Pacers Sunday 11th December

[Andy H]

Sorry I'm away this weekend, so not out.

Expect Haydn to post a route using his newly acquired OS maps of Bridgend, Vale and Rhondda! 

[harpo]

I'm on the case!

[harpo]

weather good, how about this then?https://www.strava.com/routes/7162074

[Jason T]

Looks good.... I hope you know the way. 

[Jason T]

Repost of the link, apparently it's not working for everyone;

https://www.strava.com/routes/7162074

[Shawn]

What time are you starting at the moment?

Need one more Bwlch for 52 in the year.
Not sure my legs are up to a Pacers thrashing but may well join for the start and up the Bwlch.

[Jason T]

It will be a 09:30 start tomorrow.

[Shawn]

I had a wardrobe malfunction (not thick enough gloves) so turned back and went home. Did manage a double Bwlch to take my years tally to 53 and complete my objective of 52 in a year. Hope you all had a good ride today.

[harpo]

A bit colder this morning than forecast but we still decided to head for the hills. Steve C, reece, Jason and alan set off for the hills which consisted of ffordd y gyfaith, croeserw, bwlch from cymmer, penrhys and llanwonno. It turned out that the bwlch was by far the easiest of them all! Steve C turned off after croeserw after doing a BIT of work through maesteg. Alan, who was climbing really well, was having problems with his breaks, left us at the bottom of penrhys, which left 3 of us to tackle the last two hills. Stopped for coffee in costa Pontypridd, then Jason towed us home! Good ride today!!

[Tom]

Disappointingly uneventful ride Harpo-surely something unexpected/unplanned happened?

[harpo]

went as smooth as silk tom! everybody did abit of work, even steve c ,nobody dropped or lost!

[Chris Reed]

Nice route guys - looks brutal!

[Reece0]

Good route today and some interesting climbs. Legs a bit jellylike on the home run from church village not helped by the headwind but did enjoy.

[harpo]

forgot to mention toestrap missed the start and was chasing after us but he went the wrong hill off new road, he caught us top of bwlch but headed back home

[wardhaugh]

Really enjoyed that today - good choice of route - would certainly do it again, but I'd make sure my brakes were serviced first. Nice pace - work on the hills easy on the flats. Thanks lads.

Tom disappointed there was no tales of the unexpected, but I can tell him that I saw several Stonechats, some Fieldfares and a Redwing on Ffordd y Gyfaith, which I wasn't expecting - always like to keep an eye on the wildlife.