14-06-2020, 08:30 PM
I hadn't used the RP since my sojourn down to Rhaglen a week last Wednesday, so I decided to give it a run over to minister to the horses this morning.
The petrol gauge was bobbing about the 1/4 mark, and since the gauge doesn't register below this, the first job was to feed the little beast. Since neither of the garages in Bala are currently open on a Sunday, this meant a trip out to Glanyrafon, about 9 miles distant, to fill up. Having done so, I cut across country to Llandderfel and up the 1 in 5 hill next to the Bryntirion Inn which brings me out on the B4391 at the top of Bwlch-y-Eira. The little car managed it with some aplomb, in second gear with the occasional drop into bottom for the more vicious bits.
It was spitting with rain as I crossed the Berwyns, but this cleared up as I dropped down into Llangynog and along to deal with the horses. I then nipped over to Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant to see my friend Tudor. There I spent an hour drinking tea and discussing his vintage tractor woes before retracing my steps to Penybont Fawr and thence through Hirnant and on to Llyn Efyrnwy.
I drove along the north shore of the lake, stopping at one of the carparks to take the Motoring Dog for a run and a sniff before taking the road up to Foel Goch, down Cwm Hirnant (nowhere near the other Hirnant!), through Rhosygwaliau and thence home.
Total distance 51 miles and a thoroughly pleasant trip out.
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Starlight (the grey) and Misty (the bright bay) taking a lot of no notice of the Seven
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Penybont Fawr coming from Llanrhaeadr YM
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In Penybont Fawr
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At Hirnant
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Approaching Llanwddyn
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The Mighty Dam
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The Plaques recording how Liverpool City Council purloined a Welsh Valley
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View of the lake from the northern end of the dam
The petrol gauge was bobbing about the 1/4 mark, and since the gauge doesn't register below this, the first job was to feed the little beast. Since neither of the garages in Bala are currently open on a Sunday, this meant a trip out to Glanyrafon, about 9 miles distant, to fill up. Having done so, I cut across country to Llandderfel and up the 1 in 5 hill next to the Bryntirion Inn which brings me out on the B4391 at the top of Bwlch-y-Eira. The little car managed it with some aplomb, in second gear with the occasional drop into bottom for the more vicious bits.
It was spitting with rain as I crossed the Berwyns, but this cleared up as I dropped down into Llangynog and along to deal with the horses. I then nipped over to Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant to see my friend Tudor. There I spent an hour drinking tea and discussing his vintage tractor woes before retracing my steps to Penybont Fawr and thence through Hirnant and on to Llyn Efyrnwy.
I drove along the north shore of the lake, stopping at one of the carparks to take the Motoring Dog for a run and a sniff before taking the road up to Foel Goch, down Cwm Hirnant (nowhere near the other Hirnant!), through Rhosygwaliau and thence home.
Total distance 51 miles and a thoroughly pleasant trip out.
S008I001.JPG (Size: 157.94 KB / Downloads: 548)
Starlight (the grey) and Misty (the bright bay) taking a lot of no notice of the Seven
S008I002.JPG (Size: 114.16 KB / Downloads: 549)
Penybont Fawr coming from Llanrhaeadr YM
S008I003.JPG (Size: 116.41 KB / Downloads: 549)
In Penybont Fawr
S008I004.JPG (Size: 126.1 KB / Downloads: 551)
At Hirnant
S008I005.JPG (Size: 86.18 KB / Downloads: 547)
Approaching Llanwddyn
S008I006.JPG (Size: 129.94 KB / Downloads: 547)
The Mighty Dam
S008I007.JPG (Size: 139.34 KB / Downloads: 552)
The Plaques recording how Liverpool City Council purloined a Welsh Valley
S008I008.JPG (Size: 92.81 KB / Downloads: 549)
View of the lake from the northern end of the dam