Dragon Loop - Scenic Driving Road Circuit in Wales

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untakenname said:

Just come back yesterday from doing a few hundred miles across northern Wales.

Not too much traffic about in the evenings, only encountered a few caravans and luckily when I did there was space to overtake.



Picture below taken at Cregennan Lakes which had a carpark so assumed it was ok to drive to, had to shoo cows out the way as they seemed to like napping on the tarmac plus had multiple livestock gates.





One thing is to be wary when it rains is that roads can be pretty sketchy, had to take a couple of run ups to get up certain sections of road that google maps sent me up due to the steepness and slipperiness of the road surface which imo were more suitable for 4x4's then cars with low ground clearance.

I think i passed you coming out of dolgellau onto the bala road. Did you see me? I swear i passed an RX8 that looked just like yours.

Edited by tropicalpalmtree on Sunday 23 July 17:56

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ARHarh said:

Tried to get Bwlch-y-Groes on the road from lake vyrnwy, this morning only to find a car stuck in the collapsed road. The road has given way somewhere near the top. The poor couple were well and truly stuck. Bloke had started walking towards the lake when we found him. Took him back to his car just as a bunch of motor cyclists had come across the car, We managed to get them out of the hole. But the road is now only about 3 feet wide with 8 inch deep holes on either side. Luckily I was in the Lexus RX, so could manage to tug their little hatchback out. I didn't bother to try and get past the broken bit of road, just turned round, after reversing for what seemed ages back down the pass.

So don't go up there from the lake for a while.

This is why i didn't include that road man. It isn't fit for driving unless its really quiet like in the winter because its single track, and in the summer you're too likely to encounter problems with other cars and cyclists.

Edited by tropicalpalmtree on Sunday 23 July 18:06

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Can anyone let me know if the map is still working? Having issues on my end. Cheers

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Thanks all for letting me know. Getting an error code when logged in to my email for some reason

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I've found three roads that are going to make up my brecon beacons part of the loop. A4069 Black Mountain pass, A4067 fast road and the A4059. A4069 is the best driving road, but A4059 might just be my favourite road of the three. It's like a bigger and better B4407, the landscape is like driving through a dream.

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c4gts said:

the bits on the original route which caused me mild palpitations on street view was the bit west of rhayader to cwmystwyth, and then the bit through dylife! i know, pathetic..

This route will avoid both of those sections and will be 2 solid lanes all the way

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1KlgzIP...

You could also turn off at Cemmaes Road and follow the A470 all the way to Rhayader through Caersws and Llangurig.

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Riley Blue said:

I seem to have to request access to that link.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1KlgzIP...