Diwrnod hir yn Llanrwst - Long day in Llanrwst

Diwrnod hir allan ag ogwmpas Llanrwst.. fel y rhedwyr oedd allan in force ogwmpas y dref y bore hwnnw! Long day in and around Llanrwst today. There were runners out in force around the town for a race like us.. they were in for a wet day! 

Roedd Carwyn wedi creu llwybr o tua 30-35 milltir ar gyfer y diwrnod, ac roedd o’n awyddus i drio allan ei deiars newydd.. Nobby Nics gan Schwalbe.. rhaid i mi ddeud.. ar ôl cael sbin ar ei feic.. ma’ nhw'n deiars 'grippy', swnllyd a cyflym.  Yn anffodus, wrth reidio ei feic, ac fel roeddwn ni'n newid y ger... mi dorrodd y chaen! Wel o’n ni'n teimlo bach yn euog i ddeud y lleiaf.. Yn ffodus.. roedd gan Carwyn powerlink sbâr, nath galluogi fo rhoi'r chaen yn ôl at ei gilydd.  PHEW!! Mi fysa rhaid i ni'n dau cerdded yn ol hebddo.
Carwyn had made a route of around 30-35 mile and he was keen to try out his new tyres... Schwalbe'r Nobby Nics and I have to admit that they're both grippy, fast and noisy. As I was looking as I was having a go on Carwyns bike and while changing gear.. the chain snapped!.. luckily, Carwyn had a spare powerlink which he used to put the chain back together. PHEW!! it would have been a long walk home without it! 

Ar ôl trin y chaen.. mi aethom dros fynydd ac i lawr tuag at Capel Curig, ar ôl dilyn yr A5 am chydig.. aethom fynydd dros fynydd arall.. Lot o ddringo yma.. ac i lawr am Ddolwyddelan.  O Ddolwyddelan, mi gytunom ni i fynd ymlaen gyda dolen hirach y siwrne ymlaen am Benmachno. After fixing the chain, we followed a path that took us over a mountain and up to Capel Curig. Following the A5 for a little while, we headed right and over another mountain.. Lots of climbing here followed by a varied decent down to Dolwyddelan. We agreed to ride the longer length of the route,so ahead we went to Penmachno.

Yn anffodus, roedd y ddolen yma yn galetach nag roeddwn ni'n disgwyl. Wrth ddringo dros y mynydd o Ddolwyddelan i Benmachno.. mi ddiflannodd y llwybr mewn cors wlyb.. felly lot o wthio'r beics a traed gwlyb!
This stage of the route was much harder than we expected. By riding up the mountain from Dolwyddelan to Penmachno, the path quickly evaporates into a wet bog... so instead of riding, there was a lot of bike-hiking!

Wedi i ni gyrraedd coedwig Penmachno, mi aethom ogwmpas y mynd er mwyn ail ymuno a'r A470 ger Dolwyddelan. Erbyn i ni gyrraedd yr A470, roeddem wedi colli gormod o amser wrth gerdded drwy'r gors.. ag achos hynny, mi benderfynom ni mynd yn ôl am y car wrth feicio am Betws y Coed ac wedyn ymlaen am Lanrwst a'r car.
Once we eventually reached Penmachno forest, we rode from the valley around the mountain so that we could reach the A470 by Dolwyddelan. By the time we reached the A470 though, we'd lost too much time with all the bike-hiking over to Penmachno, so we took to the road, and headed back to Betws and then Llanrwst to the cars.

Dyma ychydig o luniau y cymerais ar y trip. Here's a few photos I took on the ride :-

Cylchdaith Eiraog Coed y Brenin Carwyn 7fed o Ebrill

Ar ôl trafod paratoi am y trip gyda Carwyn ac yn dilyn ei ymchwil.. mi awgrymodd y dylwn ni fynd am reid  mewn amgylchiadau tebyg i'r trip ei hun. Gyda hyn mewn golwg, mi luniodd Carwyn llwybr yn dechrau a gorffen yng Nghoed y Brenin.. ond yn osgoi'r llwybrau arferol wrth fynd i mewn i'r wlad a dilyn y lonydd cefn, lonydd tan 'fire roads' a'r llwybrau ceffyl a hynny am 30 milltir

Dyma ychydig o lunia yn fuan ar y trip.

LLun gan Carwyn - Picture from Carwyn

Roedd hi'n cychwyn grêt i'r diwrnod.. roeddem yn cadw amser da.. ac yn dod i arfer gyda'n teclynnau i ffeindion ffordd.. Carwyn gyda'i Garmin a finnau gyda'n Iffon.

Dwi'n gobeithio sgwennu yn y blog am declynnau GPS hwyrach yn y Blog.

Gafon ni ychydig o eira ar y llwybrau gweler fideo ohonof i'n trio beicio ar ychydig bach o eira.. dwi angen teiars gwell ar gyfer job fel honno dwi'n meddwl.

