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Cumulative	Distance	Notes	Direction		Elevation
0km	0km	Again starting from P-R-y-G you may have parking issues unless you go up the road towards Ysbyty Ystwyth. Like Route 1 this starts with a monster climb.	W	259°	145m
2.55km	2.55km	The bridleway has been diverted here from through the farmyard ahead to around the left of the property.	NNW	336°	254m
3.03km	0.48km	Turn right onto the forestry fireroad.	S	167°	235m
3.78km	0.75km	Take the right fork here. I didn't go this way but it has to better than the swampy nightmare route I took when I did it!!!	SSE	138°	314m
4.01km	0.22km	Fork right again.	S	165°	315m
4.53km	0.52km	The OS map suggests the bridleway goes straight on here though I suspect you need to do a left and right skirting the clear fell area.	SE	117°	362m
4.81km	0.28km	Take a right away from the trees across the clear fell before the curve in the tree line starts to sharpen.	SSE	150°	369m
4.91km	0.1km	Take a right in the track T-junction.	SW	209°	376m
5.08km	0.17km	You're leaving the forest here (albeit clear fell) follow the fence line toward the derelict farm in the trees. I suspect you'll find the next 1/3 of a mile a bit boggy, but trust me, it'll be nothing compared with the route I took up from your right!!	SW	215°	361m
5.31km	0.23km	This is where you rejoin my route. Just follow your nose and pick the the best route on the ground.	SW	212°	362m
5.67km	0.35km	Nice spot up on the rocks on the left to sit and watch the world go by (though you'll be lucky to see anything move up here!!)	SSW	194°	374m
5.72km	0.05km	Turn left when you hit the major track.	E	74°	385m
6.21km	0.49km	I'm afraid it all gets a little bit vague up here. Watch as the track turns left from between the two hill tops. You need to leave the main track up ahead and go downhill to the right.	SSE	156°	409m
6.28km	0.07km	Fork right off the main track. It may help to know where you're aiming: look for the gateway off the moorland, down the hill to the right which leads into the fields and to the farm; aim for the gateway, but don't go through the gate, you'll be skirting the fields on the moorland side of the fence.	SSW	184°	408m
6.48km	0.2km	Hairpin back right on yourself and aim for that gate.	WNW	281°	393m
6.62km	0.14km	Don't go through gate, veer right and skirt the fields the path is reasonably obvious - this becomes a smashing worthwhile track.	NNW	322°	378m
7.02km	0.4km	There's a new fence here blocking the natural route. By now the bridleway is totally lost to me and I'm following my nose. This track makes sense, but it may not be the official route. I climbed up the fence line (steep uphill) then down the other side where I found a gate.	N	0°	369m
7.14km	0.12km	Go through the gate and pick your way back down onto that track. It should be easy enough to see.	SW	208°	384m
7.45km	0.31km	There's a great tump just ahead to the left here where you can sit on top of the world and survey it (had my lunch here - think it was that one sunny day we had this summer!)	NNW	357°	350m
7.92km	0.48km	You should soon be able to see a bridleway gate below you just ahead	NW	302°	376m
7.99km	0.07km	Bridleway gate	W	251°	375m
8.02km	0.03km	Gate.	NW	295°	377m
8.05km	0.02km	Again the bridleway is vague up here, but this is the most navigable route towards it. Climb the hill and follow the grassy track over it and down the other side towards the old reservoir.	NW	303°	377m
8.6km	0.56km	Pick your way through the old mine workings. Believe it or not you're back on the bridleway. You see that ravine ahead of you? That's it!! If you're brave enough - down you go! Other wise there's a track along the top of the scree slope and there's another way down at the west end of the slope.	SSW	202°	376m
8.79km	0.18km	Still here? Turn right along the farm track.	W	253°	325m
9.68km	0.89km	Fork left through the gate onto the less well used track. As this goes downhill watch out for rocks and ruts hidden in long grass - this is where I cracked a rib.	W	260°	334m
10.34km	0.66km	Straight across the road onto another bridleway. Sorry this one's a bit boggy and over grown in places.	W	264°	272m
10.63km	0.29km	Left through the gate and follow the trees.	WSW	229°	249m
10.7km	0.07km	Right and through another gate, I think.	W	266°	248m
10.77km	0.07km	Stay in this field	NW	295°	248m
10.84km	0.07km	Left and through another gate. Head down the field towards the old farm houses, the bridleway runs between them.	WSW	231°	248m
11.57km	0.74km	Straight on from the tarmac lane into the farm track. This is an easy route to follow. My only concern here is the paw prints I saw in the mud. I have a dog and they weren't a dog's!! If they were a cat's it's the size of a horse!!!! ;-)	WNW	274°	259m
14.42km	2.85km	Turn right at the crossroads into the forestry.	NNW	359°	279m
15.04km	0.61km	This bridleway is fairly well concealed just after the fireroad junction.	NW	296°	278m
15.08km	0.04km	I haven't researched from this point. My original intention was a different bridleway just South West of here, but that was completely impassable. Head for the farmyard.	NNW	339°	278m
15.14km	0.06km	Take a left through the farmyard.	W	263°	263m
