Informal CC rides South Wales.

[Banjo]

I will give it a try - waiting on some idea of route/distance and all that.

Hope to see you there Doc. I rode the route today and it was a nice ride, some great scenery smooth tarmac and not to busy except going through Monmouth .

This is a link to the route. My link

I left the car in the Chepstow Castle Dell Car Park.This is easy to find, just follow the oneway system and its on the left at the bottom of the hill.Unfortunately it cost £3.50 for all day but does have toilets and is close to the riverside pubs which have tables outside on the river bank for a post ride coffee or beer.

And a few pictures to wet your appettites.

Thank You Albert

I had a quick beer in a pub called the Rat Trap just outside Usk on the Chepstow Road. They do food all afternoon on Saturdays if people want it or we could stop in Monmouth or Raglan.

The hill between Usk and Chepstow isnt as bad as it looks on the route profile I am no mountain goat and I went up it gently with a cog to spare.

Looking forward to it now . Fingers crossed for the weather.

Meeting point Chepstow Castle Dell Carpark 10 am Saturday October 9th. See you there.

 

[DrSquirrel]

Hope to see you there Doc. I rode the route today and it was a nice ride, some great scenery smooth tarmac and not to busy except going through Monmouth .

I know the car park you mean. Didn't look for some side road to park along? That's what I do around Hay-on-Wye.

I will see - the distance to drive is more than the distance planed on the bikes...

 

[lukesdad]

I know the car park you mean. Didn't look for some side road to park along? That's what I do around Hay-on-Wye.

I will see - the distance to drive is more than the distance planed on the bikes...

You could always pedal there and pedal back DS

 

[Banjo]

I know the car park you mean. Didn't look for some side road to park along? That's what I do around Hay-on-Wye.

I will see - the distance to drive is more than the distance planed on the bikes...

The yellow line painters seem to have gone mad in chepstow.You could probably park outside the town somewhere then pedal down to the castle to meet up with everyone if you wished.

 

[DrSquirrel]

You could always pedal there and pedal back DS

130ish miles - not this time

The yellow line painters seem to have gone mad in chepstow.You could probably park outside the town somewhere then pedal down to the castle to meet up with everyone if you wished.

It's the same in Hay - my general point though, is when cycling 40 odd miles etc, what is another 1-2 miles on that

 

[Lardyboy]

Unfortunately I'm working so once again I have to cry off.

 

[lukesdad]

I m away for a couple of weeks Banjo, but will be there.

 

[lukesdad]

Im back hope the weather improves for next weekend. Was going to ride down,but I ll see what the weather is doing. Anybody else commiting themselves Banjo ?

 

[theclaud]

Im back hope the weather improves for next weekend. Was going to ride down,but I ll see what the weather is doing. Anybody else commiting themselves Banjo ?

Keen but not definite - I now need to find somewhere else to live, and Saturday might be the only day I can do house-hunting. Will let you know.

 

[theclaud]

I'm out. Sorry. Was hoping for a bit of luck this week with the house-hunting, but no joy as yet. Have a good one.

 

[Banjo]

Good Luck with the house hunting TC.

Weather Forecast is looking good for Saturday.Also I have heard from a cyclist in Monmouth that the roadworks in glendower St is finally finished so negotiaing Monmouth shouild now be much easier. Can anyone going send me a message please . Cheers Banjo

 

[Banjo]

Had an enjoyable ride today only myself and Lukes Dad turned out in the end. I know some people had other commitments and Chepstow was a long drive for some just for a short ride maybe using it as a venue was a mistake.

The ride up the Wye Valley road is quite scenic and surprisingly little traffic. Cake in Monmouth fuelled us up for the ride down to Usk via Raglan on minor roads ,a beer in the Rat Trap fuelled us for the pull up the hill on the way back to Chepstow.

I think Lardy is in the frame to arrange the next one so I am looking forward to that.

 

[lukesdad]

Very enjoyable it was too, sorry for the delayed start Banjo ( brake pads flying out of the back of the car on the M48 not the best of starts).

Larders doing the next one eh ? Hope its not a time trial to Kidwelly looking forward to it allready.

 

[theclaud]

Had an enjoyable ride today only myself and Lukes Dad turned out in the end. I know some people had other commitments and Chepstow was a long drive for some just for a short ride maybe using it as a venue was a mistake.

The ride up the Wye Valley road is quite scenic and surprisingly little traffic. Cake in Monmouth fuelled us up for the ride down to Usk via Raglan on minor roads ,a beer in the Rat Trap fuelled us for the pull up the hill on the way back to Chepstow.

I think Lardy is in the frame to arrange the next one so I am looking forward to that.

Sorry to miss this one. Look forward to finding out what Larders has up his sleeve. Should be interesting to compare the ratio of pub stops to distance covered for different ride leaders...

 

[lukesdad]

Sorry to miss this one. Look forward to finding out what Larders has up his sleeve. Should be interesting to compare the ratio of pub stops to distance covered for different ride leaders...

Stops or, pints in stops, Mmmm.. Think I know ll be in yellow for that particular contest