Brechfa

I took a drive up to Brechfa today – should have been about an hour if the damned Road Angel didn’t send me on a wild goose chase AGAIN. It is a wonderful tool on the hills, but let it loose on our highways, and no matter what settings you use, it sends you on such a direct route that you end up on all sorts of crazy green lanes.

Tomtom, here I come.

The plan was to ride the two Derwen routes (blue and green) and if I had enough time, to take in the (red) Gorlech trail.

Anyway, I arrived at Brechfa and hour late to find the higher trails under several inches of ice crusted snow – pretty much impossible to ride. I played on the bottom swoopy mile of the Derwen, up and down four times, to make the journey worthwhile. The Raven was closed for logging (open again any day now), but the section down through the car park was rideable and great fun.

It’s a beautiful place. I can’t wait to get back as soon as the snow melts.