The gospel pass
Yesterday found us once again out on the bikes. Hubby has been wanting to do the Gospel Pass ( highest tarmaced road in Wales, only just higher than Bwlch y Groes in North Wales) for a long time. So we set out later than planned (thanks to a busy week having caught up with me) to Llanvihengel Crucorney from whence we started the ride.
He had looked at the route beforehand and had told me that it was flat for miles and then there was the gospel pass to climb and then down hill. Somehow, probably because we were busy chatting in the lanes we missed a turning but we were blissfully unaware of this until the road just slowly but surely started to incline. It just got steeper and steeper and then would undulate a little before once again ramping up again. We did realise that we must have been on the wrong path, but the lanes were so quiet that we opted to continue on this route rather than go back and try to find the correct route.
By the time we found the signpost for Capel-y-Ffin we had done a significant amount of climbing and had just dropped down a lovely hill too in, as otherwise you'll think we were trying to ascend Everest here in Wales!
The Gospel Pass itself then didn't feel too bad from a climbing point of view as there had been steeper climbs earlier.
The remoteness and sheer beauty of the climb was truly stunning. As you can see it was overcast and did throw some rain drops, but not enough to hinder us.
The Gospel Pass is named thus as early Christians used this route to get to different communities in centuries gone by.
The open scenes of an American Werewolf in London were also filmed up here.
A truly fabulous day out, we've said that we'll go back again to do this ride again, but might just make sure we start with the flatter route next time!
Thanks for stopping
The gospel pass
Yesterday found us once again out on the bikes. Hubby has been wanting to do the Gospel Pass ( highest tarmaced road in Wales, only just higher than Bwlch y Groes in North Wales) for a long time. So we set out later than planned (thanks to a busy week having caught up with me) to Llanvihengel Crucorney from whence we started the ride.
He had looked at the route beforehand and had told me that it was flat for miles and then there was the gospel pass to climb and then down hill. Somehow, probably because we were busy chatting in the lanes we missed a turning but we were blissfully unaware of this until the road just slowly but surely started to incline. It just got steeper and steeper and then would undulate a little before once again ramping up again. We did realise that we must have been on the wrong path, but the lanes were so quiet that we opted to continue on this route rather than go back and try to find the correct route.
By the time we found the signpost for Capel-y-Ffin we had done a significant amount of climbing and had just dropped down a lovely hill too in, as otherwise you'll think we were trying to ascend Everest here in Wales!
The Gospel Pass itself then didn't feel too bad from a climbing point of view as there had been steeper climbs earlier.
The remoteness and sheer beauty of the climb was truly stunning. As you can see it was overcast and did throw some rain drops, but not enough to hinder us.
The Gospel Pass is named thus as early Christians used this route to get to different communities in centuries gone by.
The open scenes of an American Werewolf in London were also filmed up here.
A truly fabulous day out, we've said that we'll go back again to do this ride again, but might just make sure we start with the flatter route next time!
Thanks for stopping