Tricket Mill was a great place to stay. Welcomed with a pot of tea and a big log burner. Food was great.
We left promptly after breakfast, crossed the old bridge and followed Route 8 into Builth Wells. A lovely ride along the River Wye. After picking up lunch we continued on and up. Steep climbs out of Builth, before we eventually went down to Newbridge and stopped for lunch. It is slowly getting warmer. After lunch it was over another bridge and up, again. We followed the Sustrans signs for route 8, until John P. reckoned we were wrong, we checked and checked again, then returned to the last sign, although it pointed in the direction we had taken it seemed wrong. We followed what we thought was the correct route and soon had confirmation we were on the correct route with a couple of signs. Other than this, the signs have been great.
We then had a short stretch of 'Ancient Coach Road' to follow. Luckily it was dry, and not too rough, though we did push the tandem most of the way as it was a handful on the rough path. The alternative main road, sounded very busy so we were happy with our choice. After regaining the tarmac we had a few very steep hills pbefore we reached the Elan valley and the Elan Vallet cycle path. This took us right into Rhayader and Ty Morgans, our stop for the night. A welcome coffee and cake in Ty Morgans Cafe, and we plan to eat in Ty Morgans Bistro. The bikes are safely stored in a pub room opposite owned by Ty Morgan. Now he has most of Rhayader, I think world domination is next.
Weather has been good. Warming a little and no rain so far. Fingers crissed for next few days.
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