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HWN
Member Since: 23 Feb 2018
Location: Near Llanybydder (near Puff!)
Posts: 4579
  
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| Light off-roading in South Wales |
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As per the other thread, I did some off-roading this morning:
1) Roman Road from Trecastle to LLandovery (starts here)
2) SN7732-02 / SN7623-03 (starts here)
3) SN7326-02 (possibly my favourite) (starts here)
4) Brechfa forest.
Massive faux-pas in the latter  . Went up a hill, turned round and came back down and on the way saw some papers nailed to a tree - a prohibition order. Signage wasn't brilliant and it wasn't on TW2 (it will be soon!) or the council rights-of-way map. Have 'fessed up to the council's PROW department in the hope they can improve the signage so others don't make the same (genuine) mistake.
Tried to do Dunlop Hill but it has been closed. The ford near Brechfa was a raging torrent (I half expected to see Katherine Hepburn and John Wayne go past on a raft), so that was a no-no.
A few videos below. They are 'warts and all', i.e., you can see me making a pratt of myself, stopping so I can take photos and making navigational errors. Just skip through them! Make your own judgement about 'scratchiness' but several were very scratchy. Jacked up the suspension by 35 mm using the EasyLift once or twice. Cameraman was "Mr Gimbal".
Navigation based on TW2 (worth the money for GLASS membership alone), converted to What3Words to get the start-point accurately placed, navigated to using Google Maps and, once on the lane, using the OS Maps app.
Photos here. A couple of them can be clicked-on and then navigated using the mouse (they are the ones with circular arrows at the top-right).
I think these are actually 'mid-Wales'. I need to do the lanes described in the first post of the original thread (and Strata Florida re-opens in five weeks!). Claerwen reservoir is also on my wish-list. 
All-in-all, about 130 miles by the time I got home, bringing a 'Transmission Fault' warning with me (hopefully just hot oil). Didn't see any other 4x4s - just a dog-walker, a couple of cyclists and a farmer (with whom I exchanged a friendly wave). My route took me past Puff's gaff.
So, a RRS on a Disco forum? My wife wouldn't let her D4 near a green lane after I got her D2 dirty  .
Roman Road
(See here for my towbar getting hit  )
SN7352-02 Pt 1
SN7352-02 Pt 2
SN7326-02 (A lovely hill)
Brechfa:
Brechfa:
Anyway, an enjoyable day out without a puncture or massive mechanical breakdown. Next time, I need some other people to come with me - if only to help with the gates! 2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
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 5th Sep 2020 5:57 pm |
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G3Z
Member Since: 16 Dec 2018
Location: South Wales
Posts: 558
 
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Brilliant videos and some cracking angles on the pictures. I will join you soon!  Defender 110 2.4 TDCi Utility Station Wagon.
2007 Disco 3 GS TDV6 Manual
200,000+ mile club 😎
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| 5th Sep 2020 8:58 pm |
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Puff
Member Since: 08 May 2016
Location: Near Llanybydder (nr HWN!)
Posts: 454
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| Re: Light off-roading in South Wales |
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HWN wrote:
1) Roman Road from Trecastle to LLandovery (starts here)
2) SN7732-02 / SN7623-03 (starts here)
3) SN7326-02 (possibly my favourite) (starts here)
4) Brechfa forest.
Massive faux-pas in the latter . Went up a hill, turned round and came back down and on the way saw some papers nailed to a tree - a prohibition order. Signage wasn't brilliant and it wasn't on TW2 (it will be soon!) or the council rights-of-way map. Have 'fessed up to the council's PROW department in the hope they can improve the signage so others don't make the same (genuine) mistake.
Tried to do Dunlop Hill but it has been closed. The ford near Brechfa was a raging torrent (I half expected to see Katherine Hepburn and John Wayne go past on a raft), so that was a no-no.:
Was the latter in Brechfa?
Wasn't aware Dunlop is closed  Who by?
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| 6th Sep 2020 6:44 pm |
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pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2589
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The Roman road is up the road from my Father's place.
Never taken the V8 along it but I have ridden it the other way on my cross bike. This was a few years back and I thought the approach from the Llandovery end was a little overgrown (beyond the gate at the end)
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| 6th Sep 2020 7:58 pm |
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Puff
Member Since: 08 May 2016
Location: Near Llanybydder (nr HWN!)
Posts: 454
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Ah - don't know that one.
TW2 has a recent comment for Dunlop from 5/9/20, so guess it is open ok
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| 7th Sep 2020 6:16 pm |
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Puff
Member Since: 08 May 2016
Location: Near Llanybydder (nr HWN!)
Posts: 454
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Sure, why not, though my car is clanking like a good'un at the moment 
Up Dunlop & back down to Nant-Y-Fin, then back up the one of the UCRs in my direction?
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| 8th Sep 2020 7:29 pm |
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