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Cycling over the Black mountains

Just click any image to expand it and see a slide show of the trip with commentary

Day 1- Builth Wells to Tregoyd (via Talgarth 23 miles)

b1Knucklas viaduct b4Builth road station b5Royal Welsh showground b6Mid Wales railway b8St Mary's church b10Pleasant road b12Railway bridge b15Weigh bridge b18Erwood station b20As it was b24The Mid Wales line Boughrood toll house b32Boughrood toll house (2) b34Boughrood toll house (3) b35The Honey pot The Grwyne Fawr bothyThe Grwyne Fawr bothy b38Bronlleys castle b42Talgarth tower b44Town hall b46Talgarth mill cafe b47As it was b48The mansion fire b49Now lit

Day 2- Tregoyd to Grwyne Fawr reservoir (7 miles)

b50Talgarth railway station b52Lunatic Asylum (1) b54Lunatic Asylum (2) b56Lunatic Asylum (3) b58Lunatic Asylum (4) b60Lunatic Asylum (5) b62Mountain road b63Snow capped b64Grassy slope b65The Wye in the distance b66Hard work b67My little pony b68Rain over the Wye b69Perilous descent Tail of the reservoir br70Grwyne Fawr bothy br71Grwyne Fawr bothy (2) br72Grwyne Fawr bothy (3) br73Grwyne Fawr bothy (4) b72Grwyne Fawr bothy (5) br74Grwyne Fawr stream br75Feed to reservoir

Day 3- Grwyne Fawr reservoir to Abergavenny (17 miles)

br76Leaving b75Grwyne Fawr res (1) b76Grwyne Fawr res (2) b77Grwyne Fawr res (3) b78Grwyne Fawr res (4) b79Grwyne Fawr res (5) b80Grwyne Fawr dam (1) b81Grwyne Fawr dam (2) b82Grwyne Fawr dam (3) b83Grwyne Fawr dam (4) b84Dam plaque b85Grwyne Fawr dam (5) b86Leaving b87Low level to left b88Leaving the valley b94The mess room b96A steady descent b98The bottom b100The Grwyne Fawr mootools lightbox galleryby VisualLightBox.com v6.0

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