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Sarn Helen - NIDVM/Hirfynydd section Pilau Dec 4th United Kingdom > Wales > Swansea 39.5km Recreational, MTB, Steep, Intermediate, Offroad, Low traffic, High traffic, Rough, Rural, Scenic
Sarn Helen is the name given to a number of Wales’ Roman roads. The roads were built after the conquest of the Welsh tribes to create a network of all-weather routes linking the Romans' forts. "Sarn Helen" is a misnomer meaning Helen's Causeway or Road and refers to Elen, a Romano-British princess and the wife of the emperor of Britain, Maximus. Whilst she is fabled to have got Maximus to build roads across Wales to help defend it, it is considered that Elen is from a much later period than the roads themselves. These roads suggest a route from a fort in Neath in South Wales all the way up to a fort near Conwy in the north. Parts of Sarn Helen (such as this) are off-road and make for interesting MTBing, but much of Sarn Helen is tarmac or obliterated. However, I’m inspired by the idea of a south to north route split into bite sized chunks, which follows Sarn Helen or haunts its surrounding countrtside and visits the Roman sites along the way. See plot #1 for a description of this section. WIP.
Alternative Charity Gower Bike Ride Pilau Nov 15th United Kingdom > Wales > Swansea 91.8km MTB, Difficult, Offroad, Rough, Urban, Rural, Scenic
I had the idea years ago with a couple of mates to run an off-road version of the road based Gower Bike Ride. This is the route I'm toying with - still very much under construction and with much of it as yet unresearched. A Work in Progress. Comments welcomed. I'm having some issues with this route at the moment. Firstly, some of the tracks are very much dry weather tracks and suffer terribly in the wet. Secondly, there are significant portions that are not strictly legal cycle routes - possibly and issue if I try to make this an organised event.
Cleeve Common medium difficulty Pilau's way Pilau Nov 11th United Kingdom > England > Cheltenham 35.8km Recreational, MTB, Intermediate, Offroad, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
This is my Cleeve Common route - a variation of one from a popular magazine. One or two of the tracks, I just looked at and didn't attempt as I was short of time. If anyone knows them and feels they're worth changing let me know.
Sarn Helen - Y Pigwn/ALABVM section Pilau Oct 1st United Kingdom > Wales > Brecon 48.8km Recreational, Onroad, MTB, Difficult, Offroad, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
Sarn Helen is the name given to a number of Wales’ Roman roads. The roads were built after the conquest of the Welsh tribes to create a network of all-weather routes linking the Romans' forts. "Sarn Helen" is a misnomer meaning Helen's Causeway or Road and refers to Elen, a Romano-British princess and the wife of the governor of Britain, Maximus. Whilst she is fabled to have got Maximus to build roads across Wales to help defend it, it is considered that Elen is from a much later period than the roads themselves. These roads suggest a route from a fort in Neath in South Wales all the way up to a fort near Conwy in the north. Parts of Sarn Helen are off-road and make for interesting MTBing, but much of Sarn Helen is tarmac or obliterated. However, I’m inspired by the idea of a south to north route split into bite sized chunks, which follows Sarn Helen or haunts its surrounding countrtside and visits the Roman sites along the way. See plots #1-3 for a description of this section. WIP.
Sarn Helen - Coelbren/Ystradfellte Section Pilau Sep 22nd United Kingdom > Wales > Brecon 31.4km Recreational, MTB, Difficult, Offroad, Low traffic, Rough, Rural, Scenic
Sarn Helen is the name given to a number of Wales’ Roman roads. The roads were built after the conquest of the Welsh tribes to create a network of all-weather routes linking the Romans' forts. "Sarn Helen" is a misnomer meaning Helen's Causeway or Road and refers to Elen, a Romano-British princess and the wife of the emperor of Britain, Maximus. Whilst she is fabled to have got Maximus to build roads across Wales to help defend it, it is considered that Elen is from a much later period than the roads themselves. These roads suggest a route from a fort in Neath in South Wales all the way up to a fort near Conwy in the north. Parts of Sarn Helen (such as this) are off-road and make for interesting MTBing, but much of Sarn Helen is tarmac or obliterated. However, I’m inspired by the idea of a south to north route split into bite sized chunks, which follows Sarn Helen or haunts its surrounding countrtside and visits the Roman sites along the way. See plots #1 & #2 for a description of this secti
Sarn Helen - CICVCIVM section Pilau Sep 22nd United Kingdom > Wales > Brecon 42km Recreational, MTB, Intermediate, Offroad, Low traffic, Rough, Rural, Scenic
Sarn Helen is the name given to a number of Wales’ Roman roads. The roads were built after the conquest of the Welsh tribes to create a network of all-weather routes linking the Romans' forts. "Sarn Helen" is a misnomer meaning Helen's Causeway or Road and refers to Elen, a Romano-British princess and the wife of the emperor of Britain, Maximus. Whilst she is fabled to have got Maximus to build roads across Wales to help defend it, it is considered that Elen is from a much later period than the roads themselves. These roads suggest a route from a fort in Neath in South Wales all the way up to a fort near Conwy in the north. Parts of Sarn Helen are off-road and make for interesting MTBing, but much of Sarn Helen is tarmac or obliterated. However, I’m inspired by the idea of a south to north route split into bite sized chunks, which follows Sarn Helen or haunts its surrounding countrtside and visits the Roman sites along the way. See plots #1 & #2 for a description of this section. WIP.
