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| Updated 16/06/2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| START 08:00 HRS Saturday 14th August 2010 | From Monymusk, Meadow Vale, Gladestry, Nr. Kington | |||||||||||||||
| Located 4 miles west of Kington, take A44 then Left onto B4594 SP Painscastle & Gladestry | ||||||||||||||||
| Refreshments available at Start and Finish. MAPS - Ordnance Survey 135, 147 and 148 | ||||||||||||||||
| PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR TRANSPORT IN THE VILLAGE CENTRE. | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking in layby, on Meadow Vale or in limited house parking area. | ||||||||||||||||
| DRIVE THRU VILLAGE TO 2nd LEFT, MEADOW VALE, PASS BETWEEN WHITE HOUSES - | INTO "MONYMUSK" | |||||||||||||||
| OR FROM LAYBY, CLIMB STEPS TO GARDEN AND -> | TEA, TOAST, TOILET and CAMPING AVAILABLE HERE. | |||||||||||||||
| SECTION 1. - Gladestry to Rhayader 54Km | SECTION 2. - Rhayader to Aberystwyth 62Km | |||||||||||||||
| L out of Control, SO X onto West Street | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | R onto B4594 | 11.6 | 65.4 | INFO CONTROL @ Penbont Bridge | ||||||||||||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | L SP Yardro, & soon R SP OLD RADNOR | 8.7 | 74.1 | L @ T, SP Mountain Road to ABERYSTWYTH | |||||||||||
| 2.3 | 6.2 | L nSP & soon R SP EVENJOBB | 20.9 | 95 | L @ T, SP ABERYSTWYTH A4120 | |||||||||||
| 8.3 | 14.5 | L @ T, nSP, and INFO CONTROL | 4.6 | 99.6 | At summit, R SP ABERFFRWD | |||||||||||
| 3.8 | 18.3 | L SP Penybont | 2.2 | 101.8 | R @ T, SP CAPEL BANGOR | |||||||||||
| 10.2 | 28.5 | R SP DOLAU | 1.2 | 103 | L @ T, SP CAPEL BANGOR | |||||||||||
| 2.9 | 31.4 | L @ T, SP Penybont | 5 | 108 | L at T, SP Rheidol Cycle Trails | |||||||||||
| 2.3 | 33.7 | L @ T, nSP (opp Church) | soon INFO CONTROL | |||||||||||||
| 0.2 | 33.9 | L @ T SP Llandrindod | 2.3 | 110 | 1st exit @ RBT (eff SO), SP ABERYSTWYTH | |||||||||||
| 2.5 | 36.4 | R SP ABBEY-CWM-HIR, where | 4 | 114 | 1st exit @ RBT, Lewis Terrace | |||||||||||
| 7.1 | 43.5 | INFO CONTROL | IMM 2nd exit @ RBT, on Fford Sulien | |||||||||||||
| 0.6 | 44.1 | L SP RHAYADER | 0.5 | 114.5 | 2nd exit at RBT, | |||||||||||
| 4.1 | 48.2 | L @ T, SP RHAYADER | 1 | 115.5 | SO Stag X, SP North Road Clinic | |||||||||||
| 4.9 | 53.1 | R @ T, onto A44 to RHAYADER CONTROL at | 1 | 116.5 | SO X to sea front & L to CONTROL | |||||||||||
| 0.7 | 53.8 | Strand Café on left by monument. | PD DINER, get sticker, signature and time ** | |||||||||||||
| Get OUTBOUND sticker, signature and time | (otherwise ATM timed receipt) | |||||||||||||||
| SECTION 3. - Aberystwyth to Rhayader 52Km | SECTION 4. - Rhayader to Gladestry 40Km | |||||||||||||||
| R from Control along Promenade & bear L | 168 | L from CONTROL and | ||||||||||||||
| 0.5 | 117 | L onto Great Darkgate Street | IMM L onto South Street, Cont on A470 to | |||||||||||||
| R onto Chalebeate Street | NEWBRIDGE B.S. (12.5Km) where | |||||||||||||||
| 3rd exit@ RBT onto Dan Dre | 13 | 181 | 1st L, at CYFFREDIN LANE sign | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 118 | L onto Bridge Steet and across Bridge | L at T onto B4358, no SP | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 119 | 2nd exit @ mini RBT, SP Devils Bridge | 1 | 182 | Soon R, SP DISSERTH | |||||||||||
| Soon L SP Devils Bridge, & L @ T, then | 2.5 | 184.5 | L at T and soon R, SP Hundred House | |||||||||||||
| IMM R, SP TRAWSGOED, B4340 (easy missed) | 8.5 | 193 | SO at X, SP GLASCWM, INFO CONTROL | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 133 | L after stone bridge on right hand bend & | Cont thru GLASCWM and COLVA | |||||||||||||
| soon pass saw mill on left (confirmation!) | 14 | 207 | L at T, SP "Cycle Route 25" | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 139 | L at T in PONT-RHYD-GROES, onto B4343 | 1 | 208 | R into GLADESTRY CONTROL at | |||||||||||
| Where INFO CONTROL, near bridge | Monymusk, Meadow Vale & FINISH. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 140 | Cont. to R @ 'HAFOD' sign post, uphill on B4574 | SIGN AND HAND IN BREVET CARD | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 144 | R at T, (eff SO) nSP, thru CWMYSTWYTH | ||||||||||||||
| Cont on Mountain road to RHAYADER where | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 167 | L at T, SP RHAYADER | ABBREVIATIONS R = Right, L = Left, SO = Straight On, | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 168 | L @ X to CONTROL on right beside | T = T Junction, SP = Sign Post, RBT = Roundabout | |||||||||||||
| monument. The STRAND CAFÉ. | X = Cross road. IMM = Immediately | B.S. Boundary Sign | ||||||||||||||
| Get HOMEBOUND sticker, signature and time | eff = effectively. | Stag = Staggered X | ||||||||||||||
| N.B. | 1 | Stay on the road you are on, until you are instructed to leave it! | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | CAPITAL LETTERS indicate villages through which you should pass on your route | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Please remember to get CONTROL Station 'signature' AND 'time', not just the 'sticker' | |||||||||||||||
| ** | In the absence of a CONTROL sticker, an ATM timed receipt will suffice. | |||||||||||||||