What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Howard Wright]

300 mile trip into Wales and back, over two days.

Highlights:   into the Elan valley the long way round



4 miles of up, a lot of it in second gear,

and the B 4358 Beulah to Newbridge, a particularly fine bit of B road.


Lowlight: fuel problems meaning I rigged a temporary gravity feed, using a Flymo tank - which meant stopping every 6 miles to fill it up.

Why is there never a gateway when you really need one?   

Hi Simon

We used to live about half way along the 4358 between Beulah and Newbridge on what is known locally as the Troedrhiwdalar pitch.  A road once described by a friend as both vertically and horizontally challenging!

It’s a great bit of country and I’m privileged to live there!

Cheers

Howard