29-06-14, 08:26 PM
Found a nice way into Wales, avoiding that boring stretch of dual carriageway from Ross to Monmouth - A49 from Ross, then turn off for Skenfrith, B road goes all the way in to Abergavenny.
Couldn't get to the Oasis as Abergavenny was closed off for some cycling festival and road race, so found myself at West End café, Llandovery
Did the Beulah to Newbridge road - buggers had gravelled all the best bits :grumble
Had to go back and repeat some of the roads me, slimwilly and friends did last weekend too - think I'm addicted to that Newtown road :b
Did some very twisty B roads too, care needed as single track, high hedges, lots of blind bends in places.
God knows what route I did coming home. Came out of Newtown and did that bit down through Craven Arms etc, then went down A49 to Leominster, then I think it was A417 towards Gloucester - avoided A40 all the way til just past Cheltenham. About 340 miles today, good fun.
Couldn't get to the Oasis as Abergavenny was closed off for some cycling festival and road race, so found myself at West End café, Llandovery
Did the Beulah to Newbridge road - buggers had gravelled all the best bits :grumble
Had to go back and repeat some of the roads me, slimwilly and friends did last weekend too - think I'm addicted to that Newtown road :b
Did some very twisty B roads too, care needed as single track, high hedges, lots of blind bends in places.
God knows what route I did coming home. Came out of Newtown and did that bit down through Craven Arms etc, then went down A49 to Leominster, then I think it was A417 towards Gloucester - avoided A40 all the way til just past Cheltenham. About 340 miles today, good fun.