Ar ôl fwy o reidio, mi aethom ni ar draws ein lluwch eira gyntaf. Fedrwch chi weld pa mor ddyfn oedd o ar ôl claddu'r giât a llyncu'n goesau yn y lluniau yma : -

 

Ar ôl chwaneg o ginio.. mi ddaethom ni fyny at  lwybr roedd wedi ei orchuddio gydag eira. Wrth gredu byddai'r eira ddim yn rhu drwg a gan fod y llwybr yn uno a choedwig, penderfynom gario ymlaen at y goedwig ble fyddai'r eira wedi diflannu. Son am gamgymeriad.. ar ôl sloggio am bron i awr i gael i ben y llwybr trwy eira i fyny i'n pengliniau.. Roedd cymaint o eira yn y goedwig ag bob man arall!

Roedd ddigon o eira i allu ni sefyll ei'n feics heb dal arnyn nhw!

Beics yn sefyll yn yr eira 

 Erbyn hyn, doedd ganddom ni ddim teimlad yn ein traed, dim lot o egni na myned..mi aethom ni nol i drio ffeindio ffordd arall.  Aeth y gylchdaith yn eithaf da o fanno.. Mi aeth y reid tua 10 milltir yn llai na'r bwriad.. ond roedd hi'n ddiwrnod da a mi ddysgon ni lot! Da ni am  ddod yn ôl unwaith mae'r eira wedi diflanu!

Dyma manylion y reid :-

Bwystfil Coed y Brenin Beast 17-03-13

Roedd hi'n anodd codi i ddod lawr i Coed y Brenin ar gyfer ar y bore yma.  Roeddwn wedi mwynhau dathlu llwyddiant Cymru yn ennill y chwe gwlad ar ddydd Sadwrn.

I'r reid, mi ddaeth Peter, Alice a Carwyn a benderfynon ni mynd ar trail 'Bwystfil Brenin'  llwybr Du, mwyaf y ganolfan... a rhaid i mi ddeud nath y trail ddim siomi!!!

Dyma gyswllt ar gyfer gwybodaeth ar gyfer y trail.

Yn anffodus, gafodd Carwyn bach o ddamwain yn fuan yn y dydd, dros y handlebars a glanio ar ei ysgwydd. Yn ei crash, mi blygodd ei olwyn a mech cefn.. oops! 

Roedd ei olwyn mor ddrwg, doedd o methu pasio rhwng ffyrc y beic.. Isod mae video o'r olwyn ar ôl ychydig o 'roadside assistance' gan Peter. 

Gyda'r olwyn mor ddrwg â'i ysgwydd yn brifo, mi benderfynodd Carwyn mynd adra ! Yn ddigon ffodus, doedd ei ysgwydd ddim rhu drwg ar ôl ychydig o ddyddiau..

Gyn belled ag mae gweddill trail mewn cwestiwn.... mi aeth Peter, Alice a finnau ymlaen i orffen y llwybr.. ac argian.. mae'r bwystfil yn hir, anodd... a HIR!!!

Yn anffodus, ges i ddim cyfle i dynnu lot o lunia.. ond dyma panorama neis islaw  i chi eniwe!

Well it was a little difficult getting up and down to Coed y Brenin on this Sunday. Id been enjoying the celebrating Wales's success in the on Saturday. 

 Peter, Alice and Carwyn cane for the ride and we agreed on having a go on the Beast of Brenin. its a black trail.. the largest route of the Centre.. and it certainly doesn't disappoint!

Here's a link to the information on the trail. 

Unfortunately, Carwyn had a bit of an accident early on in the day, went over the handle bars and landed on his shoulder. OUCH! In the crash, he buckled his wheel, damaged is rear mech ... oops!

His wheel was so bad it couldn't even run through his forks. Here's video on of his wheel after some road side assistance from Peter! 

His wheel was pretty bad, and with his shoulder hurting, Carwyn decided it would be better to go back home. Fortunately  after a few days, his shoulder was on the mend. 

As far as the rest of the trail was concerned, Peter, Alice and I went ahead to tackle the rest of the trail and jeez... the Beast is long, tough and LONG!!! 

Unfortunately, I didn't get a lot of opportunity to take a lot of pictures, but I managed to get a nice panorama :- 

Cyn y Gem - Before the Game

Gyda chwaneg o amser cyn gem Cymru a Lloegr a gyda'r ffon wedi chargio.. penderfynais i fynd allan ar y beic i weld lle ai. Heb unrhyw lwybr penodol mewn golwg, nes i ddilyn fy nhrwyn... Ond roedd RHAID i mi fod yn ôl erbyn y gêm erbyn 5!!!

Yn diwedd, fyny Lon Las Ogwen es i.. fyny at ag ar hyd Dyffryn Ogwen at Capel Curig, trwy Ddyffryn Mymbryd... draw i Westy Pen y Gwyryd am ddiod o Flapjack.. yum! O’n ni'n nerfus am fynd fyny at Pen y Pass. Ond roeddwn ni'n falch iawn i gael i fyny at Pen y Pass heb stopio.. ac mewn ger canolig ! Lawr Llanberis pass..  arian roedd hin OER mynd lawr y pass.. on ni just a rhewi'n gorcyn!!!

