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| Updated 16/06/2010 | |||||||||||||||
| START at 08:00 hrs. on Sunday 15th August 2010, from Monymusk, Meadow Vale, Gladestry, Nr. Kington | |||||||||||||||
| Located 4 miles west of Kington, take A44 then Left onto B4594 SP Painscastle & Gladestry | |||||||||||||||
| MAPS - Ordnance Survey 146, 147, 148 and 160 | Please DO NOT leave your car in the village center. | ||||||||||||||
| Drive thru' village to 2nd left, 'Meadow Vale' (beyond layby) and pass between white houses into Monymusk. | |||||||||||||||
| Parking in layby, on Meadow Vale or in limited house grounds. Refreshments available at Start and Finish. | |||||||||||||||
| Stage 1 - Gladestry to Coed Trallwm 46Km | Stage 2 - Coed Trallwm to Llansawel 56Km | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | L onto B 4594 & 1st R, SP COLVA | 2.7 | 49.7 | At ABERGWESYN, R SP TREGARON | ||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | SO stag X ( A481) SP HOWEY | Continue for 22Km to TREGARON, where | ||||||||||||
| 8.5 | 23.5 | L @ T onto A483 & INFO CONTROL | 22.3 | 72 | L @ T beside Monument, nSP, to | ||||||||||
| Imm R SP DESSERTH | 5 | 77 | LLANDDEWI BREFI, & IMM R after bridge | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 26.5 | L @ T & soon R at NEWBRIDGE BS | & soon R @ T, onto B4343 | ||||||||||||
| 1.1 | 27.6 | L @ T (A470) & Imm R SP Cycle Route 8 | 12 | 89 | L @ T, A482 & CWMANN INFO CONTROL | ||||||||||
| 0.1 | 27.7 | L @ T onto B4358 and Cont to BEULAH | 0.4 | 89.4 | Soon L @ Tafarn Ram PH | ||||||||||
| 13 | 40.5 | Where R @ T onto A483, SP Llandovery | 2 | 91.4 | At summit, R by three fir trees, nSP | ||||||||||
| Imm R, SP ABERGWESYN to CONTROL | 2.4 | 93.8 | SO @ X, (A482) SP ESGAIRDAWE | ||||||||||||
| 6.5 | 46.3 | at Coed Trallwm Forest Café (meet George) | Cont to LLANSAWEL, where | ||||||||||||
| Get Sticker, signature and time | 8.2 | 102 | R @ T, to CONTROL, Black Lion PH (Sue) | ||||||||||||
| Cont westward from Control | (Food = wide selection incl. beans/toast) | ||||||||||||||
| Stage 3 - Llansawel to Pentre'r Bach 47Km | Get sticker, signature and time | ||||||||||||||
| Stage 4 - Pentre'e Bach to Gladestry 60Km | |||||||||||||||
| Cont to L @ T, SP Llandeilo B4337 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 105 | R @ T, onto B4302, SP Llandeilo | 3 | 152 | Retrace 2 Km to L, SP LLANFIHANGEL | ||||||||||
| Cont SO thru TALLEY, then | 4 | 156 | R thru LLANFIHANGEL, SP Brecon | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 107 | L @ bus shelter, nSP, & Cont to | 3 | 159 | L, nSP, opp steel gate | ||||||||||
| 6 | 113 | LLANSADWRN, where R, SP LLANGADOG | 2 | 161 | L again, nSP, opp two steel gates | ||||||||||
| 2 | 115 | R @ T, onto A40 | 2 | 163 | L @ T, beside bridge, nSP | ||||||||||
| 1 | 116 | 1st exit @ RBT, SP LLANGADOG to | Soon L @ T in PONTFAEN beside tel. box | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 118 | LLANGADOG INFO CONTROL | 3 | 166 | R @ grass triangle with sand box | ||||||||||
| Cont thru Llangadog to R, SP Myddfai | 2 | 168 | R @ T, SP '18T mgw' & R over bridge to | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 119 | R SP Llanddeusant | T & T where eff SO, SP MERTHYR CYNOG | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 126 | R @ T, nSP, then L @ X, SP TRECASTELL | 4 | 172 | R on arriving at pine forest, nSP, then | ||||||||||
| 7 | 133 | L SP USK RESERVOIR | 1 | 173 | L @ T (grass triangle), nSP to | ||||||||||
| 2 | 135 | To 'T' opp farm, INFO CONTROL, and turn R | 1 | 174 | UPPER CHAPEL, INFO CONTROL | ||||||||||
| 2 | 137 | R over stone bridge, nSP, & Imm L | Cont some 6 Km & soon after 25% sign | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 138 | L @ T, (eff SO), nSP | 7 | 181 | SHARP R BEFORE 'Road Narrows' sign | ||||||||||
| 3 | 141 | in TRECASTELL, R @ T, SP Brecon | 5 | 186 | Keep Left to L @ T, beside sand bin | ||||||||||
| 3 | 144 | L SP PENTRE'R FELIN | 3 | 189 | SO stag X (A470), SP Aberedw | ||||||||||
| 0.1 | 145 | R @ T OR R fork?, nSP | Soon R, SP PAINSCASTLE, Cont thru | ||||||||||||
| 0.1 | 146 | L @ T, (eff SO), nSP, to | LLANDEWI FACH, RHOSGOCH, NEWCHURCH to | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 149 | PENTRE BACH, & CONTROL at | 20 | 209 | GLADESTRY, where R into Meadow Vale | ||||||||||
| Shoemaker's Arms (Food = Tea and cakes ONLY) | FINISH CONTROL | ||||||||||||||
| Get sticker, signature and time | Complete and hand in Brevet Card, Well Done ! | ||||||||||||||
| Abbreviations: - | |||||||||||||||
| R = right turn | SP = sign posted | Imm = immediately | BS = boundary sign | ||||||||||||
| PH = Pub! | L = left turn | SO = straight on/over | eff = effectively | X = crossroad | |||||||||||
| T = 'T' junction | opp = opposite | Cont = continue | stag X = 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' | ||||||||||||||