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Day 4: Builth Wells – Hortham (Bristol)
140 km / 1535 m
We started the day by brewing coffee on our beautiful, secluded campsite. Not so much because we didn’t want to wait 15 minutes and have it with breakfast in town… but more because we had brought the gear and bought the gas. It was perfectly adequate.
Back in Builth Wells we had breakfast on the other side of the road to where we had dinner the night before. I think it was good, but I can’t remember because I’m stupid enough to wait months to write this.
Tanked up we hit the road and continued the fast pace from last night for the first two hours before Hay-on-Wye. It was a cozy but/and touristy town – known for one million bookstores, which does not compute with bikepacking. We had some food in the sun and got on.
Then we started climbing, slowly lifting ourselves above the myriad of hedges. The highlight of scenicness in Wales unveiled itself. Lush, green, long views. Small switchbacks. Mountains. Sheep. It was beautiful as we fought the slight headwind towards the Gospel Path. For being just over 500 meters above sea level, it was quite spectacular.
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