philip.marshall Wrote:
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> I got a phone call this afternoon from Garrie Tufford (who lurks on NGDF), and he asked me to
> relay his opinion that the best way to tour North Wales is by bicycle. (This assumes a certain level
> of physical fitness, of course.) He said that on a visit to the UK in the 1980s he rode his bike all
> the way from London to Porthmadog via Birmingham (following old canal towpaths much of the way
> across the Midlands), with a stopover in Shropshire to visit Coalbrookdale and the
> Ironbridge Gorge. The WHR hadn't yet been rebuilt at that point, but he was able to explore some of
> the ROW between Caenarfon and Porthmadog by bike, and when he got to Porthmadog he got permission to
> stow his bike in the guard's van on the FR and even got a cab ride on their Alco 2-6-2T trench
> engine 'Mountaineer'. Then he continued on to Tywyn and the Tallylyn Railway. It all sounds
> lovely.
Sounds like a wonderful trip, wish I was a bit younger.