Thats another memorable BCM, mixed weather but by and large not too bad at all, finding a duckling at the end of Barmouth bridge with no obvious mother to reunite it, unable to catch it either so my partner in crime and I left it. We took the detour through the Hafren forest and enjoyed the quiet lanes and spotted an Osprey's nest atop a tall pole put there by the RSPB or some such organisation.
ANyone know how long the climb out of Newtown is (On the main road) it seemed to go on forever, not steep but on this occation a rather engery sapping headwind made it more difficult.
Mach mountain road, as per usual didn't disapoint that view is stunning it really is!
I had a pretty tough over night period I had the dozies not helped by a heavy week at work so had arrived at the event tired before I had even begun, however a couple of pro plus and a bite to eat sorted me out and by the time I had arrived at Kings for the second time I didn't feel too bad.
Rather than try for a bunk I used my bivvy bag and curled up for an hour in the bag drop room, even the loud snoring didn't prevent me from having some sleep.
The feature on the way back was the wind, although it didn't seem much of a hindrance after Llandrindod Wells I was glad to get over the Col du Alpaca and could see the towers of the Severn Bridge lit up by the sun.
