haven't been up the black Mountains on my bike.....did some orienteering on them in the rain once but that was crap....much better on the bike I reckon.

[slimwilly]

Black mountains roads, from Abergavveny to hay on Wye, small road across the top past Hay bluff, nice scenery for a nice day.

[nick crisp]

& nice line up of bikes at Llandovery.......I've seen that white triumph there before, old guy..tennis ball over the top yoke nut with a sponge or something stuffed in it and a racing slick rear tyre.

I still haven't been up the black Mountains on my bike.....did some orienteering on them in the rain once but that was crap....much better on the bike I reckon.

I stopped at the Oasis, Abergavenny on my way in on Saturday, and got chatting to a nice ol fella, must've been in his 70s. He had textile kit on, so I thought, must have a BM GS or something. Nope! Ducati 999  :lol  He pulled up later that evening at Llandovery - looked like he was a little uncomfortable, John Wayne walk when he got off. Kudos to him though.

That western Black Mt. road is a treat, but this time I also started to explore a couple of little side lanes that come off it, just for the views. Still better surfacing than crappy English roads! Had to be careful on all of em though - many sharp bends with steep drops and no armco  :eek