Wednesday 29 September 2010

wales and the black mountain

good couple of days driving all over wales, finally got to drive tiff's hairpin on the Black Mountain.

Highlights of the trip

The hairpins out of the Rhonda Valley - A4061 - Spectacular and I got them empty.

B4560/B4348/B4352 Bwlch - Telgarth - Hay on Wye - Hereford - Miles and miles of perfect sweeping twisties - and very quiet.
B4560 - Beaufort - Bwlch - Mini Black Mountain - awesome, open hairpins - blah blah blah - epic.

B4355 - Knighton - Delfor(A483) - Open Hilly fast epic, felt sorry for the copper manning the speed gun in Delfor cos they must have heard me coming from miles and miles away - glad I hit thirty at the signs!!!!

B4391 - Tanent Valley up to Pale - The run up the side of the stunning mountain valley is a bit special - wide enough to overtake....well his paint should come off the wing!

Lastly the Black Mountain road - Was a shit drive to the south end of it but once on it....well worth it - much better road than the butterbubs which I drove last month - and then there is Tiff's hairpin which he always drifts around on fifth gear. - We did the corner proud Shame it had finally dried out - you could go a long way up that hill using the side window! (LSD!)




Tiff's hairpin

Top of the mountain

Near Hay on Wye
B4560

Tuesday 21 September 2010

sunny salty

lovely sunny day on the log at salty, decent ground swell too.