Pont-Rhyd-y-Groes route 1 Hafod Estate suggestion Pilau Sep 10th United Kingdom > Wales > Aberystwyth 4.7km Recreational, MTB, Basic, Offroad, Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
You CAN cycle through the Hafod Estate provided you stick to the "forest roads".
Pont-Rhyd-y-Groes route 2 - Rhiwlas Pilau Sep 9th United Kingdom > Wales > Aberystwyth 32.9km Recreational, Onroad, MTB, Difficult, Offroad, Low traffic, Rough, Rural, Scenic
Like route 1 this was not a particularly great route when I rode it. Again it has some gems and again navigation can be an issue. But, it was worth doing, even though it caused me a cracked rib!! However, as I plotted it out and put some basic annotations in I realised it could be improved with a few minor changes. I reckon it has the makings of a good ride. What's more it's just over 80% off-road.
Pont-Rhyd-y-Groes route 1 - The Arch Pilau Sep 7th United Kingdom > Wales > Aberystwyth 36.3km Recreational, Onroad, MTB, Steep, Intermediate, Offroad, Low traffic, Rough, Rural, Scenic
Not particularly a great route, hence I haven't spent a lot of time annotating it and correcting errors in the track points, but it's good enough to kill some time! Good scenery. A couple of the tracks are gems and redeem the bad ones! I should like to have made the Hafod Estate the start point, but didn't research the situation with regards to cycling through the estate. A suggestion would be to ride up through the forest and join the route at point #34. I've uploaded a suggetion for this.
Pembrokeshire Coast MTB Route Newport Bay Section Pilau Jul 6th United Kingdom > Wales > Haverfordwest 32.2km Onroad, MTB, Intermediate, Offroad, Rough, Rural, Scenic
This is based very very loosely around the Pembrokeshire Coast path. Since we can't ride on footpaths, the idea was a MTB route drawing some inspiration from the coastal path. As always with me the emphasis is to get off-road otherwise I'd have just followed the coastal road. I've had some difficulty locating a couple of the off-road sections. This route was initially contrived West to East, but I think it may well be a better route in reverse so the I've written the instructions to go East to West. 29.8% Off-Road
Pembrokeshire Coast MTB route Cardigan section Pilau Jul 5th United Kingdom > Wales > Haverfordwest 32.5km Onroad, MTB, Steep, Offroad, Rough, Rural, Scenic
This is based very very loosely around the Pembrokeshire Coast path. Since we can't ride on footpaths, the idea was a MTB route drawing some inspiration from the coastal path. As always with me the emphasis is to get off-road otherwise I'd have just followed the coastal road. I've had some difficulty locating the first off-road section. This route can be run North to South too and includes instructions [in square brackets] to tailor it to suit that orientation. 40.9% off-road.
Pembrokeshire Coast MTB route Gwbert section Pilau Jul 1st United Kingdom > Wales > Haverfordwest 35.8km Onroad, MTB, Steep, Intermediate, Offroad, Rough, Rural, Scenic
This is based very very loosely around the Pembrokeshire Coast path. Since we can't ride on footpaths, the idea was a MTB route drawing some inspiration from the coastal path. The official path finishes west of Cardigan, but as I often stay in Gwbert and Gwbert would make a very worthwhile continuation of the path, I opted to create an additional loop east of Gwbert. 33.5% Off-Road.
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