Twas a super day for a long ride yesterday. I felt a bit over dressed in the afternoon when it got pretty hot, I wished I had been in a short sleeved top, not often can that be said in October.
A great route, fast start, allowing a time buffer to be built up, great cafe controls and views to die for. My sort of riding, little Welsh lanes, love them. I was also lucky and didn't puncture.
Like Jeff in Wales the queue at Loggerheads was too long so I just had an ice cream and watched two MTBers fix their chain with the chain tool I'd lent them. It was good watching someone else work!
The moor around Llansannan was a slog but made special but the darkness closing in. The final part was great, an easy run to the arrivee, and you could see the stars. At home with all the light pollution it's not often I can do that. As I went past Jeff-in-Wales and he said he was having some malt loaf, I thought "lucky ....... " and then spent the remainder of the ride dreaming of what I'd eat on the way home after finishing.
I can heartily recommend this ride, many thanks to Vicky and her husband for organising.
BTW Llangollen on a Saturday night is wacky!!