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Another good turnout and ten of us completed the “Arthur 2 times” route around the northern end of the Clwyd hills, thanks to Matt having programmed it into his GPS from the Ride the Clwyds website. A few spots of rain as we set off gave way to sunshine and fantastic views across the Vale of Clwyd, Denbigh and Ruthin, to the Carnedds and Tryfan beyond. Despite all the recent rain, the going wasn’t as wet as anticipated as many of the tracks appear to have had gravel applied. This route isn’t without some long climbs, but much of it traverses the hills giving some “quality” offroad riding.

After a very pleasant lunch at the Loggerheads Country Park cafe Jon, Kevin, Jack and I set off to do a bit more. 1000 feet of climbing later and Jack’s legs began to protest – hardly surprising after a full morning’s ride, so he and Kevin peeled off while Jon and I rode one of the permissive routes over the shoulder of Moel Famau with a superb grassy descent to the west. The only trouble was that left a gruelling climb back up and over the ridge before we could descend towards Cilcain and the lanes back to Loggerheads. Thanks also to Andy B for the additional pics.