Llyn fawr ( big lake!)
Yesterday was one of those autumn days that you hope for on a day off- crisp dry sunny and not too much wind for cycling. We set off from Cardiff, past Pontypridd, through Aberdare and Hirwaun to climb the Rhigos mountain. You may remember that there has been another cycling adventure up the Rhigos ( I was promised stunning views) which was a misty wet drizzly day. This is the view from the viewpoint near the top of the climb. There are more to follow, but this one made me smile, for the small lake is called llyn fawr, translated from Welsh mean big lake. Hubby and I had quite a chuckle at its name. We don’t have huge lakes or reservoirs in Wales, and I’m sorry to disappoint any local residents in the Rhigos area but this is not a big lake. Frustratingly I don’t know how to selectively turn on the geotag for this photo.
One of the hairpins which we climbed is also shown.
Before we left yesterday we were chatting to a fellow cyclist who said that he preferred the climb from the other side of the mountain as from this side there was a straight uphill section of the road which he found quite disheartening, but once one gets to the trees it’s not too bad. Knowing this made the climb easier and this time I got some stunning views for sure.
Oh and we decided that as we had come this far, we might as well throw in the Bwlch (another of the classic welsh climbs) too!
68 Miles later we were home, having had a wonderful day out.
HSoS
Llyn fawr ( big lake!)
Yesterday was one of those autumn days that you hope for on a day off- crisp dry sunny and not too much wind for cycling. We set off from Cardiff, past Pontypridd, through Aberdare and Hirwaun to climb the Rhigos mountain. You may remember that there has been another cycling adventure up the Rhigos ( I was promised stunning views) which was a misty wet drizzly day. This is the view from the viewpoint near the top of the climb. There are more to follow, but this one made me smile, for the small lake is called llyn fawr, translated from Welsh mean big lake. Hubby and I had quite a chuckle at its name. We don’t have huge lakes or reservoirs in Wales, and I’m sorry to disappoint any local residents in the Rhigos area but this is not a big lake. Frustratingly I don’t know how to selectively turn on the geotag for this photo.
One of the hairpins which we climbed is also shown.
Before we left yesterday we were chatting to a fellow cyclist who said that he preferred the climb from the other side of the mountain as from this side there was a straight uphill section of the road which he found quite disheartening, but once one gets to the trees it’s not too bad. Knowing this made the climb easier and this time I got some stunning views for sure.
Oh and we decided that as we had come this far, we might as well throw in the Bwlch (another of the classic welsh climbs) too!
68 Miles later we were home, having had a wonderful day out.
HSoS