Filed under: Barmouth-Yarmouth bike ride, cycling | Tags: Barmouth, Barmouth-Yarmouth, Barmouth-Yarmouth bike ride, cycling, Dolgellau accommodation, Plas Isa
Booking bikes onto trains isn’t easy. Most of them are only able to transport two or three bikes at a time, and there were 12 of us trying to get into Barmouth last Thursday – not counting anyone else outside of our group. As a consequence, Phil and I had to leave London at 6am to catch a train from Euston to Birmingham International, onto Machynlleth and from there to Barmouth. By the time we reached Wales, it was raining. Great.
We stopped for lunch at the Goodies coffee shop – I had a very nice coronation chicken ciabatta with a pot of tea, which set me up nicely for the first part of the ride into Dolgellau. The route took us along a cycle path next to the estuary, very pretty scenery but a bit mucky for the bikes after the rain. I was convinced my little road tyres would get a puncture almost immediately, but the ride passed without incident and we made it ahead of everyone else to the Plas Isa hostel in Dolgellau – basic facilities but spotlessly clean and spacious. Perfect for the first night.
After a meal at a nearby Italian restaurant and a discussion of the route (I made next to no contribution to this discussion, as I was still steadfastly refusing to look at a map before the ride for fear of quitting before I even started), it was time for bed.
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