Mid Wales - Please recommend some great roads
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I have a mini road trip coming up from Tewkesbury to Anglesey.
Conscious that there are some great roads especially in mid and north Wales, but I don't know which.
Some recommended routes would be very useful. If its relevant the mini convoy will be 2 x Ferrari 360's so single track stuff is not what we want.
Happy with mountain roads and read scenery.
Thanks in advance
Conscious that there are some great roads especially in mid and north Wales, but I don't know which.
Some recommended routes would be very useful. If its relevant the mini convoy will be 2 x Ferrari 360's so single track stuff is not what we want.
Happy with mountain roads and read scenery.
Thanks in advance
Hi Nick, I don't know whether you knew Farrel O'Shea from your windsurfing days, he was a great windsurfer and really nice guy, only 60 and recently died from a heart attack while standing on a beach in Southern France after setting a wing speedsailing record.
My wife and I drove up from the South Coast to Abersoch for his funeral a few weeks ago, we took the A5 on the way up because we wanted to go to Llangollen which was lovely but very touristy, the A5 has some quite pretty scenery but it's a busy road and not particularly interesting to drive, it will be the quickest route to Anglesey though.
On the way back we had to stop off in Porthmadog to get a tyre changed, we then followed the satnav which took us on the A470 then the A458 across to Welshpool, this was an excellent road with ups and downs and some great bends, mostly a decent width, not too busy and a lot of fun to drive, even in my wife's SQ5. I fully recommend it, not a pothole to be seen and I think it would be good to drive from either direction.
My wife and I drove up from the South Coast to Abersoch for his funeral a few weeks ago, we took the A5 on the way up because we wanted to go to Llangollen which was lovely but very touristy, the A5 has some quite pretty scenery but it's a busy road and not particularly interesting to drive, it will be the quickest route to Anglesey though.
On the way back we had to stop off in Porthmadog to get a tyre changed, we then followed the satnav which took us on the A470 then the A458 across to Welshpool, this was an excellent road with ups and downs and some great bends, mostly a decent width, not too busy and a lot of fun to drive, even in my wife's SQ5. I fully recommend it, not a pothole to be seen and I think it would be good to drive from either direction.
blueg33 said:
I have a mini road trip coming up from Tewkesbury to Anglesey.
Conscious that there are some great roads especially in mid and north Wales, but I don't know which.
Some recommended routes would be very useful. If its relevant the mini convoy will be 2 x Ferrari 360's so single track stuff is not what we want.
Happy with mountain roads and read scenery.
Thanks in advance
You could head from Tewkesbury to Rhayader, then to the Elan Valley (for some fantastic views of dams and reservoirs). Our choice would then be to take the mountain road to Aberystwyth, but this is single track in parts. The alternative would be to return to Rhayader then take the A470 and A44 to Aberystwyth (or detour via Devil's Bridge on the A4120).Conscious that there are some great roads especially in mid and north Wales, but I don't know which.
Some recommended routes would be very useful. If its relevant the mini convoy will be 2 x Ferrari 360's so single track stuff is not what we want.
Happy with mountain roads and read scenery.
Thanks in advance
Once at Aberystwyth, take the A487/A470 up North (we generally only go as far as Snowdonia; you'd need to take the A5 or rejoin the A487 to Anglesey).
Enjoy!
Edited by moorx on Sunday 4th August 22:21
TeeRev said:
Hi Nick, I don't know whether you knew Farrel O'Shea from your windsurfing days, he was a great windsurfer and really nice guy, only 60 and recently died from a heart attack while standing on a beach in Southern France after setting a wing speedsailing record.
My wife and I drove up from the South Coast to Abersoch for his funeral a few weeks ago, we took the A5 on the way up because we wanted to go to Llangollen which was lovely but very touristy, the A5 has some quite pretty scenery but it's a busy road and not particularly interesting to drive, it will be the quickest route to Anglesey though.
On the way back we had to stop off in Porthmadog to get a tyre changed, we then followed the satnav which took us on the A470 then the A458 across to Welshpool, this was an excellent road with ups and downs and some great bends, mostly a decent width, not too busy and a lot of fun to drive, even in my wife's SQ5. I fully recommend it, not a pothole to be seen and I think it would be good to drive from either direction.
Thanks, I do remember Farrel O'Shea although I didn't sail with him. I hadn't heard about his death, that's a shame at 60, especially as he must have been pretty fit. My wife and I drove up from the South Coast to Abersoch for his funeral a few weeks ago, we took the A5 on the way up because we wanted to go to Llangollen which was lovely but very touristy, the A5 has some quite pretty scenery but it's a busy road and not particularly interesting to drive, it will be the quickest route to Anglesey though.
On the way back we had to stop off in Porthmadog to get a tyre changed, we then followed the satnav which took us on the A470 then the A458 across to Welshpool, this was an excellent road with ups and downs and some great bends, mostly a decent width, not too busy and a lot of fun to drive, even in my wife's SQ5. I fully recommend it, not a pothole to be seen and I think it would be good to drive from either direction.
I think the A470 is on the route so that looks interesting.
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