Weekend around the Evo Triangle - lunch/road recomendations
Weekend around the Evo Triangle - lunch/road recomendations
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supersport

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4,630 posts

256 months

Wednesday 4th September 2013
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A group of us are off to Wales and staying in the Evo trianlge area, travelling from Yorkshire. I am just starting to put together a road book and was after recomendations of routes and lunch stops on the way or in the area that anyone has used.

It looks like we are in for a fun weekend as a first look shows some great roads.

DAB964RS

214 posts

196 months

Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Lake Vyrnwy Hotel

From the A5 leg of EVO triangle take the B4501 to Bala. From Bala take the B4391 to Llangynog, the hotel is signposted from Llangynog.

www.lakevyrnwy.com

Carlton Banks

3,676 posts

265 months

Wednesday 4th September 2013
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This karting track is pretty decent to supplement the Evo Triangle drive!

unclepezza

791 posts

172 months

Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Carlton Banks said:
This karting track is pretty decent to supplement the Evo Triangle drive!
linky?

unclepezza

791 posts

172 months

Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Carlton Banks said:
This karting track is pretty decent to supplement the Evo Triangle drive!
linky?

rob.kellock

2,248 posts

221 months

Wednesday 4th September 2013
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The kart place is on the A5 limb of the triangle - http://www.gygkarting.com

When I last went to the Evo Triangle with some pals, we stayed and ate at the famous Groes Inn outside Conway as it was a bit of a half way house for our trip to the Anglesey circuit the next day. It was very good. There should be a picture of some of our cars on the wall of fame in the gents!!

HammerCJ

104 posts

172 months

Thursday 5th September 2013
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DAB964RS said:
Lake Vyrnwy Hotel

From the A5 leg of EVO triangle take the B4501 to Bala. From Bala take the B4391 to Llangynog, the hotel is signposted from Llangynog.

www.lakevyrnwy.com
+1 for the B4391 - a must do! One of the best roads I have ever driven, and in my opinion better than the Evo triangle!

supersport

Original Poster:

4,630 posts

256 months

Thursday 5th September 2013
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That hotel looks very nice.

Zoin

128 posts

169 months

Thursday 5th September 2013
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supersport said:
A group of us are off to Wales and staying in the Evo trianlge area, travelling from Yorkshire. I am just starting to put together a road book and was after recomendations of routes and lunch stops on the way or in the area that anyone has used.

It looks like we are in for a fun weekend as a first look shows some great roads.
Hi OP,
I'm planning a weekend North Wales myself at the end of this month but haven't even begun to plot a route. I'd be grateful if you could post your route here.

Cheers,

markiii

4,294 posts

223 months

Thursday 5th September 2013
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whilst there are significantly better driving roads on your proposed run than the A5, I suspect you will at some point find yourself on it either between sections or getting to from your destinations.

I was there last weekend and there were a number of very sneaky mobile speed traps positioned on the A5 just before and after it intersects the Evo Triangle

so be careful

Geneve

4,018 posts

248 months

Friday 6th September 2013
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HammerCJ said:
+1 for the B4391 - a must do! One of the best roads I have ever driven, and in my opinion better than the Evo triangle!
I drove the EVO triangle today (in a 458 Spyder). Agree, it's not the best driving road in Wales - there are some excellent roads, inc the B4391, with smoother asphalt longer straights and better viz.

However, it does provide a great route, over which to really test and assess the qualities and capabilities, or otherwise, of any car.

Personally, I think it's best enjoyed at a sensible pace. It is a public road, not a race track, and it is policed (often used by police training instructors in unmarked Skoda VR6s).

Edited by Geneve on Friday 6th September 21:33

nsm3

2,831 posts

225 months

Friday 6th September 2013
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Only just over an hour or so from me, I will be using that area to put some run-in miles on the Cayman at the end of October.

Dblue

3,288 posts

229 months

Friday 6th September 2013
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See Roads section for route advice, Brondanw Arms at Rhyd near Ffestiniog/Maentwrog is excellent for lunch with a decent car park. The Green Inn which is on the eastern part of the B4391 near Llangynog is very nice too.