I don't know how high Bwlch Oerddrws (above) goes, because the Wikipedia page suddenly switched from English into Welsh when it knew I was reading it.
Bwlch y Groes I do know. It's the highest tarmac road in Wales, at 545m / 1809ft, thanks to someone chalking those very figures at the summit (above two). Wow: 545m, and I didn't get off and push for one of them.
That one was the very last one, when the road levels out. The approach from the south really is a pig (above), a mile and half of at least 1 in 7. The OS map is just a mass of arrowheads, an explosion in a shelf-bracket factory.
From the summit I headed east and downwards, across fantastically remote mountaintop country.
I was sped by a big tailwind along the shore of Lake Vyrnwy and ultimately to Oswestry Travelodge (above), booked back in December through their release of £12 offer rooms.
I'm quite a fan of the in-room bike parking.
Miles today: 50
Miles since Barmouth: 61
If Oswestry is like the other Travelodges I've stayed in you could put the bike in it's own sofa bed...
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the trip. And remember that Welshcakes are excellent cycling fuel.
Matt