Quite by chance today’s group of riders met up on Lache Lane heading out to the Tudor House Café for elevenses. Despite the light showers, the ride out to Caergwrle made a pleasant start to the day particularly as one member needed to head straight back after a chat over coffee. With heavy rain forecast for later in the day and some members needing to get back early we decided to ride out to Minera and then through the lanes south of Wrexham to return through Holt and Aldford. Bryan was keen to try out his new SatMap GPS with OS 1:50 000 mapping and led the group through the back streets, over the shoulder of Hope Mountain to Cymau and then south, descending to the ford before joining the Minera Road. From Minera we passed the Lead Mines and then followed the Clywedog valley via Nant Mill, the Ironworks and Bersham Heritage Centre to the lunch stop at the Black Lion Inn, Ddol. In the afternoon the SatMap proved its worth (although with some reservations) in negotiating the lanes from Bersham past the Crematorium, Farmworld, Sontley and Cock Bank before joining the B5130 for a fast ride back through Holt to Chester.
Distance from Chester and back 43 miles, mixed.
BW
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