I've done a tot up of my own, with #TransCymru a week ago & the Tour of Britain tour at the start of the month. Conclusion: September was hefty! Outcome: I've fallen in love with both Wales and bikepacking. There will be more of this next year.... π
Now I'm home from my #TransCymru ride, I've done some numbers for the ride last week and September including the Tour of Britain tour. I've also added my yearly numbers to date for context which I'll also add, Everest is 8,849m ππ΄ββοΈπͺ
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I'm already thinking about next years #TransCymru and getting ideas. My favourite at the moment is gonna be ππββοΈto πͺ¨π
What do you think. Might as well give Pembrokeshire some β₯οΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Passing through the place where it all began last Monday β°οΈπ΄ββοΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ #TransCymru
Morning! What a disaster yesterday ended with. Wet and freezing cold, I got off my train, I was in too much pain to ride my bike, so I walked. Found my hotel, but I'd booked the wrong date. I'd booked the 21st. At midnight, I had to find another hotel π¨ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking
I was going to finish at Mumbles Pier and get a picture to put next to my start photo at the Menai Bridge.
This will have to do, I got very wet, I was freezing cold and very sore. On the cycle paths going into Swansea covered in wet leaves, I crashed π§ππ΄ββοΈππ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Guys, my Welsh adventure is almost over π΄ββοΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ₯Ή #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Back in the valleys of South Wales, back on familiar turf, back in a land filled with so many memories young and old π΄ββοΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώβ°οΈβ₯οΈ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
After bouncy bridge and a dash across an open railway line as there was no bridge, I arrived in Llandeilo and stop at my favourite cafe, Cafe Braz π΄ββοΈβοΈπ° #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Anyone of a nervous disposition or with a phobia of bouncy bridges look away now π³ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
The one thing today is, being back down south I'm on familiar ground and roads I've ridden before π΄ββοΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
The weather was already closing in over the tops so today's decision was to take the low roads and head down the Tywi and give the mountains a miss today β°οΈβοΈπ΄ββοΈ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Time to go. Let's get down to Swansea before the rain if we can π΄ββοΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ #TransCymru ##TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
I'll post pictures another time, I haven't posted yesterday's yet. But I've got to get to Swansea today as I'm supposed to be in Cardiff tonight and have to get a train. But I've got 30 or 40 miles of Welsh hills to get through first β°οΈπ΄ββοΈπ¬ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Evening! πΊ Back in civilisation again. Checked in at 7pm and was late cos I had a bit of traffic ππ€£
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Hello peeps, my last place of habitation before I head off into the mountains, Tregaron. With the trip up the mountain (quoted) done 15km so far with 30km to go and there nowt between here and my destination #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
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Ad with that it was time to leave the coast and with the fading light head up 242m to my accommodation in the hills (pictured) π π #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Aberystwyth, the second of what is turning out to be 3 university cities on my ride, Bangor, Aber & Swansea. A culture shock after the mountains of the north, but fish n chips on the seafront was a must πππ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Borth. The kind of place the world forgot, aside from the static caravans, it's not your typical seaside destination. It kinda had that Northern Exposure feel π€ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
This meant I got to see the Furnace Waterfall and had a flat ride down the Dovey estuary to Borth #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
A 𧡠on yesterday. I had a late start after a bad night's sleep & after 2 late nights, I decided to shorten my days. Breakfast in Machynlleth was almost lunchtime & instead of heading to the mountains, I stayed on the coast #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
There's been a development and I've had to make a drastic decision about my bikepacking trip.
All the details are here π #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
I wasn't feeling great by the time I reached Tywyn & Aberdovey so I stopped a while, got some water, had some food and did my best to get my strength back to do the final push to Machynlleth #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
Once I was past the Barmouth Bridge I can't say I've ever done this road before, but it was rather pleasant in the evening along the coast π #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
After those 2 rather epic climbs, the ride down the Mawddach trail was rather nice, although even before it got dark, it was getting rather chilly again #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
I'll only say one thing, Bwlch-yr-Oerddrws. Did 3mph going up it, 35mph going down π³
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Bwlch-y-Groes done βοΈ off to Dolgellau now up and over to the Cross Inn. Then it's coasts roads all the β°οΈπ΄ββοΈπ #TransCymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
We have departed, day 2.
Off to the coast through the mountains, destination Machynlleth via Barmouth & Aberdovey. The next stop is Dolgellau, but I've got to get over Bwlch-y-Groes first β°οΈπ΄ββοΈπ₯΅
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Noswaith dda!
Checked in at 9:30pm. If I'd left at 8am as intended, I'd been here at 7pm. But I had a bit of first day faff before I left.
Had to alter my route twice. But I did 108km today and around 1500m of climbing.
Still enjoyed it & Snowdonia has been stunning todayπ΄ββοΈπΊ #TransCymru #TC2025
So far so good, but I've had to alter my route because of the time i lost to faffing before I left #transcymru #TC2025 #bikepacking #cycling
