Snowdonia, The Gathering 2025, April 27th, Full Day Drive
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April 27th Drive it Day Snowdonia Run, departing The Ponderosa Cafe, Horseshoe Pass, LL20 8DR at 11:00 Hrs
Arrive early for a breakfast, chat and look at all the cars followed by a 90 mile drive around southern Snowdonia, approx a 3 hour drive finishing at the Llyn Brenig Café.
This is an AstonOwners.com event. It is free of charge and any Aston Owner is welcome to come along and join in. I will provide route maps to anyone attending.
Plenty of you have come along before and always seem to enjoy the day/weekend. This is the fourth Gathering.
Last year we ran a full weekend event. See video by clicking the link below. This year it is just a day trip as I have a full 2 week tour to Italy already fully booked and fully loaded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZXKmQgP8Y
If you are looking to come up for the weekend and need advice on decent hotel. I recommend the Wild Pheasant at Llangollen. Close by and easy to get to. https://www.everbrightgrouphotels.com/wild-pheasan...
Route we will be using is below.
Arrive early for a breakfast, chat and look at all the cars followed by a 90 mile drive around southern Snowdonia, approx a 3 hour drive finishing at the Llyn Brenig Café.
This is an AstonOwners.com event. It is free of charge and any Aston Owner is welcome to come along and join in. I will provide route maps to anyone attending.
Plenty of you have come along before and always seem to enjoy the day/weekend. This is the fourth Gathering.
Last year we ran a full weekend event. See video by clicking the link below. This year it is just a day trip as I have a full 2 week tour to Italy already fully booked and fully loaded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZXKmQgP8Y
If you are looking to come up for the weekend and need advice on decent hotel. I recommend the Wild Pheasant at Llangollen. Close by and easy to get to. https://www.everbrightgrouphotels.com/wild-pheasan...
Route we will be using is below.
Davil said:
That looks terrific.
Ponderosa Cafe. Haha I’m getting Gunfight at the OK Tea Room vibes.
It is a bit of a motoring Mecca for Cars and Bikes and very pleasant place to be if the weather is on your side. Very busy on a sunny Sunday. And the drive up to it gives you a nice taste for what is about to come if venturing deeper into the great roads of Snowdonia. Ponderosa Cafe. Haha I’m getting Gunfight at the OK Tea Room vibes.
Excellent, please also take a look at AstonOwners.com website where you will also find lots going on.
Llangollen is walking distance from the hotel. Lovely along the river bank and nice steam train if you have spare time on the Saturday. The Cornmill pub is also on the river and great for food. But book a table in advance if you want one.
Llangollen is walking distance from the hotel. Lovely along the river bank and nice steam train if you have spare time on the Saturday. The Cornmill pub is also on the river and great for food. But book a table in advance if you want one.
Yes, the Wild Pheasant is an ideal place to stay the night before a North Wales / Snowdonia road trip - did one last year. The WP has plenty of good parking and good food / breakfasts.
We did a 2 night trip, first night at the WP and second night at the Mercure Chester(Abbots Well) which is a fair bit north of the WP as we are based in the north of England, hence keeping the trek home shorter.
We did a 2 night trip, first night at the WP and second night at the Mercure Chester(Abbots Well) which is a fair bit north of the WP as we are based in the north of England, hence keeping the trek home shorter.
Davil said:
That looks terrific.
Ponderosa Cafe. Haha I’m getting Gunfight at the OK Tea Room vibes.
I'm sure it's lovely inside and run by lovely people, etc, etc. ... but it does look a bit odd when you've just driven up a mountain road to reach a bleak moorland and you come across an outsized 1960s bungalow decorated with some wagon wheels.Ponderosa Cafe. Haha I’m getting Gunfight at the OK Tea Room vibes.
AstonZagato said:
Interested.
I will have to see if the wife is up for it too as it is our wedding anniversary!
I'm sure the good lady would enjoy a romantic weekend in Wales with a scenic drive through fantastic scenery and meeting lovely people. I will have to see if the wife is up for it too as it is our wedding anniversary!
The Wild Pheasant is a very nice hotel and you could treat the lady to a stream train in Llangollen or Porthmadog. So many things to do and Llangollen is also very picturesque.
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