The Dawes had served us well but, as with most tandems, was limited by its length as to where we could travel with it. Train travel is very difficult with a tandem, particularly in the UK, and if we needed to take the bike into a hotel or up to a flight of stairs then we would have been struggling. We therefore decided to buy a Thorn Discovery that came complete with S&S couplings. This ingenious design allows the bike to be split quickly and easily as and when required but without affecting the strength of the bike.
To test our new bike out we loaded it onto several trains between Bristol to Holyhead and cycled home again using the cross-Wales Sustrans route: The Lôn Las Cymru.
Days of Riding: 6
Distance Covered: 290 miles
Ferry Journeys: 0
Countries: 2
Waiting for the train from Bristol
On the train from Newport
Leaving Hollyhead Station
RAF VAlley, Anglesey
RAF Valley
Neolithic Tomb, Anglesey
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Menai Bridge
Menai Bridge
Caernarfon
Caernarfon Castle
Onto the bike path to Caernarfon
Dinner in a bus stop, Penygroes
Camping Penygroes
Topping up with water
Lunch in Porthmadog
Porthmadog
Steep hills approaching Harlech
Harlech Castle
40% hill Harlech
Views from harlech to The Llyn Peninsula
Las Vegas Amusements, Barmouth
Barmouth Beach
Barmouth Beach
Barmouth Bridge
Cycle track into Dolgellau
Un-tandem friendly bike gate
Un-tandem friendly bike gate
Un-tandem friendly bike gate
Near Dolgellau
Road from Dolgellau
Above Machynlleth
Bridge approcahing Machynlleth
Machynlleth
Mountain road from Machynlleth to Llanidloes
Lunch stop near Llanidloes
Market Place, Llanidloes
Our Yurt for the night, Llanidloes
The Yurt, Llanidloes
The dinner bus, Llanidloes
The dinner bus, Llanidloes
The dinner bus, Llanidloes
Dinner on the dinner bus
Sheep under the yurt
Approaching Builth Wells
Lunch in Builth Wells
Broken chain at Builth Wells
The split in the Lon Las Cymru, near Hay on Wye
Hereford Cathedral
I think we’re in Hereford
Oilseed Rape, Ledbury
Ledbury Market Place
Dogs at the Farm
May Day in Ross on Wye
Goodrich Castle
Lunch in St Briavals
The Severn Bridge
Nearly home
The Lon Las Cymru with a slight Detour to Ledbury
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