River Deep, Mountain High

[yoshie]

Getting close now, I hope the weather holds.

[The Lovely Boyo]

Getting close now, I hope the weather holds.

Me too, but we've got over a month yet.

I'll post details of the route tonight and I'll sort out campsites for the Friday night and the Saturday.

Cheers

[yoshie]

You got our route planned out yet mate?

[Apache]

We have ideas we plotted in Wales last weekend...

When are you coming down? Wanna spend an evening at Chez Apache and get out for curry and beer? We can convoy down to Wales on the Friday.

[surfenstein]

i cant make it work commitments,sorry chaps.

[The Lovely Boyo]

i cant make it work commitments,sorry chaps.

Tut tut!

Bring your sheddy Fourtrak next year - I dare say we'll be doing it again!

[gwh200]

Tut tut!

Bring your sheddy Fourtrak next year - I dare say we'll be doing it again!

all going to plan...i should be making this particular odyssey from inverness

[MudSurfer]

all going to plan...i should be making this particular odyssey from inverness

Say what? Inverness? That's like, really far away man!

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

all going to plan...i should be making this particular odyssey from inverness

Do we take it that the coach driving job is looking good ?

heheheheh

You could stress boyo's cruiser trying to winch out a coach full of pensioners

[The Lovely Boyo]

We are booked into Erlwon for the Friday night. We will do the usual BBQ on the Friday night (but you can go into Landovery for a pub meal if you want to).

A lovely place indeed http://www.erwlon.co.uk/ - £5.50 pr person, whether you put up your tent or not.

For the Saturday night, we are booked into Gwerniago Campsite, Pennal (just outside Machynlleth), seems quite nice, haven't been there myself

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/de...asp?revid=6591 - £5.00 per person, whether you put up your tent or not.

I am waiting for the menus off this place, the campsite recommended them. Its nice to have a meal on the Saturday coz we'll be knackered after the off roading. Its a 1 mile walk from the campsite.

http://www.riversidehotelpennal.co.uk/

I'll post up a basic route later

Cheers

[The Lovely Boyo]

You could stress boyo's cruiser trying to winch out a coach full of pensioners

Run them over, more like!

We will do a little bit of laning on the Friday evening - I'll see what time peeps are arriving and work something out from that, some of the group may be arriving too late to bother with this though.

Saturday (leave Erwlon about 8.30)

Crychan Forest
Strata Florida
Mountain road to the north of Rhayader
Clearwen Dam and the Rock Garden
Stop for lunch
Diff Breaker to the north Of Rhayder
Mountain track towards Llangurig
Mountain track through Hafren Forest to Staylittle
Glyndwrs Way towards Machynlleth

Sunday (leaving Gwerniago by 8.30)

Happy Valley SN 666 998
B17 towards Arthog

Split the group, Mudsurfer will be leading the 'Northerners' towards The Wayfarer, there's some other lanes he may take you on - see how time goes.

I will lead the 'Southern Softies' back over B17 and Happy Valley. And again, see how we're doing for time, I will pick out some other lanes on the way south.

Cheers

[gwh200]

inverness seems likely for me....but not till the end of the month, so i may do this trip then hightail it up to start the new job. its on a wastewater site, on behalf of scottish water...money on offer is to good to turn down.
im not going to peru..cash is less per week than the invernes one a day.
still could do some band bus driving through september. dont have to work till end of october, but i think i might get bored

[Apache]

dont have to work till end of october, but i think i might get bored

????

If I was financially independent I'd never work for the man again!

[The Lovely Boyo]

The latest list

1 Lovely Boyo DEFFO
2 Apache DEFFO
3 Yoshie DEFFO
4 Plumb Bob DEFFO
5 Hiroler DEFFO
6 GWH200 DEFFO
7 4Runner DEFFO
8 Mudsurfer DEFFO
9 Captain Chaos NO
10 Growler DEFFO
11 TobyJug DEFFO
12 24Seven DEFFO

Possibles
1 Nero279
2 mud skipper
3 Blackpoolsparks
4 StefanW
5

[mud skipper]

with reference to the north wales part is anyone scarred of some scratching, as i know of some great little lanes that are heavily overgrown? just a thought before i suggest their inclusion into the trek