Tag: road bike
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Day 7. Mount Snowdon! (1085m) & Pen-Y-Pass to Conwy. 23 Miles.
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439 Miles / 706 km Today was Mountain day! Peak 1/3. This would really mean I’m a third of the way through this trip/challenge/adventure/mid life crisis! Today was the day no matter what. I didn’t have any other chance to climb this mountain… and low and behold the weather. It…
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Day 6. Gobowen to Pen-Y-Pass (Snowdonia). 55 Miles.
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416 Miles / 670km Wow. What a day. Today I was ready to quit. Well the morning started out fantastic! I got up early but with out needing to leave straight away. Updated my blog for the past two days and finally replied to some messages. This morning was a…
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Day 4. Cheddar (Gorge) to Wye Valley (Goodrich). 66 Miles.
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The Miles are racking up! 273 Miles / 439 km First things first this morning was bike maintenance! I had to tighten up my brakes (my brake pads already need replacing) put some more air in the tires and make sure I was good enough for the road! I left…
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Day 3. Drewsteignton (Yeoford) to Cheddar. 78 Miles.
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207 miles/ 333 km down… As Im writing this blog a day late, I’ve actually tried to forget about this horrendous day…but here goes on the recap… My watch lasted most of the ride but then google takes over. Okay… So my host Julia was kind enough to give me…