A weekend in the Black Mountains

[eTim]

I spent a glorious weekend in the Black Mountains, South Wales recently, doing nothing but ebiking, I based myself in Crickhowell, here's some photos of the trip....

So it starts with a tranquil rural scene, with strange wild animals with a white fluffy coat to them, more about them later.

Alot of tracks looked like this, this was actually quite steep, but as usual iPhone photos flatten the perspective and the quality is not the best

There's always time for a quick refreshment stop

The Welsh know how to hide important features of their landscape well

 

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The usual weapon of choice

Lovely looking lane

Gets a bit narrow, nettle stings galore

Crosses another bridge

 

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Gets a bit wider

Opens up completely, then I have to negotiate my way past scary wild animals

Time to press on

Lovely views

 

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But then the path completely disappears in shoulder height ferns!

After crashing through that lot, it was time to take break

 

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On the road again and narrowly missed an attack by the local wildebeast

Some more of this

 

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Not enough smooth tarmac

Then it seemed the locals have been defending themselves

 

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Back on the trail

Another narrow escape!

 

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This one defeated electric power

So steep, even the non-electrics were defeated

 

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They took the low road

Whilst I took the high road

And ended up with a puncture

 

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Time to head downhill (again)

Tried not to go as fast as this guy !!

 

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Time to Sloe it down

Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal

 

[eTim]

What a fantastic weekend, and don't forget, Christmas is coming......

 

[funkylyn]

OMG...Tim that looks like one hell of a ride , thanks for the report and all those great pictures, scenery stunning, looks like you really had to test yourself on those trails, thank god you managed to avoid all those 'strange' wild animals LOL
Best wishes,Lynda

 

[scarrabri]

Wow beautiful countryside Tim ,you must have had a real load of fun on what looks like a wonderful ride
did the bike hold up ok ?and what camera did you use to shoot them beautiful pics ? really good my friend ,how did that canal boat manage to squeeze through that tunnel ,amazing ,very impressed Tim best wishes Brian.

 

[Alan B]

Some serious off roading there Tim, good to see the bike can cope with what it was designed for.

 

[flecc]

Great photos of wonderful countryside Tim, thanks for sharing them. As you say, photos always flatten those gradients, but I can work out how steep they were from experience. Still, you definitely had the ideal e-bike for that territory, I doubt there's a better legal one for tackling it.

 

[Kenny]

Looks like a terrific ride Tim, thanks for posting the pictures.
I love my PC-S but owning a bike that can tackle the toughest trails and take you just about anywhere is a very tempting prospect.