Wrth reidio trwy Llanberis nes i dal fyny gyda Edward, ei gariad a Kath ei chwaer a'i chariad Jamie. Braf iawn cael gweld nhw gyd.. Edward yn byw ym Manceinion a ddim yn gweld o'n aml.

O Llanberis, es i Llanrug, ac adra ar hyd llwybr arferol.. roedd hi'n oer ar yn anodd tuag at y dwytha.. Doedd o ddim yn helpu mod i'n trio brysio i fod adra mewn amser i weld Cymru yn erbyn Lloegr.. Yn ffodus, gesh i adra gyda diogon o amser i ddal hen wlad fy nhadau.. Nais One!!! Oh... a da iawn Cymru am ennill. Un o gemau gorau o rygbi dwi erioed wedi gweld!!

With some time before Wales vs England match and with the phone finally charged.. i decided to get out on the bike and see where i ended up. Without a specific route in mind.. i decided to follow my nose.. Although I HAD to get back for the game at 5pm!!

I ended up heading up Lon Las Ogwen, all the way up to and allong Dyffryn Ogwen to Capel Currig, through Dyffryn Mymbyr (which feels longer on the bike) all the way to Pen y Gwyryd Hotel. Quick break there for a drink and a flapjack.. yum!

Was nervous facing it.. But I was glad to get up to Pen y Pass without stopping and in a middle gear !

Going down the Llanberis pass was very very cold.. felt i was turing into a Ice Cube!!

As I was riding through LLanberis, I bumped into and old friend Edward, his girlfriend and later his Sister Katherine and her boyfriend Jamie. Good to see them outside Pete's Eats. Edward lives in Manchester so I dont get to see him often.

From Llanberis it was a short ride over to Llanrug and one of my usual routes home. Felt like the going was both cold and hard..and it didnt help that I was trying to rush home to get back in time for the Wales v England game !! Luckily, I got back with enough time to catch the anthems.. Nice one! Ohh and well done Wales winning the 6 nations.. One of the best matches of rugby I've ever seen! 

Dyma manylion y reid  - Here's the ride info

And a few photos :- 

Ar y ffor fyny i Cwm Idwal

LLyn Ogwen

Dyffryn Mymbyr

mmmmm flapjack

Gwesty Hanesyddol - Historic Hotel.. 

oh... and i cant resist to put this in either!:- 

Nol ar y beic ar ôl sbel i ffwrdd - Back on the bike after a while away

Dydd Sadwrn yr 2ail o Fawrth - Aeth pethau ddim fel roeddwn ni'n gobeithio heddiw. Roeddwn ni'n gobeithio dal trên i Gaer a reidio 'nol i Fangor. Ges i fy nal yn ôl ar y ffordd i Fangor gan draffig. Damnia! Yn hytrach na aros yn llaesu dwylo yn aros am y trên nesa, mi es i ar y beic i weld y teulu yn Bae Trearddur. Trip braf ar draws Ynys Môn.  Dim llunia gyda hwn ma’ ddrwg gennai..

Dydd Sul, y 3ydd o Fawrth - Neidio ar y beic yn gyflym a mynd draw i Gaernarfon, Llanrug, Tregarth ag adra.. Roedd y ffordd o Gaernarfon i Lanrug wedi cau ar gyfer gwaith.. ges i fynd triwyr gwaith.. so dyma luniau ohonof i'n reidio yn ganol y lon .... ah the open road!

Saturday the 2nd of March -  Things didn't go quite to plan.. Was hoping to catch a train to Chester and ride back to Bangor. I was delayed by traffic and missed the train.. D'oh! So instead of standing around for the next train i decided to hop on the bike and went to Trearddur Bay to see the family. Was a great ride across Anglesey. No photos I'm afraid..

Sunday 3rd of March - Jumped on the bike and went over to Caernarfon, LLanrug and Tregarth then home. The road from Caernarfon to Llanrug was closed for road works and I got to go through anyway.. so here's a few pictures of me riding in the middle of the road... ahh the open road!!

Lon ar ei ora = gwag
Road at its best = empty 

Reid #2 - Coed y Brenin - Ride #2

Mwy o ymarfer ar gyfer reidio Top i'r Gwaelod heddiw. Allan efo Peter a'i ffrindiau yn Coed y Brenin heddiw.. tro cyntaf i mi fod ar trail Du sef yr 'mbr'. Ar ôl mymryn o ginio mi aeth Peter a finnau am drip cyflym lawr y Minataur a cywilydd i mi.. es i dros yr handle bars a landio ar fy nghefn mewn ffos mwdlyd! Typical!

Dyma chydig o lunia a manylion y reids heddiw i ddilyn :-


More exercise for the Coast to Coast today. Went with Peter and some of his friends to Coed y Brenin today and completed my first 'black' trail, the 'mbr'. After some lunch Peter and I took a trip along the Minataur and to my shame I found myself going over the handlebars and landed in a muddy ditch in my back.. Typical.

Details and pictures from the day below :-

Todays riders

Peter - C2C contender

One of the last sections of the mbr

Pen ol mwdlyd ar ol syrthio yn y ffos
 A muddy bum after falling into the ditch :)

I got a mud-tan