Epic cycle day today covering 89 kilometres and over 800 metres of climbing.
We set off from Wrexham and over the lumps and bumps of the Clwydian Range. I had never heard of it before, and there was no quick way around it, so we had to go over it.
I am very glad we did because it was a beautiful route and once at the top, we had an almost endless glide down the other side.
We stopped for refreshments at a café in Ruthin and I ate the biggest iced bun that I have ever seen. I was going to save half for later, but before I knew what had happened it was all gone.
It was then about 30 kilometres to the coast at Rhyl. I don't know if we missed the highlights of Rhyl, but it didn't look good so we pressed quickly on.
The pedestrian bridge in the shape of a sailing ship was pretty good though.
We hugged the north coast of Wales following Sustrans route 5 all the way to Llandudno with the weather gradually improving, and by the time we got to Colwyn Bay it was lovely.
Just a few kilometres from our target we passed a Mr Whippy van, and this time I polished off the biggest 99 ever.
Happy days.
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