Derby to Portsmouth via Wales!!

[Anotherbikerbabe]

Seeing as I'm mising out on the Storm weekend, I would defo do a run to South Wales as been contemplating this for a while as have 10 days off in early July and a Sat- Wed off Aug 21st. .My youngest girl lives in Gorseinon and my eldest girl lives in Grangetown Cardiff so been thinking of doing SW wales for a while. My young un lives with a guy who is from Pontadawe (spell check!!) and his folks address is even more strange than their address. They come up here quite often but always go there in the car. it is around 400 miles from here.

Me & Dave stayed in Abergavenny last summer so we could skip down to Swansea in 40 mins go the local B roads, and I couldn't believe how nice a route it was so it would be even more so on the bikes.My fella loves this part of the UK and he did the Snowden Marathon twice! I mostly run a bath...lol..Mind, the road signs in Wales leave a lot to be desired and often find the sign AFTER you have taken a turn or exit off...not to mention the speed cameras! Blimey, how many going into Cardiff? Nearly as bad as headign into Edinburgh....

I'm almost certainly going to do it this summer. Btw, where the heck did you have your camera??

[Pete.L]

Well it would be more than a pleasure to escort to pair of you, it would be rude not to.
Abergavenny is one of my favorite stop offs and I know plenty of routes from there. If we get a few of us together it should be a real good laugh

Pete.l

[geodude]

Btw, where the heck did you have your camera??

If you check this pic, you will see it mounted on the fairing.

http://www.consolecorner.uk.com/Bikes/w ... 010332.jpg

[geodude]

Well it would be more than a pleasure to escort to pair of you, it would be rude not to.
Abergavenny is one of my favorite stop offs and I know plenty of routes from there. If we get a few of us together it should be a real good laugh

Pete.l

Excellent. I am looking to come up during the week though to avoid tourists. I'm thinking ride up 140 miles Tuesday and get into the B&B. Then do about 40 miles of B roads then back to the B&B. On Wednesday, do a circuit up to Snowdonia and out to coast and then anti-clockwise around the coast, onto the beacons and back to the B&B. Ride home on the Thursday. Does that sound doable Pete?

[Anotherbikerbabe]

Well it would be more than a pleasure to escort to pair of you, it would be rude not to.
Abergavenny is one of my favorite stop offs and I know plenty of routes from there. If we get a few of us together it should be a real good laugh We spent a week in Abergavenny last August, lovely place for a base.I just have to check my dates as I think I'm off from around Sunday 4th July for 10 days,so could potentially make the Monday orTues as a 1st day, then take 2 days out to do the routes etc, then 3rd day home. That could work well for us in case we fancy taking a short trip to portugal before I have to get back to work..
Pete.l

Excellent. I am looking to come up during the week though to avoid tourists. I'm thinking ride up 140 miles Tuesday and get into the B&B. Then do about 40 miles (why only 40miles?)of B roads then back to the B&B. On Wednesday, do a circuit up to Snowdonia and out to coast and then anti-clockwise around the coast, onto the beacons and back to the B&B. Ride home on the Thursday. Does that sound doable Pete?

[MJONESY]

sounds like there is plan forming, would be good to go for a spin with a few of you guys

[geodude]

The 40 miles was based on the fact that I may be riding up after work. If I take the day off, I could do more

So for me the itinerary is starting to look like this;

Get booked into this B&B as they have a garage, its more central and looks nice
http://www.llandoverybandb.co.uk/

Tuesday 6th July
Ride up to B&B and drop off any gear.
Ride out around Wales
Eat
Sleep

Wednesday 7th July
Eat
Ride out around Wales
Eat
Sleep

Thursday 8th July
Eat
Ride out around Wales
Head home

We could perhaps stop off in a pub for lunch or see if the B&B will provide packed lunch so we can sit anywhere amongst the amazing scenery and eat.

[geodude]

Added a few more videos here. YouTube 10min limit sucks!!

http://www.youtube.com/geodudeft

[geodude]

Hello George,
Yes, I have vacancy's for you for the 6th and 7th July ,we can accommodate 8 comfortable all with en-suites.
We are bikers ourselves and will show you some good routes/circuits from the house.We have a double garage available for all the bikes.
Please get back to me if you would like to book this,
Kind Regard's
Sarah.

[Pete.L]

Oh man
i would soo want to do a few days around Wales with you but if I'm honest, I daren't take more holidays to go biking without the Mrs, I've already booked two weeks with out her She'll go mad, well madder than she already is
I'll bet i could get a day off though. llandovery is only 90 miles from me, we could meet up and do a loop

Pete.l

[geodude]

I'd be happy to meet you in Bristol on the way up if you like Pete. Head to Llandovery so I can drop stuff off and then do a loop back to Llandovery.

[Pete.L]

That could be good
I could take you off the main roads up to about Usk and stop you getting bored of motorways.
We'd probably be ready for a brake and fuel by the time we reach Llandovery, then another little spin before I return home. Sounds like a plan

Pete.l

[geodude]

Sounds good to me. I am not back i work until the 19th April. I'll make sure I can get the time off. If I can, i'll get booked into the B&B and let you know.

[Pete.L]

Cool
I'll have a word with the man upstaires and book some good weather

Pete.l

[geodude]

Anotherbikerbabe,

Does this work for you? Meet up at the B&B on the Tuesday?

Geo.