{"id":475,"date":"2009-03-19T20:58:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T20:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2022-04-11T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:49:12","slug":"walking-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/walking-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking \/ Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started my new job this week, meaning that Thursday and Friday last week were my final days of flexi-time freedom. Keen to make the most of it, I sacked work off and went walking and riding instead.<\/p>\n

On Thursday I went snow-hunting, hoping to catch something easy in condition before everything disappeared. I was out of luck (below), so went up Senior’s Ridge and down Y Gribin. A mini Glyderau loop which didn’t hit any summits; how naughty. It did, however, add another route to the Scrambles in Snowdonia Challenge<\/a>. Worryingly, the notoriety of the challenge seems to have spread outside the confines<\/a> of this blog so it’s all getting a bit serious.<\/p>\n

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'Easy Route' in Cwm Cneifion looking not very wintery.<\/strong>
Copyright Haydn Williams 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n

Senior’s Ridge was dull. It got a bit exciting at one point over to the right, but I think that was more heading out above Idwal slabs than just sticking to the crest of the ridge. Either way, it looked like it required either a rope or a willingness to accept the possibility of falling all the way down the slabs. Anyway, I’ll go back and try the fun way at some point, I’m sure.<\/p>\n

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The boredom-inducing summit plateau.<\/strong>
Copyright Haydn Williams 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n

The plateau was boring due to the lack of view, but I was pleased to find that I could navigate it without a map (it’s not clever, kids). I zipped down Y Gribin and back to the car. Not the most exciting day, but it’s the first time I’ve been out this winter and not got something snowy done, so I can’t complain.<\/p>\n

Friday dawned dull and drizzly, but I was excited because I was going riding again! I borrowed Gareth’s bike once again – not only is he a total hero for letting me steal it once again, he’s also a hero (along with Dave) for taking an old Volvo around Europe to raise money for good causes in Moldova. Check out the Snowdodgers Rally page [edit: now defunct] for more details, and sponser them with whatever you can spare. They’ll probably need it to bribe their way out of Russia or something.<\/p>\n

I spent the very wet morning riding around the red trail<\/a> at Coed Llandegla<\/a>. The centre is on privately-owned forestry land (i.e. a private forestry firm, not Forestry Commission) and seems to be run very well. There are numerous trails, with jumps and downhill sections graded right up to black<\/a>. The trails are well signed and maintained, and there are loads of new sections bedding in to create even more fun! It’s quite rocky so a full-susser would be noticeably more comfy than a hardtail by the end of the day I reckon. The visitor centre seems very well equipped, parking is a reasonable \u00a32.50 for three hours or \u00a34 all day. There’s a functioning bike wash (Sherwood Pines<\/a> take note), and allegedly the “Best Bacon Bap in Britain”. Quite a serious claim, but one I didn’t have time to investigate.<\/p>\n

I was having too much fun to take any photos, sorry. You can check out the Coed Llandegla gallery here<\/a> though. I’ll try harder next time, I promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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