Friday 29 August 2014

Chasing Waterfalls

Camping bizarrely in one of the plushest campsites of the trip, in one of the most remote areas and waking up with hangovers after a longer night than planned in the pub we made a decision to revise the plans and have a rest day, postponing the big natural ride of the area by a day.

Just down the road was the little treat that is Cwm Rhaeadr and that seemed perfect for a hangover cure with its combination of waterfall views, solid climb and fun flowing rollercoaster downhill, all packaged in a neat six-and a bit kilometres.



There was some faffing and then the climb where we quietly seemed to challenge each other to push further through the morning after beer, the trail pauses by the waterfall view that gives the centre its name and then climbs further on singletrack before dropping into a wet, muddy, fast, fun flowing trail back to the carpark.

Hangovers on the way out we loaded up again and drove on to Brechfa to give ourselves a blast round the red Gorlech route there to finish off the rest day. Brechfa is classic Welsh trail centre stuff with big long fireroad climbs and fast and fun singletrack sections. It’s a fun and quiet trail that gives everything you want in terms of berms, jumps and drops that keep you coming back for more and smiling. The trail flowed out and dumped us back in the chilly car park, after a solid 20km, taking our rest day total up to the best part of 27km.


We drove back and considered the next day’s riding, after another trip to the same pub, of course.

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