Day 1
A hot July evening beckoned us into the heart of the mountains. We cycled out from Rhayader along the Elan Valley. It was 18:00, a Friday, and the sun shone through the trees and danced on the still, deep, waters of the reservoirs. We reached the Claerwen dam, here we rode the rough track that wound it's way spectacularly around the massive Claerwen lake. After a few hours of awesome riding it was nearing 20:00 and darkness was due in a hour and half and so we started to look for a campsite. After a few miles of looking on the hillside our eyes cast downwards to the shore of the lake, a natural beach of gravel was there to be taken. It was a perfect spot, the water was like glass. The insects were annoying but we were soon cooking our food and burning incense and getting ready to settle down to sleep in this, the remotest place in Wales!!
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