Decided to forget Aberystwyth and just go for a ramble round the Elan Valley, been a few times but not for a while and never really took much in.
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Grrrr, let me out!
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First stop for a low fat veggie breakfast, they didnt do either, so had to have full fat meat.
( If God wanted us to be Veggie he'd have made Pigs out of Soya)
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Got caught in this on way back too, Convoy system and jeez did they take there time ( Erwood is the place)
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Sure many will recognise Builth Wells, my parents final resting place, well, 2 of them. ( I had 2 mums)
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Elan Valley Visitor Centre, never bothered stopping here before, but full of interesting facts and info as well as expensive Tourist tat.
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The first and lowest of the Dams, "Caban Coch". 35,530 Megalitres, thats 35 Billion Litres. Always new them Brummies were a thirsty lot, eh Chris :icon_biggrin:
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"Carreg Ddu", but thats obviously a viaduct, so wheres the Dam you ask? Submerged in fact, somewhere in front of it, something I never knew.
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Somewhere down there a Dog is barking its nuts off, think the Tigers Growl frightened it
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Pen Y Garreg, the Middle Dam, a mere 6 Billion Litres
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Craig Coch, top dam, this time with roadway along the top.
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Cant be that weak, a Tigers just crossed it
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Looking back down the reservoir to Craig Coch.
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Back up onto the "Aberystwyth Mountain Road", Aberystwyth is the other way and Im not going today, its getting windy and the rains in the post so Im Foxtrot Oscar.
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Back home with a Dirty Girly, :thumbsup, at least its only mud and can wait until tomorrow.
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New tyres pass the test, about as off road as they'll ever get with me :icon_lol:
Looks like the weather stayed OK? I stopped at that cafe a little while back. It's a nice run over the 'Dragons Back',and then to Hay.
Quote from: threepot on February 01, 2017, 08:40:34 PM
Looks like the weather stayed OK? I stopped at that cafe a little while back. It's a nice run over the 'Dragons Back',and then to Hay.
Yeah, it was pretty ok, just managed to beat the rain, roads were a bit variable, just what a Tigers built for really
They say 'Take a leak in Ryader res and it'll coming through your kitchen taps 6 weeks later' :icon_biggrin:
But just think Timothy if that was a new flybywire 1050 covered in scht :icon_frown: :icon_lol:
Nice pics. thanks. That's a lovely part of the country.