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offa's bikers - day 1

Offa's Bikers pages: home, route overview, stats summary, day1, day2, day3

 

Day 1 was Thursday 27th July. A beautiful hot day! We assembled at Rob's house to be driven to Prestatyn at 8:00am.Leaving Shirenewton at about 8:15am we arrived at Prestatyn around 11:40am, getting on the road about midday. A 25 munite lunch break at 1:30pm (after 16.5 miles climbing out of Prestatyn) got us to the top of the Horseshoe Pass at about 15:40 having cycled 29.3 miles. We finally arrived at the Hand Hotel in Chirk at 5:15pm having cycled about 43 miles.

 

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Kevin changes his mind and makes a break for it!

Rob reminds Mark he's only driving!

Who looks most pensive?

Not Mark!

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Ready to go!

Prestatyn

Prestatyn

Prestatyn

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A fine example of manhood!

Rob looks envious

Kevin asks Rob to take his place!

Rob says "you have to be joking".

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Mark wonders what this is for!

Dave & Kevin suddenly realise that there is no lift back

Mark looks confident

Time to go - its only 200 miles boys ...

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On the road

Always uphill

Typical road

Typical scenery

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Lunch day 1

Lunch

You have to go uphill

to get views like this!

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and we did go uphill

all the time!

Destination Llangollen

unfortunately its over them there hills!

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via the Horseshoe Pass

Its a long way up

to the top - trust us!

But a great view

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Valle Crucis Abbey

Llangollen

Llangollen

Llangollen

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Llangollen

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Chirk finally!

 

 

 

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