{"id":56,"date":"2008-06-21T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2021-01-07T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:33:52","slug":"bike-trip-from-criccieth-to-harlech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"Bike trip from Criccieth to Harlech"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday 16th April 2008 I tested out my fitness and my 25+-year old bike on National route 8. As soon as I left the main B road I managed to get a puncture in my rear tube. I was in the middle of changing it when the local Sustrans rep, Doreen Lindsey, kindly stopped and offered assistance. I bought a replacement tube in the cycle shop in Porthmadog, had a coffee, and cycled on. From the cob Snowdon, covered in snow, reaching high into the sky, looked magnificent and I took a few photos.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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It was fun cycling over the bridge that carries the rail and road<\/span><\/a> over the Dwyryd estuary<\/span><\/a>. A 1 in 5 warning sign greeted me on the other side and I was forced to dismount. The roads were magnificent and I saw very little traffic but my 10 gears were not enough and I did a fair amount of walking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The route takes you through a long wooded valley then up a steep climb until at the summit the views across Cardigan Bay and back to Snowdon were stunning. I decided to stop at Harlech, although it was only just after 2, as my original (ambitious) target of Barmouth was too far for my by now tired leg muscles.<\/p>\n

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A cup of tea, a trip to the beach relieved the wait for the train (cost \u00a34) at 16.17 home.<\/p>\n

Godfrey and I cycled from Barmouth to Harlech and I have cycled from to Dolgellau several times but the rest of National Cycle Route 8 remains a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Godfrey and me on the train to Barmout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Marlo, Emily and lunch stop along the Mawdach estuary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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