Its nearly a year since I did any cycle camping, and apart from a weekend in the Yorkshire Dales about the same since I did more than a brief commute.
Due to reading the news & general faffage I didn’t get the bike downstairs until after 1. Then had to run upstairs to get the forgotten bar bag.
£30 single from Liverpool to Bangor! It was delayed & only 2 coaches as well.
Got out of Bangor station in time for rush hour. Busy roads for 15 mins then it calmed down & I eventually got onto the cycle route on the old railway line (I think) to Caernarfon. Some drama just before the town. 2 police having words with a couple of yoof, another one on the track & a security guard type looking very angry & muttering into her radio in the car park at the end of the route.
Past the very politically incorrect Black Boy pub (see pics on my Twitter Feed), Past the Castle & onto the next part of the bike route which initially follows the Welsh Mountain Railway line.
I come off this at Llanlyfni & follow a tiny single track road in the twilight to the coast road. It’s 9:30 when I arrive at Aberafon camping just before Trefor. £8.75 for a pitch overlooking the sea.
Tent up in the dark & a tin of lentil & chickpea Dahl. A cup of tea & a nip of malt from the flask.
This was today’s planned destination, but I wasn’t intending to be so late. Trying to sleep over the sounds of wind & waves.
Up this morning. Black pudding & fried eggs. Overcast, cool with light drizzle. Time to pack up & move on.