Ride to Wales June 1993
21/11/93 Our main tour was at the beginning of June when Addie was just over 2 months pregnant, although this only had minimal effects. On day one we set out just after first light on a beautifully sunny morning and had a full English breakfast at a Little Chef just outside Burton on Trent. We then proceeded across Cannock Chase, across the Severn at Coalport and on along Wenlock Edge and over the Long Mynd to Bridges Youth hostel. An old school located at the bottom of a lovely valley with a brook gurgling by just outside our room. The next day was a much shorter mileage along some beautiful quiet lanes and up into the mountains to get to Llanidloes, which must rank as just about the middle of Wales. After a night in a bed and breakfast, we set out in mist to climb toward the reservoir "Llyn Clywedog" and by the time we reached the dam, the mist had cleared and the sum emerged to mark the start of a great day's cycling. The lake must be one of the highest in the Britai...