The weather was near perfect - wind on the nose on the way out and almost at the rear on the way back. The Famous Five consisting of Ivan, Nick, Ken, John M and myself set off with all the other riders, in a magnificent display of herding Welsh sheep up the main 20mph drag and then off sharply left into the interior of this lovely island.
It took a while for the brisk group to fully form and charge ahead on bascially the same route out as the Mods but with an added loop before rejoining the common routing at Pentraeth. We then rode several "Grand Old Duke of York” sections of ups and downs before peaking at Parys Mountain. I’ve often seen this from the sea but hadn’t appreciated its colour and extensive workings from the landward side.
Swooping down from its 417ft summit, we head for the coast before a diversion into the port area of Amlwch. From the sea side, its entrance looks very forbidding but it was good to see quite a few fishing boats bobbing at anchor in the inner port.
The Dinorben Arms was very grand - not sure that we should have taken our shoes off - yet the welcome was warm and the plates of food enormous! John M was trialling his eco-powered Super Specialized road bike, and I for one was jealous of John effortlessly powering up those hills on the 31 mile rollercoaster back to Llanfair PG. So we set off again on a similar and longer but more westerly route than the Mods, and not quite so hilly route to base arriving about 1500.
So a big thank you to Mike G for planning this outing and organising the weather to behave itself. Thankfully there were no incidents or accidents, and even the A55 ran freely back to Chester.
See route map and/or gpx file download
CA
Photos CA and JM
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