We like to ride our bicycles…

One of our highlights of 2012 was our bike ride through Wales from Holyhead to Cardiff. Despite choosing possibly the wettest week of the wettest summer on record to cycle 300 miles, we loved every minute. Well, maybe there were a few challenging moments like Sarah’s...

Route 8 and rail

    Yesterday was one of those days that according to forecasts should have been wet and wild and turned out to be full of sunshine and smiles. Anyhow we decided that a day on the bikes was in order. After cooking breakfasts for guests we hit the road, the...

ROMAN STEPS WALK

It’s always a pleasure to venture up the long narrow road to Cwm Bychan then walk up the Roman Steps.  We followed a new route today but, as ever in the wild Rhinog mountain range, saw very few people.   There were great balls of frogspawn in some of the...

The resurrection of Gloria

The rowing season is finally back, lasting from April to October, and with it comes the need to get to Barmouth a couple of times a week. As I don’t wont to drive, fuel costs, parking costs, planetary costs etc I normally cycle. If I go on my mountain bike I end up...