Wales.....

[426Hemi]

Hopefully I should get a chance to go to Wales soon...I am going to spend a weekend there and was thinking if anyone had any suggested routes I should drive through; it would be a great help.

Also would anyone recommend any hotels or B&Bs where my car will be secure and where it is fairly inexpensive.

thanks in advance

[Mound Dawg]

To answer this we need to know which part of Wales you're going to.

I can tell you all about Cardiff but if you're going to Llandudno that's going to be no use to you at all.

[Chris71]

If you're coming over the bridge I can thoroughly recommend the B4235 from Chepstow to Usk. It's not a road you ever hear about, but I reckon it's as good as some of the famous ones. It also finishes in a prime spot to head on to the Brecon Beacons if that's the plan.

Assuming you have a few days, I'd suggest the road above, into the Brecon Beacons/Black Mountains, then through the Elan Valley (around the dam) and into Snowdonia for the 'Evo Triangle'. Do a search for all three areas on here and dozens of roads will turn up.

What I did, on my last trip to Wales was download a program called TYRE that enabled me to stick a route with all the good roads into my TomTom and more or less just followed the sat nav.





Sorry, couldn't resist gratuitous pics!

Edited by Chris71 on Wednesday 2nd December 10:20

[426Hemi]

Chris71 said:

If you're coming over the bridge I can thoroughly recommend the B4235 from Chepstow to Usk. It's not a road you ever hear about, but I reckon it's as good as some of the famous ones. It also finishes in a prime spot to head on to the Brecon Beacons if that's the plan.

Assuming you have a few days, I'd suggest the road above, into the Brecon Beacons/Black Mountains, then through the Elan Valley (around the dam) and into Snowdonia for the 'Evo Triangle'. Do a search for all three areas on here and dozens of roads will turn up.

What I did, on my last trip to Wales was download a program called TYRE that enabled me to stick a route with all the good roads into my TomTom and more or less just followed the sat nav.





Sorry, couldn't resist gratuitous pics!

That sounds great....Elan Valley was around about where I want to go.
How do I download TYRE on my tomtom?
TVR looks great! Cant wait to get some pics of my new car on some amazing roads.

[gary71]

If you let me know your email address I'll send you through two pdf's of a route (a detailed road book)I put together for a whole weekend in Wales for the early Porsche club I belong to, based from Llangollen covering the EVO triangle, Snowdonia the Elan valley and everything in between It will certainly keep you busy

[Davey S2]

There are loads of threads on Wales and good driving roads in this forum.

Try here for starters

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[426Hemi]

gary71 said:

If you let me know your email address I'll send you through two pdf's of a route (a detailed road book)I put together for a whole weekend in Wales for the early Porsche club I belong to, based from Llangollen covering the EVO triangle, Snowdonia the Elan valley and everything in between It will certainly keep you busy

My emaill address is;
[e-mail]

Thanks, I am sure it will keep me busy.

Edited by 426Hemi on Wednesday 2nd December 18:22

[Chris71]

426Hemi said:

That sounds great....Elan Valley was around about where I want to go.
How do I download TYRE on my tomtom?
TVR looks great! Cant wait to get some pics of my new car on some amazing roads.

Thanks, it's sorely missed.

With regards TYRE. You can download it here: http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

It has a rather snazzy Google Maps (or even Google Earth) based interface that allows you to drag and drop waypoints to lay out a route. You do have to be a bit careful to make a sat-nav proof route, so your TomTom doesn't try and put in a short cut, but it's not too bad.

The end result is you can save an intinerary file or download it straight to your TomTom. The only proviso is that it doesn't work with some of the recent low end models. The older ones and the fancier ones all do itineraries I believe.

[gary71]

426Hemi said:

gary71 said:

If you let me know your email address I'll send you through two pdf's of a route (a detailed road book)I put together for a whole weekend in Wales for the early Porsche club I belong to, based from Llangollen covering the EVO triangle, Snowdonia the Elan valley and everything in between It will certainly keep you busy

My emaill address is;
[e-mail]

Thanks, I am sure it will keep me busy.

Edited by 426Hemi on Wednesday 2nd December 18:22

No worries, I'll do it tomorrow from work, just realised I haven't got the files on this computer!

[Howard-]

gary71 said:

If you let me know your email address I'll send you through two pdf's of a route (a detailed road book)I put together for a whole weekend in Wales for the early Porsche club I belong to, based from Llangollen covering the EVO triangle, Snowdonia the Elan valley and everything in between It will certainly keep you busy

gary, I'd be hugely grateful if you could send them to me as well! I went to Wales last year but wouldn't mind a proper 'tried and tested' route that people love

[e-mail]

Many thanks

[Allyc85]

I wouldnt mind a copy as well if possible

My email is [e-mail]

Cheers

[426Hemi]

gary71 said:

If you let me know your email address I'll send you through two pdf's of a route (a detailed road book)I put together for a whole weekend in Wales for the early Porsche club I belong to, based from Llangollen covering the EVO triangle, Snowdonia the Elan valley and everything in between It will certainly keep you busy

Any progress in sending the PDFs over?
Thanks

[gary71]

Afternoon,

I've just emailed the route out to those that were after it, crap and slow delivery as usual! Sorry!
Gary

[Howard-]

I appreciate that Gary, thanks a lot.. received

[Allyc85]

Cheers for sending the route :cheers:

Done a few runs through Wales already but its always good to see how other people do it

[426Hemi]

Thanks Gary,

Much appreciated, its very useful.

[pwd95]

Chris71 said:

That's my old Griffith. Don't forget the 482 through Lampeter to Aberaeron (2 Shell Garages on that one)& the A44 from Aberystwith East.

[pwd95]

.....Great Road......





Same spot.......

Edited by pwd95 on Thursday 17th December 22:02

[charnock]

theres a decent hotel at the rhyader end of elan valley.

gd old elan valley

[gary71]

Great shot of the Volvo!

You've got to love a bit of Wales

The roads around Bala in some traditional Welsh weather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg3j6A4dH5U

...and a few more including the Bwlch-y-Groes pass (dodgy Italian job tribute!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_ItpftN9s

edited for dodgy formatting!

Edited by gary71 on Friday 18th December 08:34