After two days back to back riding at Coed-y-Brenin we decided to head over to Betws-y-Coed for a morning’s riding, we had heard about the Penmachno trail and wanted to check it out. The Penmachno is graded red, 22km distance with 600m of climbing, compared to the Beast of Brenin we had ridden the day [...]

Just back from recent trip to Coed-y-Brenin in North Wales, thought we would share with you our thoughts on this purpose built trail centre in this beautiful part of the Welsh countryside. First off this is not my first trip to Coed-y-Brenin – four years ago I foolishly entered an XC race there and got [...]

The Raven Trail at Brechfa, South Wales is a trail designed by Rowan Sorrell and Brian Rumble, graded black for good reason, it is a trail that will both delight and challenge you in roughly equal measures. Let’s look at the numbers: Distance:18.5km Climbing:725m Time:1.5 – 2hr The climbing kind of gives it away, with [...]

Afan Forest Park in South Wales is just off the M4, between Cardiff and Swansea, in South Wales. The nearest town is Port Talbot, although that is some way off as the actual location is by it’s nature quite remote. Afan Forest Park has benefited from extensive investment to become a first class mountain bike [...]