S. Wales Valleys...?
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TissoT
Guru
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- The Home of British cycling
My Mrs is from the valley's
Hopefully one day soon they will open the boarder so she can return for a family visit and give me some peace.
Hopefully one day soon they will open the boarder so she can return for a family visit and give me some peace.
Fred West opened his boarder and look what happened to him ;-)
TissoT
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- The Home of British cycling
I suspect he went south.
Cymro74
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- Vale of Glamorgan
I live in South Wales on edge of the Valleys. Cycling is great but challenging. To leave my home the lowest gradient is 12%, and I have a 20% gradient if I come back on the best cycling route.
Once your legs are used to the hills it's great cycling country. It does influence your choice of bike too - I have three bikes, all with very low gears to ensure I can keep pedalling even when my legs are going.
There are also lots of NCN routes along old railways although the quality is very variable. You're better off searching out quieter roads up on the hills. There are also lots of opportunities to get off road on forest and mountain tracks. My main bike is therefore a steel tourer which copes well with rougher surfaces as well as tarmac.
Once your legs are used to the hills it's great cycling country. It does influence your choice of bike too - I have three bikes, all with very low gears to ensure I can keep pedalling even when my legs are going.
There are also lots of NCN routes along old railways although the quality is very variable. You're better off searching out quieter roads up on the hills. There are also lots of opportunities to get off road on forest and mountain tracks. My main bike is therefore a steel tourer which copes well with rougher surfaces as well as tarmac.
Thanks Cymro.
Are you native or incomer? How's the life apart from the cycling? My dad was born in RCT but hasn't been there in 80 years...he loves telling stories of the poverty and misery. He's like a Welsh Myles na gCopaleen. I tell him it's probably a bit different now.
Cymro74
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- Location
- Vale of Glamorgan
Always lived here. Apart from great cycling, Wales has pros and cons. Community is still pretty good, although not as strong as I remember growing up in 80s. Environment is much better than before despite poorly designed roads everywhere. You can cycle up the mountains and down to the coast on a day ride.
The main work opportunities are public sector non-jobs or no future private sector. Quality of most services like education and health have declined dismally since devolution. Most people i know would gladly abolish the Assembly in a heartbeat. Worrying rise of nationalism exploiting patriotism, and blaming England for all of life's problems.
The main work opportunities are public sector non-jobs or no future private sector. Quality of most services like education and health have declined dismally since devolution. Most people i know would gladly abolish the Assembly in a heartbeat. Worrying rise of nationalism exploiting patriotism, and blaming England for all of life's problems.
That really surprised me! You know we still have to pay for prescriptions in England?
We English nationalists like to blame EU for all of our problems. Same old bollocks really isn't it.
Lived in the south wales valleys all my life. I have zero problems with welsh assembly and have many friends who feel the same.
id rather live under welsh assembly government, than a boris tory government. If you want mountain biking its the place to live.....
id rather live under welsh assembly government, than a boris tory government. If you want mountain biking its the place to live.....
