Llangollen Overnighter, Late May Bank Holiday.

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The Cumbrian
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Llangollen Overnighter, Late May Bank Holiday.

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On the first day of a short bikepacking trip in the Llangollen area, I followed the canal from Chirk, and crossed the amazing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, where I left the canal and took a cheeky path through Trevor Hall Wood.

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After this, I went over the hills to the east of Llangollen, and rejoined the road near the top of World's End pass.


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I left the road shortly afterwards, and followed the boards towards Llandegla. I collected some water here, and then left the boards and had a character building push through thigh high heather to the top of Cyrn-y-Brain, and the ruins of Sir Watkin's Tower. I'd planned to camp here, but everywhere was lumpy or slopey or covered in heather, so I rode down towards Horseshoe Pass and found a very good pitch that faced the setting sun.


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No. 2 in a series of "Is that a hidden camera?" selfies.
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On day two I didn't have to go far before I stopped for cake. This fuelled me for the ride / push up Moel y Faen, which gave me a good decent to the next bit of pushing to the final top of the day, Moel y Gamelin. I dropped down from here (it was so steep and loose I had to walk part of this) towards the Clwydian Way, which gave a beautiful descent to the valley, the highlight of the trip.


Mango and passionfruit Victoria sponge, if anyone's interested.
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Looking back towards the cafe, and the hill that I cycled down and camped on.
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There was a short section on the road past Horseshoe Falls before I was able to get back on the towpath, and I followed this back to Chirk in the sunshine. I took a short diversion through Chirk tunnel to see Chirk Aqueduct and Viaduct, and returned to the truck along the road.

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Verena
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Beautiful pictures, looks like a great trip :-bd
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Ditto that.
And yes, I am interested in that cake.
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Nice, looks like a grand trip out Michael
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Lovely that looks :-bd

I often look at the tracks heading off from the cafe and think how good they look but always consider them footpaths so ignore them. Then I see motorbikes on them and kick myself.
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What a spot.. looks like a great ride. I'm heading just to south of there (Wayfarer's track) via the A5 valley / Carrog on a ride soon and have noted those tracks around Moel y Gamelin in case I'm passing at bivi-o'clock.
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jameso wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:33 am What a spot.. looks like a great ride. I'm heading just to south of there (Wayfarer's track) via the A5 valley / Carrog on a ride soon and have noted those tracks around Moel y Gamelin in case I'm passing at bivi-o'clock.
That'll be a great trip. I've walked over that track but haven't cycled it yet.
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