Last week I had the week off work, so Brewer half and I decided to take an adventure to mid Wales for some biking and camping. Our first stop was a visit to the most chaotically awesome brewery we have seen - the Waen Brewery. Llanidloes is about 2 hours north of Cardiff and Brewer half saw his dream brewery and excitedly talked beer with the lovely Sue and Mr Waen.
Waen do such lovely beers, we enjoyed a few pints of festival gold at the local (YUM!) before heading up to camp near Machynlleth.
Machynlleth is a basically unpronounceable Welsh town, but it has some mountain biking and is in the bottom of Snowdonia mountain range AND our campsite looked like this
I know, it is mental. There were no other campers there (probably because it is October in Wales) so we had the whole site to ourselves. To make it more awesome, there was a rainbow!
On Friday we went biking at Coed y Brenin.
Of course I love Y Wal and Afan Argoed most of all, but Coed y Brenin was amazing. We did a 20 mile route which was long and difficult and tiring and also scenic and fast and exciting. The descents were incredible and I really want to go back.
Also all the routes start with cool entrance ways, like this one. But this route was black/severe. We'll have to do it next time
It was an awesome mid-Wales adventure!
Machynlleth is a basically unpronounceable Welsh town, but it has some mountain biking and is in the bottom of Snowdonia mountain range AND our campsite looked like this
On Thursday we went mountain biking, but I didn't take any photos. We did the Mach 2 trail. It was pretty but not very technical, and most of the time I thought we were lost.
We drove past this view. Mid wales is stunning!
Then we drove past this lake! I use editing software on the photo, but still it is pretty!
Of course I love Y Wal and Afan Argoed most of all, but Coed y Brenin was amazing. We did a 20 mile route which was long and difficult and tiring and also scenic and fast and exciting. The descents were incredible and I really want to go back.
Also all the routes start with cool entrance ways, like this one. But this route was black/severe. We'll have to do it next time
Wow, this is awesome. Between what you and Kentisbear have posted we are definitely going to Snowdonia in April next year. Thanks for sharing.
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