Emergency Loo stop
We managed to have a very interesting day today with the ride which I led. We didn’t do an exotic route or a very long distance one. – Mold to Bala, Bala to Oswestry and back home.
We started off with the monthly meeting at the Beaufort Park Hotel which was at the new summer time of 11 am. Following this meeting we decided on a route – Bala and Oswestry. A half day run with some good scenery.
The trip to Bala started off with a nice trip over to Ruthin where we had an emergency loo stop for someone who had drunk too much Cola at the meeting.
Corwen trafic lights
Following the loo stop we made our way to Corwen and along the A5 to the Bala turn, passing over the new crossing of the river on the A5. The trip to Bala from the A5 had a couple of hold-ups to slow it down a bit (including an Arrive-Alive van doing the statutory 35 m.p.h. while it was moved from one trap area to another. – it was also interesting to see it using flashing red lights which alternated from one side to the other of the rear of the van.).
Enjoying the Sun.
On arrival at Bala we parked up at the lake side car-park in amongst all the other bikes there. The site attendant was very helpful allowing us to bunch up in one area of the car park.
A lunch break followed and everyone had a relax in the very warm sunshine.
I then did the most unusual route on my sat-nav to get us to the next location, Oswestry, via the village of Llangynog.
Without my computer I did this at the lakeside at Bala, and you could tell!
Over the tops
Now here I have to make a confession to all my fellow Wingers on the ride. I thought my sat-nav was set to find the fastest route to the next destination, but as we now all know, it was set to the shortest route.
As I was passing along the very narrow single track lanes -even without passing places,- I somehow suspected that not all of the solo riders following my trike would appreciate the grass growing in the central third of the road!
Grassy bits in the middle
Indeed, the CB radio comments from the back marker are not fit for repeating on a family orientated web-site.
Suffice it to say my wife and other pillions enjoyed the very scenic route we took, and it was very scenic, but I doubt if many riders can recall anything except very tight walls and central grass in the road.
When I eventually stopped on the A5 just outside Oswestry the range of comments from the other riders was certainly interesting to say the least.
Just goes to show that Sat-navs can lead you to some very interesting places.
I plan to revisit the area and stop to take in the scenery a bit more, and get some decent photographs.