It’s all downhill from here! Well, mostly, as this cyclist starts the ~500m descent to Machynlleth after the long climb from Llanidloes.
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas’ memorial toposcope looks over the Dovey valley and shows the mountains of Gwynedd, including Cader Idris and Snowdon.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56913993
After climbing out of Rhayader through the Elan valley, a cyclist pauses near the ~400m summit of ncn 81 before descending by way of the Ystwyth valley to the seaside at Aberystwyth.
Recommended by friends, but not shown on Opencyclemaps, the Epynt Way is a 49-mile permissive bridleway loop just inside the boundary of the army's Sennybridge/Pont Senni training area in the Brecon Beacons - suitable for hikers, mountain b
Rhayader down there in the distance.
The Warren a great spot for swimming in the Wye.
Track next to the river Wye.
Track next to the river Wye, near area called the Warren.
Triplet at the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
See #172336
Info about a Mel Pinto bike at the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
See #172337
Pritchards Cycle Shop, Llandrindod Wells.
J&M's Emporium | Mid Wales Cycles, Llandrindod Wells.
Middleton Street, Llandrindod Wells.
Middleton Street, Llandrindod Wells.
Llandrindod Wells with sign pointing to the cycle exhibition.
Racks outside Llandrindod Wells station.
Norman cycle frame made in Ashford, Kent came to the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells from Lincoln cycle museum when that closed in 2017 or thereabouts.
National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
Triangulated Dursley Pedersen at the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
Halford’s cycle at the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
Lady at the front trike at the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
Ladyfront tandem at the National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
See also #60562
An old motor car dealership
See #60555
National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells
https://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/
Motor cycle event passing through Hay-On-Wye
View of Pen-y-fan the double peak that is the highest point in southern Britain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_y_Fan
Over the hills at the summit.
The Devil's Gulch section of NCN route 81 has been closed due to rockfalls since November 2018! Discussions are continuing about the means and costs of repairing it....
On High Street Presteigne
NCN825 14%
Beware of sharp bend below, this caught out a cyclist in 2012 who collided with an oncoming vehicle, see:
https://www.cyclestreets.net/collisions/reports/201263DP16712/
Known as a roman road, but isn’t.
Elan valley rail trail NCN81 and NCN8 meet at this milepost.