10-10-2023, 04:32 PM
Hi All
Embarrassed that living so close and not having done ‘The Abergwesyn pass’, today we drove over to Abergwesyn, along the Irfon valley (Abergwesyn Commin), up the Devil’s Staircase to a little chapel called Soar y Mynydd.
The staircase is a bit steep…..the sign reads 25% and hairpin bends. We were in 1st for the full ascent which must be over 1/2 mile. The chapel is in the middle of nowhere but serves a huge area. The congregation used to ride in on horseback from the scattered farms in the area.
We came back via Llyn Brianne, a reservoir that serves Swansea. Seventy odd mile round trip but coming into Llandod my passenger side wind deflector fell off. Half an hour of roadside searching yielded no results so I’ll have to order up some new Perspex.
Cheers
Howard
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Embarrassed that living so close and not having done ‘The Abergwesyn pass’, today we drove over to Abergwesyn, along the Irfon valley (Abergwesyn Commin), up the Devil’s Staircase to a little chapel called Soar y Mynydd.
The staircase is a bit steep…..the sign reads 25% and hairpin bends. We were in 1st for the full ascent which must be over 1/2 mile. The chapel is in the middle of nowhere but serves a huge area. The congregation used to ride in on horseback from the scattered farms in the area.
We came back via Llyn Brianne, a reservoir that serves Swansea. Seventy odd mile round trip but coming into Llandod my passenger side wind deflector fell off. Half an hour of roadside searching yielded no results so I’ll have to order up some new Perspex.
Cheers
Howard
IMG_3607.jpeg (Size: 102.59 KB / Downloads: 128)
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IMG_3614.jpeg (Size: 148.33 KB / Downloads: 127)
IMG_3619.jpeg (Size: 94.99 KB / Downloads: 128)