15.28km	0.14km	Not sure where the bridleway goes from here, can't see from Google. The OS map shows straight through the farm. You need to aim for the corner of the forest on the other side of the farm. My plot looks plausible but may not be correct.	WNW	290°	248m
15.6km	0.31km	I think you aim almost for the corner of the field.	WNW	284°	231m
15.7km	0.1km	I can see a faint line in the trees on the sat photos so I think this is the bridleway.	WNW	291°	219m
15.9km	0.2km	Again following a faint line in the trees cross the fireroad through the apex of the bend, bearing slightly to the right.	NW	311°	220m
16.35km	0.44km	I suspect you cross the fireroad again.	WNW	287°	147m
16.6km	0.25km	You should reach a junction with another bridleway where you can hairpin back on yourself to the right.	ESE	91°	113m
17.04km	0.44km	Bear left onto the fireroad. Sorry if I got you lost in that last bit!!!	E	71°	128m
17.57km	0.54km	On the OS map the bridleway appears to go straight on from here. However I think you come around the hairpin slightly to find it.	SE	121°	170m
17.8km	0.23km	Turn left onto the fireroad.	E	87°	205m
18.45km	0.65km	Take the right fork ahead.	ENE	53°	252m
19.59km	1.14km	Go straight on at the right hander in the fireroad onto a dirt track.	ENE	64°	303m
19.65km	0.06km	At the gateway you are usefully informed by an official sign that the bridleway has been diverted. However, not so usefully it doesn't tell how or whether the way marks are wrong. Aim to head down hill to your right below the rocky hilltops ahead. I turns into a nice little descent further on.	E	75°	299m
20.13km	0.48km	The track on the ground takes you into a right hand down hill swoop towards the trees at the bottom of the field.	SSE	147°	257m
20.33km	0.2km	Not sure where you need to be, but I think the old bridleway is the tree line and the new one runs through the field. Aim for convenient gates between fields. The bottom of the fields are very boggy.	E	77°	234m
20.57km	0.24km	I actually crossed between fields in the bottom right corner of this field, but it was very boggy. I think there's a more convenient gate further up (about here). In the next field aim for the rough patch about half way along the bottom fenceline.	SSE	140°	217m
21.01km	0.44km	Here ends the bridleway diversion (we are reliably informed by an indecipherable map pinned to a gatepost!)	ESE	107°	211m
21.95km	0.94km	Another of my untried suggestions! Follow the farm track to the farm.	ESE	92°	254m
22.31km	0.36km	Bear round to the right through the farm and into the field beyond	ESE	101°	275m
22.4km	0.08km	Head for the centre of the field then bear left to the corner where there looks to be an established route	ENE	55°	284m
22.45km	0.05km	In the next field aim for the T in the far fenceline with the fields beyond it (if you can see it).	ESE	102°	289m
22.59km	0.15km	Turn left then right to follow the established route to the road.	NNW	345°	296m
23.53km	0.93km	Yet more experimental routes, but this looks pretty clear. Straight on at the junction along a gravel/stone track.	E	70°	342m
24.25km	0.72km	You've been here before, but this time stay on the main track.	E	74°	377m
24.62km	0.36km	You need to take a left onto a much less well used track which winds its way downhill	NNE	6°	380m
25.19km	0.58km	Go straight on at the crossroads.	NNE	4°	344m
25.55km	0.35km	Go through the gate into the field and keep to the left edge.	NW	302°	307m
25.75km	0.2km	Left into the old lane by the ruined building. It was very boggy in the lane itself and you may be better off in the field to the right.	WNW	292°	293m
25.95km	0.21km	Turn right for a bit of deja vue.	ESE	104°	267m
26.24km	0.29km	As before, left into the diverted bridleway	NNW	336°	254m
26.71km	0.47km	Right onto the fireroad.	S	172°	235m
27.52km	0.8km	This time, take the left fork.	E	84°	306m
27.73km	0.21km	Take the right fork which veers away from the farm. Though it starts off muddy this track improves into one of this route's highlights.	E	89°	304m
27.92km	0.19km	Take a left where the trees open out. This turns into a fast downhill - enjoy! Eventually you'll reach a junction where you hairpin back to the left on yourself, you'll follow the main track around the hairpin.	NNE	18°	322m
28.9km	0.98km	Hairpin left.	WNW	279°	260m
29.31km	0.41km	When the track emerges out of the trees onto a gravel track, hang a sharp left and follow the gravel track. I haven't researched the remainder of this route. It's dependent on it being OK to cycle through the Hafod Estate. As far as I can tell, it's OK to cycle on the "forest roads". So there's one section I think could be an issue (at worst you have to push 300-400m).	SW	211°	200m
29.7km	0.39km	Right at the T-Junction.	NNW	334°	165m
30.14km	0.44km	Straight on at the hairpin junction	WNW	274°	200m
30.33km	0.19km	I think there's a T junction here - take a left.	WSW	242°	190m
30.62km	0.3km	It looks to me like you emerge from the forest here - so strictly speaking you may need to get off and push??? Follow the track round to the right ignoring the first track on the right.	NNW	318°	171m
31km	0.37km	I'd say you can start riding again from here. Bear left at the cross roads ahead onto the lesser used track or "forest road".	W	265°	189m
32.52km	1.52km	Bear left onto the road and you're back in the centre of Pont-Rhyd-y-Groes.	W	255°	159m
32.65km	0.13km		SSW	193°	144m