What's your favourite local road?

[Dick Dastardly]

...For a nice little blast?

Mine is Culverhouse Cross to Barry, along the coast to Cowbridge and then back through the wide lanes to culverhouse cross. Nice little 1 hour circuit I did on the bike atleast 10 times in the summer

Otherwise for a longer one it'd have to be the Newport-Monmouth rag along the dual-carriageway. Get some speeds going there

[TheGreatSoprendo]

The A4069 between Brynamman and Llangadog. Fantastic road, fantastic scenery and my favourite castle (Carreg Cennen) is only a 5 minute detour….



More listed here:

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[jmorgan]

Pretty much anywhere really. Many a route through the beacons. One off the top of me head. Cross hands to Llandeilo to Llandovery to Beulah to Newbridge on wye to Builth to Upper Chapel to Brecon etc. Then there is many a route off the beaten track.

[craigw]

Be careful on the a449 Dick, hidden speed traps, I know from bitter experience.

FWIW, I dont get back to Wales as much as I'd like & all the roads around me are full of cars, scameras, gatsos and carjackers.

My favourite, rhayader to Maccynlleth via the narrow mountain road - staylittle, dyliffe etc.

[Badapple]

I really love the top end of the A470 approaching brecon, also as greatsoprano said the A4069.

[jmorgan]

craigw said:

My favourite, rhayader to Maccynlleth via the narrow mountain road - staylittle, dyliffe etc.

Great road. Good scenery as well. When I was travelling to North Wales for the job it was our prefered route. Get to Llanidloes for a good brecky then carry on. Bit awkward now in the Sprinter.

[swilly]

A449 was were I got my 21 day ban for 104 just before reaching the M4.

M50 starting from the M5 and heading to the A449 in Gwent is a beaut.

[steff]

A483 early in the morning up to Builth Wells is a cracker failing that almost any road heading to/from brecon!

Did the B4520 with Davey the other day and thats also a corker.

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[Davey S1]

Steff

I agree, that road was a belter. Will be better in the summer though although that means more cars.

I will be doing it again shortly when we have a dry (and preferably sunny) Sunday. My brother in law has taken on the role of organiser for the South Wales Audi TT owners and wants to organise a few runs so I said I would take him out and show him some good roads.

Let me know if you fancy it. You never know you may even get a free haircut out of it! (apologies to any TT owners!)

Dick. Agree about the Newport / Monmouth road but as Craig says it is always used by the camera vans. My girlfriends parents live in Ross and everytime we go there I see at lease 1 scamera van along the way.

[jody1923]

Carmarthen to Cardigan on the A484 is a fun little road but watch out for grandma and grandad out for a spin! Aberystwyth to Newtown via the A44 and A470 good fun but the 200ft drop looks scary.

[steff]

TT owners club runs - do they start in the middle of town on a Saturday morning and involve a full days shopping for shoes before driving very slowly so everyone can see them to a nominated hairdressers for a quick blow dry?

Davey - Sunday sounds good as long as I can get my thermostat changed in time...

[Davey S1]

steff said:

TT owners club runs - do they start in the middle of town on a Saturday morning and involve a full days shopping for shoes before driving very slowly so everyone can see them to a nominated hairdressers for a quick blow dry?

Been on one before then.

It probably wont be for a few weeks though 28th Feb is looking favourite but weather permitting

[steff]

Hmm - might get my highlights done at the same time...

[LuS1fer]

craigw said:

Be careful on the a449 Dick, hidden speed traps, I know from bitter experience. FWIW, I dont get back to Wales as much as I'd like & all the roads around me are full of cars, scameras, gatsos and carjackers. My favourite, rhayader to Maccynlleth via the narrow mountain road - staylittle, dyliffe etc.

It used to be even better until they straightened out certain sections which are still visible I believe. I used to use it 1977-80 going back and forth university and there was a cracking little hump where the road rose and then dropped and the car would lift from the ground and you had to turn the steering mid-air as the road turned immediately after. What a cracker - even in an Austin A40!