After a dose of 'flu which lasted a couple of weeks, I ventured out to meet Nick at the 'Blackout junction' near Newbridge on Usk. I left the house at 2.30pm, it was a Sunday and it was very cold ! I was all right however and I climbed the hill to Croesllywarch with no problems. The road here was a sheet of ice, but the downhill bit had been hit by the Sun and made a pleasant descent. We met at our allotted time of 3.00pm, we cycled out along the Usk flood route, we then took the lane toward the village of Llandenny, here we stopped to take some photos of the setting Sun, which looked quite spectacular at the end of the daylight hours. We were in search of some Christmas sights, like some nice lights or the smell of a wood fire burning, but they were few and far between in this area! Darkness fell, I had my 15 watt light blazing away as we cycled to Gwehlog and then on the fast main road to Usk, which was all downhill and made us feel bitterly cold . We viewed the Christmas lights in Usk and then cycled back a pleasant 'Traditional' ride through Llanbadoc, Prescoed and Coed y Paen, to arrive back at 6.30pm..26 miles.
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