Thursday, 31 May 2012

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Elenydd - supplement


If there is no content, then we may put there all sorts of content.


...yet another setup post.

As I have already written my Elenydd trip didn't go without setbacks mistakes. Apart from underestimating the difficulties of the moorland crossings and lack of warm clothing for my limbs (eg. VBL socks and long finger gloves) a huge mistake was not taking an emergency food portion. 
Let's get to the point:

Sunday, 13 May 2012

Elenydd - the Green Desert of Wales

...there is only so much you can do.
But, if you do that much
then you really do get somewhere....


...time was passing by showing no mercy and I was still looking for an opportunity to try out how my bike would handle in terrain while loaded. Time, commitments, weather... none of them seemed deigned to cooperate with the rest or even be wiling to meet halfway, when suddenly... all this faded into significance.  It was then that time appeared out of nowhere, forecast didn't seem as grim and commitments ended up tied up in the basement. I was heading out!

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Still here, still riding

...time on the hill is nonexistent
what's the point
 finally got there 
God that is beautiful
 as my heart gets softer...

Traveling on route NCN47 around Afan Forest.
I've been absent quite a long time as there was not much to write about. A lot of water under the bridge  and a lot of things happening around... cycling wasn't one of them, but as far as I could I've been nursing my good relationships with Welsh mountains - mainly by foot.