Yet again GS had to miss out on this one mainly due to the distance we intended to cover.
KT and I joined the Taff Trail at Pontypridd at 09:30hrs and aimed to find out how far we could travel before sunset. The target if possible was to make it to the Storey Arms Centre in Brecon. I only managed to take one photograph on route.......shame.
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| a view looking up Twyn Brynbychan |
We hit our 1st problem at just past Aberdare where we lost the route for about 20min due to inadequate route signs, then again the same in Aberfan where we lost another 30minutes due to inadequate route signs, and then finally in Merthyr Tydfil we lost another 45min trying to find the trail.Possibly the signs were vandalised.....who knows...........but we lost 1hr 35min on route.
Up to about 15:30hrs we were progressing well and reached Merthyr Tydfil. Our pace was averaging 4miles per hour.........not bad for our age eh?? But unfortunately another old knee injury hindered my progress just before we got to Merthyr Tydfil and my pace rapidly started to slow down.
By 17:30hrs we made it up to Cwm Taf just below the Llwyn-on Reservoir and the sun was setting quickly, and that's was as far as I my knee would permit me to go.....the pain was excruciating and I had to stop and call for our lift back to base.
We covered just over 20miles including the brief detours when the route was lost!!!
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