The Railway Touring Club

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Lets do 31st and go to S-b-S, London stone can loom in the distance

Will do an event at some point.

Agreed. I rode it last week on my touring bike. 700x28c "off road" was a lot of fun. I had no problems at all. It's a great day ride from London. Stan's was also great.

Is there any chance of joining you on this?

Of course

It’s open to all!

I’ll do an event later today

Big news

There will be RTC stickers

And

They will be shiny

We have mudguard stickers. They were cheap but they are deffo shiny. Come on a ride and you can have one. :)

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I also have this

Which means I have found lots of ‘interesting’ places that I would like to ride to

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I hope you've sent those four emails and aren't wasting your time procrastinating on a cycling forum!

LoL - They are all about Railway infrastructure, so there is sort of, maybe, a tangible link there.....

Those are nice

Oh, my! Want!

I'm riding Holyhead to Cardiff in September with a friend loosely following Lon Las Cymru.

https://cycle.travel/route/lon_las_cymru

I presume some of this route will take in some old lines and no doubt we will enjoy suddenly appearing on some but does anyone have any they know of we can maybe add in?

Not to familiar with the welsh lines

But my 1963 map shows this

Looks like you are on an old branch line to Merthyr and then i think there is pre '63 track bed to Brecon? (Route description eludes to this)

You'll cross the existing track at Builth/LLandrindod, then you have Ffestiniog to visit at the top!

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I'm unlikely to join the ranks of the southern RTC, but do ride old rail routes up here in the norf. Pretty please could you post me one?

Aware this may be opening the floodgates... How would £2 sound? To cover an envelope, a 1st class stamp and a £1-something forum donation. Concerned this may cause others to want them and keen not to send em out until the Shoreham ride has happened and those people can be given them and donate if they wish. If others express interest, could start a list and do it all organised like... @Ecobeard loves a bit of admin.

ha ha ha

go on then....

Here are all of those '63 maps if useful for anyone.

Not comprhensive of course as line came and went before then, but still a decent guide I find.

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Scottish Region

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Nice one.

Devils Bridge sounds like somewhere that needs a visit!

Just edited that post, mostly with link to Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway

Devils Bridge has the falls, a creepy hotel from Hinterland fame and it is the eastern terminus of the preserved Vale of Rheidol Railway.

Rode out there years and years ago when staying in Aberystwyth for work

Sounds very reasonable to me. I'll drop you a PM.

Just spotted it's a heritage railway through that valley. It looks incredible.

First line to be privatised

https://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk/

Was there last summer - the hotel does quite a good lunch compared with last time (about 30 years ago, pre Hinterland)
Vale of Rheidol Railway is fun if you can avoid the school holidays.

Was a date proposed for the Shoreham ride?

Or did I miss it?!